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Colombia is the 2nd Happiest Place for the Planet

Have Fun - Do Good

Costa Rica 4. In the same article, he also describes the a rapid-transit bus system in Bogotá, the Trans-Milenio: "After only five years of operation, we are moving 1.4 The HPI is calculated by adding the country's life expectancy with its life satisfaction divided by its ecological footprint. The top ranked countries were: 1.

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Break the Bias: Changing the Game for Girls & Women

Saleforce Nonprofit

Since 2020, the fund has supported 60 groups and individuals with over $500,000, funding feminist hyper-local solutions that challenge inequalities in sports systems and structures at all levels, from local to international. Fundacion GOLEES is based in Costa Rica and works with girls and women ages 10-60.

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Live The Questions Now

Global Giving

He kept probing and soon discovered a system of forced labor in the Belgian Congo that would become one of history’s notorious humanitarian crises. Featured Photo: Empower Youth through Technology in Costa Rica by Asociacion ideas en Accion. Live the questions now. Want more tips like this?

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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

Tech Soup

Switzerland was the first country in the world to adopt an electronics recycling system is 1991.Things South Korea also has a developed electronics recycling system that now recovers and properly processes over 75 percent of discarded electronics. Their system recovers around 75 percent of e-waste. North America. Latin America.