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SOCAP: The Market at the Intersection of Money and Meaning

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In June, the Stanford Social Innovation Review published a two-part piece by TechSoup Global Founder and Chief Instigator, Daniel Ben-Horin. She said that it generates more electricity at a lower cost than lead-acid and lithium ion batteries. ” They explore social entrepreneurship that stands the test of time. Free Range.

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Mobile, Voice-Operated Everything, and Security, Oh My! Top Nonprofit Tech for 2016

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Lithium ion battery failures were big again this past year. Lithium ion batteries will continue to power our mobile devices — and continue to catch fire now and then, but not that often. Voice-Operated Everything. We can talk to our cars with voice command systems like the Ford SYNC. In the U.S.,

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Interview with Jodie Van Horn of Freedom from Oil and Plug-in Bay Area

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They recognize that citizens are extremely concerned about global warming. Additionally, there has been a lot of rhetoric on the part of the automakers regarding the greenness of their operations, when in fact what we are seeing is a lot of green-washing. They recognize that green is very vogue right now.