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5 Reasons Your Board Should Switch to Google Drive

Nonprofit Tech for Good

More importantly, moving to the cloud is a great way to demonstrate transparency, strengthen institutional memory, conserve resources, collaborate, and display tech-savvy. 3) Conserve Resources. 4) Collaborate Outside of Scheduled Meetings. 1) Demonstrate Transparency. Transparency is an essential quality for a nonprofit.

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3 ways to keep your clothes from shedding plastic on Earth Day and every day

Fast Company Tech

They wind up in local waterways that connect to the ocean. Start by changing habits The easiest solution is to wash clothes less often, making for less of the friction that breaks fibers apart, said Anja Brandon, director of plastics policy at Ocean Conservancy. Miller uses a stain stick to spot-clean.

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Big News at Benetech (and for me!)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Connected Civil Society: Applying machine learning and computer vision to document human rights violations and promote accountability in Syria in collaboration with the UN. Data for Inclusion: Enabling people with disabilities to provide firsthand reports on the issues they face to inform policy at the local, national, and global level.

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Unlocking the power of data for wildlife conservation: An alliance between EarthRanger and Tableau Foundation

Tableau

“It took one presentation of that map from Tableau with EarthRanger data and everyone knew where to look,” said Ed Sayer, the program manager at Frankfurt Zoological Society’s North Luangwa Conservation Programme. EarthRanger creates easy access to this data for conservation workers by combining it in a continuously updated map.

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Radical Collaboration is Our Best Chance to Fight Climate Change

Saleforce Nonprofit

Every topic we’ve focused on throughout the inaugural season of Force Multiplier has had a single common thread: the imperative for cross-sector collaboration to solve a big problem. The Nature Conservancy Focuses on Local Solutions to Drive Change. It has to be about locally-driven, locally-supported solutions.

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How The Nature Conservancy’s Work in the Cumberland Forest Supports Jobs & Climate Mitigation

Saleforce Nonprofit

By: Andrew Tingley, Director of Communications at The Nature Conservancy. At The Nature Conservancy , one of the world’s largest environmental nonprofits, we have examined a huge range of nature’s benefits throughout our 70-year history. When you think about nature, what comes to mind? © Cameron Davidson; May 2019.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On The Environment And Conservation Efforts

Kindful

Today’s funder list focuses on nonprofits supporting the environment and conservation efforts. Funding Priority: The Environment and Conservation Efforts. The Conservation, Food & Health Foundation. Alaska Conservation Foundation. The Conservation, Food & Health Foundation. The Green Climate Fund.