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Reduce Travel by Telecommuting

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Telecommuting or telework allows employees and volunteers to work from home or in a remote location and still be in touch with their office. US workers alone commute an average of 10,000 miles per year each and consume 67 billion gallons of gasoline. One green company that installs virtual PBX systems is BetterWorld Telecom.

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What Does Big Data Have to Do With Me and My Organization?

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Keisha recommends checking out the book, The Human Face Of Big Data , as a way to get a grasp on how all this new information is creating a nervous system for the humanosphere. Grameen has a team of community knowledge workers who go out in the fields of Uganda and collect agricultural information on their mobile devices.

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