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My remarks just made at WIPO today

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We now have global permissions for around 8,000 copyrighted books out of our 70,000. •

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Webinar: 10 Ways to Supercharge Your Online Fundraising Campaigns

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Join Engaging Network’s Ghazal Vaghedi, Humane Society International’s Elise Ledsinger, and Care2’s own Eric Rardin for a deep dive into tactics that you can use today to quickly improve results from your email fundraising appeals: "10 Ways to SUPERCHARGE Your Online Fundraising Campaigns" -- Tuesday, July 31st at 2PM EDT.

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A History of How Modern ESG Came to Be

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According to Earthday.org, “b y the end of 1970, the first Earth Day led to the creation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the passage of other first of their kind environmental laws, including the National Environmental Education Act,?the 2000 – The United National Global Compact is launched.

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My Latest President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This latest one spotlights the many great interns, associates and fellows that are or were working for Benetech over this summer and into this year. She holds a master’s degree in Political Sciences, Public Law and Contemporary History from University of Konstanz, Germany. Kristian Lum Kristian Lum wants to save the world – with math.

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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

Tech Soup

According to the International Environmental Technology Center of the United Nations Environment Program. don't have a coherent national collection infrastructure. According to Park Young-Woo of the United Nations Environment Program, the Asia-Pacific region now produces more than half of global e-waste.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It’s the week of the United Nations General Assembly and the Clinton Global Initiative. Met with a major international human rights defender group about our Martus technology and digital security more generally. law needs to change to comply with the treaty (the hope is that these changes are minimal). The Marrakesh Treaty.

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

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He has won many honors, including the 1998 Reebok International Human Rights Award, the International Ashoka Fellowship, selection as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and the Rockefeller Foundation Next Generation Leadership Fellowship. I grew up in the rural south, went to public schools there.

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