Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

A short time after she took over a small troubled computer refurbishment nonprofit - hurricane Katrina hit. When she ran the Nature Conservancy in Louisiana, 200,000 acres were set aside. In August of 2005, she had barely begun getting things in order when Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck. It as a lucky thing they did.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 4, 2025

and thats a conservative estimate. The boreal forests of Canada, Alaska, and Russia will be especially vulnerable. Flooding from extreme storms like hurricanes will also become more frequent. (Paradoxically, all these new air conditioners are likely to contribute even more greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere.)

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

Companies like Coral Vita have powered through repeated disasters (in their case hurricanes and of course the pandemic) to raise money and move towards scaling up. But others in the sadly undervalued conservation space still have a long road ahead before VCs think it’s worth taking a risk on them. In the Accelerator over the Sea.

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