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Consequently, some of the nonprofits best known to be early adopters are pinning away too: National Wildlife Federation , Amnesty International , SFMOMA , Water.org , and the AARP. Business always underestimate the fact the nonprofits are some of the most active early adopters on the Web.
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With the new funds, Canada Drives hopes to expand to Alberta in the next month, according to co-CEO Cody Green. Green said he expects to see an increasing amount of hybrid or electric vehicles on the platform, and a spokesperson for the company told TechCrunch that Teslas and Nissan Leafs are already quite popular.
Engage Tesla is a new platform for both Tesla’s public policy team and Tesla Owner’s Clubs,” the first post on the new microsite reads. And Tesla owners have long lobbied their governments to adoptgreen energy policies.
Of course, that initiative only came after thousands of Amazon employees signed an open letter to Bezos and Amazon’s board of directors asking the company to adopt a wide-ranging plan to fight climate change. Whether that can be offset by a green-tinted, environmentally focused sports arena is up for debate. Image: Amazon.
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Says Giller, “Our theory of change is engaging users around content that shows how being green can reshape our world can empower personal behavior change and ultimately impact society at large. Societal Change: Impact on society, policy discussions, and conversations that advance sustainable practices.
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According to Dawson , the Matbock deal will ultimately “assist the military’s efforts to improve tactical capabilities and operational efficiencies through the adoption of American-made green energy technology.” ” The U.S. military is among the planet’s worst climate polluters.
Read more about it from Green Miles blog and a summary of reactions from other nonprofits here. as early adopters rather than the phenomenon being linked to youth." The Case Foundation blog also has a section called " Tech4Good " TechSoup blog posts about an online tool and forum discussion about greenpolicies.
Perhaps this is more of a lesson for data viz practitioners than consumers, but COVID-19 charts were a stark reminder to think about the good we can do through data viz and the unintended consequences of what we publish, particularly when our charts are informing individual and policy level decisions.
In other words, it’s looking to build out a network of battery swapping stations that should help spread adoption of electric two-wheelers in the region. That’s in part due to policies, or lack thereof. ” When it comes to electrification adoption, there’s always a chicken-and-egg problem.
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The briefing was called "Turning E-Waste into Green." " It was all about how policy decisions on handling e-waste could improve the economy via environmental stewardship. And we have done what we can to inform policy makers on how to best reclaim the vast amount of IT equipment discarded each year. are reused.
The discipline and constraint imposed by an office is useful up to a point, but as Jim's post on telework policy makes clear, we can replicate the positive elements of peer pressure and self-discipline in the context of teleworking. My second reaction was, telework makes even more sense for nonprofits than other organizations.
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The audience consisted mostly of social media early adopters who shared terrific insights that come from having a sense of context. In a post on Foreign Policy and the term "slacktivism" triggered a flurry of e-mail on Progressive Exchange. The format was ten minutes of speaking (no Powerpoint allowed!),
Google is starting to heavily push for the adoption of RCS , the long-awaited upgrade to SMS that adds features like read receipts and in some cases encryption. Green bubbles be damned. The thing we learned is that really clear, simple, understandable communication about privacy policies is very important,” Cathcart says.
Supporting these visionary leaders, raising the profile of their work and facilitating collaborations and sharing has allowed many to pursue a life of changemaking, scaling their impact and, in many instances, affecting national policy and changing the lives of thousands in their communities.
However, there’s always room for improvement and creating a consistent brand across all chapters and encouraging an organization-wide adoption of best practices benefits all parties involved. Step 6: Create an enforcement policy.
Blurred Policy Lines and the Downsides of Sharing. Nonprofits that work in policy and advocacy can help craft legislation and work with local, state, and national policymakers to adopt laws that balance the explosion of sharing-economy startups and protect the marginalized from exploitation. Images: Twitter pics, me.
An easy example is green technology. Lucy Bernholz, moderating, said that metrics are the carbon in the ecosystem and the oxygen is the policy frame. She’s launched a policy project you can read about here. In the spirit of demystification here is a definition and a couple of resources about the social capital market.
Buyers of farmers’ “ecosystem services” might be food companies or other entities looking to green their supply chain, as emissions reporting requirements step up. “It’s all an investment into the future,” says CEO and co-founder Dr Robert Gerlach. ” Seed funding. degree temperature targets.”
From facilitating green commuting, to employee gift matching, to paid time off for volunteering, Google inspects nearly every part of their business with a social impact lens. s Blue Jeans Go Green to collect used clothing, and also sells pre-owned or restored vintage clothing items to reduce their carbon footprint. .
TechSoup itself has adopted a tiered user policy. Perhaps the most controversial thing about such policies are the amount of ownership that an organization takes over personal devices. In terms of limiting users, IT departments seem to be thinking of their employees in terms of segments or tiers. How BYOD Affects Workers.
She cites the City of Oakland California’s Open Data Platform that make over 50 datasets viewable and understandable to the public including ones on crime, city infrastructure, parks and recreation facilities, and green businesses. It is also one of Lucy Bernholz’ promising emerging technologies that failed to take off in 2013.
It has used that data to help scientists and policy makers understand how the virus affects people. Basic stuff like eat your greens, avoid processed foods and cut down (or out) sugar? Potentially ahead of the sought for individual efficacy, given so much is still unknown around how what we eat affects our health.
Nonprofits are adopting telework faster than most other types of organizations, including commercial companies. Tablet adoption is very brisk. There is a ton of info on how telework helps the environment and is considered part of green technology. TechSoup: Telework Policies. That's around 1.3 billion of us doing it.
Perhaps this is more of a lesson for data viz practitioners than consumers, but COVID-19 charts were a stark reminder to think about the good we can do through data viz and the unintended consequences of what we publish, particularly when our charts are informing individual and policy level decisions.
The discussion focused less on what the Fund will do, and more on best practices it should adopt, and challenges it will face once it is up and running. Michele Jolin , Senior Advisor for Social Innovation for the Domestic Policy Council at The White House was the panel moderator. Cross-posted from BlogHer.com.
Our recently completed 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest winners and finalists are an impressive group, showcasing the broad reach and impact of TechSoup member charities doing environmental work. RE-volv's Solar Policy & Finance 101 slide show is well worth looking at. We had many excellent submissions to the contest.
VietNet-ICT also actively participates in policy discussions to formulate laws and policies relating to information, technology, and communication towards sustainable development and equity. The organization has a particular mission to help charities (particularly those who work to aid women) and to promote gender equality.
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We'd be happy to discuss the results of our survey so far and provide tips on how you can adopt efficient server technologies. We hope to get some solid statistics on the server efficiency potential in small business markets, and use that information to inform state policies and utility efficiency programs.
They were going to go out to those cities and try to form partnerships with the cities, to get the Mayors or the council members of those cities, at a policy level, to endorse the Plug-In Partner campaign, and then subsequently to get them to place a soft fleet order. They recognize that green is very vogue right now.
In other words, we can think about investing in agricultural development, agricultural knowledge, and agricultural education where we are working with community based groups in developing countries to help support those groups' teaching farmers how to adopt some of the most sophisticated organic methods, and agri-ecological methods.
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