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Want to stay healthier and fulfilled later in life? Try volunteering

Fast Company Tech

An American pastime Our findings are backed by science, but they also have roots in American history. You can take care of local parks, conservation areas, community gardens, and more. Halvorsen is an associate professor of social work at Washington University in St. that he wrote about it in his 1835 book Democracy in America.

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The most innovative companies in economic development for 2025

Fast Company Tech

Some are working on reinvention: Huntsville , the Alabama town famous for its history with NASAs rocketry program, has remarketed itself as a music, arts, and cultural destination; while Hilliard , an Ohio city of less than 40,000 in the Columbus area, continues to build out infrastructure to incubate innovative startups.

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How Bezos’ latest plan to protect forests could backfire

The Verge

Jeff Bezos’ $2 billion plan, announced last week, to plant trees and restore landscapes across Africa and the US has already raised red flags for some conservation experts and activists. The hope with the new conservation investment is to preserve ecosystems that naturally draw down and store planet-heating carbon dioxide pollution.

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My Latest President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Craig is a summer associate exploring new applications for Miradi, Benetech’s user-friendly conservation project planning and monitoring software. She holds a master’s degree in Political Sciences, Public Law and Contemporary History from University of Konstanz, Germany.

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How Online Collaboration is Changing Scholarship

Forum One

Wulf was a perfect choice to introduce Georgetown University's Crowd and the Cloud Symposium , hosted by my former graduate program in Communication, Culture & Technology. ever awarded at the University of Virginia in 1968, and, as he said, "had a seat on the 50 yard line watching the technology revolution.

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A new use for AI: summarizing scientific research for seven-year-olds

The Verge

Work on the site began two years ago by university friends Yash Dani and Cindy Wu as a way to “learn more about software development,” Dani tells The Verge, but the service went viral on Twitter over the weekend when academics started sharing AI summaries of their research. But I’m not anti-conservation.

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How to raise money for your startup from VCs and investors in Asia

The Next Web

Investments in Japan also tend to be much smaller in scale and much more conservative than the type of VC bets you would see being placed in China, India, or the U.S. Third, investors are generally much more conservative in Asia. This concept is universal. Unfortunately, none of it happens this way in Asia.

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