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Should E-Waste Be the Primary Focus of Green IT?

Tech Soup

He then argues that given the fact that improving the energy efficiency of IT equipment is pretty well covered, what isn't even close to being addressed is the truly appalling global practices and conditions in the developing world stemming from discarded IT e-waste being dumped, often harming the poorest of nations and people.

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How to Start a Nonprofit: 12 Essential Steps for Success

Bloomerang

World Wildlife Fund Mission statement: The mission of World Wildlife Fund is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on Earth. These supporters can give your nonprofit the boost it needs in your crucial start-up phase. Hire staff members According to the Health of the U.S.

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Little Penguins, Big Drama: Lessons on How to Go Viral from the National Aquarium of New Zealand

Connection Cafe

When I joined the Blackbaud Arts and Cultural Solutions team, I stumbled across social posts from the National Aquarium of New Zealand and have been following them ever since. Felicity: For over 2 years, keepers from the National Aquarium of New Zealand (located in Napier, Hawke’s Bay) have voted on the good and naughty penguin of the month.

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[VIDEO] Building a Better Grants Strategy Post-COVID

Bloomerang

And I want you to think about this because in each of these different phases, there’s different components required. Even maybe you want to be very conservative and say that for a high ranking, maybe it’s only a 50% chance, and a low ranking is only 10%. You could be more conservative or you have a little bit more risk.

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The Right Way to use Social Media for Fundraising: Wildlife Direct

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We're still in the early stages of social media as in the early days of the web and online fundraising , so, we are in the "it's hype, and not going to last" phase. Some of the new tools now being launched to create a single profile that can be used across social networks will as analysts predict make social networks like air.

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All for Green, and Green for All: An Interview with Van Jones

Have Fun - Do Good

We are going to use some of that money to train some of the young people in energy conservation, in renewable fuels. And the Democrats want to be the fiscal conservatives in 2008 who want to run against Bush's mega deficit. and you kind of go through your rebel phase. And that costs money.

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