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Earth Day 2025: Detroit plants sequoias to clean the air—and save the trees

Fast Company Tech

Arborists are turning vacant land on Detroit’s eastside into a small urban forest, not of elms, oaks and red maples indigenous to the city but giant sequoias , the world’s largest trees that can live for thousands of years. Detroit is the pilot city for the Giant Sequoia Filter Forest. Why Detroit? In the 1950s, 1.8

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13 of the Best Nonprofit Videos from the Last 13 Years

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Save the Children. Invisible Children. Hey Detroit. You can also explore the winners of the DoGooder Video Awards back to 2010. The War on Drugs: From Prohibition to Gold Rush. Drug Policy Alliance. Still Most Shocking Second a Day. Follow-up to: Most Shocking Second a Day ]. The Chokeables Advert. St John Ambulance.

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22 Must-Circle Nonprofits on Google+

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Children’s National Medical Center. Detroit Symphony Orchestra. More on that in my upcoming Google+ and Google Products for Nonprofits Webinar on February 28. Acción contra el Hambre. Amazon CARES. American Prairie Foundation. Amnesty International Australia. The Field Museum. Greenpeace Brasil. Habitat for Humanity Ireland.

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Black teen barred from skating rink by inaccurate facial recognition

The Verge

A facial recognition algorithm used by a local roller skating rink in Detroit wouldn’t let teen Lamya Robinson onto the premises, and accused her of previously getting into a fight at the establishment. The facial recognition system had incorrectly matched her to another patron, she told Fox 2 Detroit.

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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Youth Programs

Kindful

Global Fund for Children. Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health. WHAS Crusade for Children. Global Fund for Children. They accept submissions from any United States-based, IRS-recognized nonprofit organizations focused on work that benefits America’s children. Funding Priority: Youth Programs.

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Why some school districts are spending big on schools tailor-made for 4-year-olds

Fast Company Tech

The classrooms have child-size boats and construction vehicles children can play on, and ceilings painted to resemble outer space. Windows are low to the ground so children can easily look outside. Hallways are lined with a corrugated plastic for wiggly fingers to touch as children transition to other locations.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

Kindful

Global Fund For Children. Global Fund For Children. The Global Fund For Children believes that educating children and youth is the key to building a more peaceful and just society. They support strategic partners that focus on helping children succeed via a comprehensive approach to education. Mellon Foundation.

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