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Meet the Nonprofit Hero Behind the Hardware: Charles Brennick

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The organization created more than 100 websites and then expanded to supply low-cost computers and technology training to underserved communities in developing countries. He subsequently worked as an ecotourism developer in Costa Rica. Image: Frank Babbitt. He founded InterConnection in Seattle in 1999. spanhidden.

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Your NetSquared Holiday Gift!

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NetSquared holds free or low cost educational events for people and organizations who want to learn more about using technology for social good. Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self sufficient local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. Image : Liz Kearley.

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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

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According to the International Environmental Technology Center of the United Nations Environment Program. They are leaders in technologies to reclaim difficult to recover materials like rare earths. Africa's technology lifecycle for displays is two to three times the productive use cycle in richer nations. World Snapshot.