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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I'm working from Maputo, Mozambique on this U.S. Today I've been talking to humanitarian demining groups about our proposed mine detector. Memorial Day. Last week in South Africa I was discussing adaptive technology for the blind and software for human rights groups.

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

Have Fun - Do Good

So, we have been working very hard with the City Council, and with community colleges and local labor unions and others to come up with a proposal that will start in September as an actual program called "The Green Jobs Corps." What the Green Jobs Corps will be, it will begin training urban youth, Oakland's youth, in the jobs of the future.

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