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What Apple is doing with 25,000 acres of former cattle pastures in Brazil

Fast Company Tech

The environmental group Conservation International is working on the project with an unlikely set of partners: a forestry company and the tech giant Apple. Photo: TIG] Why Apple is investing in forests The project is one piece of Apples climate strategy. It’s also quickly disappearing.

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How you can help save declining butterflies

Fast Company Tech

Photo: USFWS/ Flickr ] We found declines in just about every region of the continental U.S. Photo: Renee Las Vegas/ Wiki Commons ] Some species numbers are dropping faster than others. Photo: Walter Siegmund/ Wikimedia Commons , CC BY-SA] When we looked at each species by its historical range , we found something else interesting.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: The Nature Conservancy

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Organization: The Nature Conservancy. We use Flickr to collect all of the photos for our annual nature photo competition. I’m a big believer in getting volunteers and interns to help be part of this growing space. Organization Size: +1 million members, +3800 staff. Name: Amy Ganderson. Website: www.nature.org.

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Luxury yacht owners are throwing scientists a lifeline

Fast Company Tech

Photo: Max Bello] Ferretti’s experience represents a growing movement in marine research, where luxury meets necessity. Photo: Bering Yachts] The expedition quickly faced challenges. Photo: Max Bello] For researchers like Ferretti, these collaborations involve compromise.

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Five Pinterest Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

They aren’t cluttering Pinterest with boring photos and seemingly endless marketing pitches. Pin your own website and blog content, but only if it pulls up a good photo! Tap into that power by pinning your own website and blog content, but only if it pulls up a good, visually appealing photo. Their content is good.

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Ocean Conservancy: The Art of Social Media Experimentation, Learning, and Reflection

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by PCSO900. A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of speaking with Vikki Spruill, Ocean Conservancy 's President and CEO and members of her communications team, Laura Burton Capps, and Dove Coggeshall about their recent experiments and learning on Facebook. Facebook was an uncharted territory for the Ocean Conservancy.

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Nine Pinterest Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Pin your own website and blog content, but only if it pulls up a good photo! Tap into that power by pinning your own website and blog content, but only if it pulls up a good, visually appealing photo. So, for example, I am going to pin a blog post from the Nature Conservancy Blog : Step One :: Use Good Photos on Your Website and Blog.

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