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Entrepreneurial events firm Summit Series acquires Utah’s Powder Mountain ski resort for $40m

The Next Web

Adding to this feat, is the impressive story of how a small collective of 20-somethings raised $40 million dollars from more than 40 people and pulled it off with the local county’s blessing in the form of an additional $18.5 million infrastructure bond to refurbish local roads, sewer and water systems.

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Subak, which incubates data-for-climate not-for-profits, announces six startups in 2022 cohort

TechCrunch

Here’s a quick round-up of the six startups that have made the cut for this year’s program: Project Canopy : A not-for-profit that’s aiming to become “the data broker for the Congo Basin Rainforest” — a forested area that spans 2.5 Joining Subak is really our watershed moment.

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How to Find Your Way to Have Fun and Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

My Have Fun, Do Good Volunteer as a Reading Partner at my local public school. Keep a gratitude journal, or make monthly gratitude collages Participate in a fundraising walk for a cause I care about, like Women for Women International's Run for Congo Women. Join, or start a Dining for Women group, or something equivalent.

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Could this rare bean be the solution to the global coffee crisis?

Fast Company Tech

Discovered more than a century ago in South Sudan, excelsa coffee is exciting cash-strapped locals and drawing interest from the international community amid a global coffee crisis caused mainly by climate change. Coffee as a way out of poverty Still, for locals, the coffee represents a chance at a better future.

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Interview with Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International

Have Fun - Do Good

One of the ones I am continuing to support is Women for Women International. I was thrilled when Zainab Salbi, Women for Women International's Founder and CEO, agreed to an interview with me for the Big Vision Podcast. Our conversation began with Zainab describing how Women for Women International serves women survivors of war.

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Leveraging data to improve forestry practices worldwide

Tableau

What they may not know is that the organization—through its work to improve forest management and market transformation, certifies and protects 231M hectares (500M acres) of forest through 1,165 local member companies in 89 countries. . As you can imagine, meeting such a massive challenge data has become an invaluable part of that effort.

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Leveraging data to improve forestry practices worldwide

Tableau

What they may not know is that the organization—through its work to improve forest management and market transformation, certifies and protects 231M hectares (500M acres) of forest through 1,165 local member companies in 89 countries. . As you can imagine, meeting such a massive challenge data has become an invaluable part of that effort.