article thumbnail

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. Some critics argue that eucalyptus overuses groundwater, but Conservation International says that’s often caused by poor management.

Brazil 126
article thumbnail

Section 230 faces a bipartisan repeal effort. Experts say it’s a risky bet

Fast Company Tech

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Actthe provision that protects tech platforms from legal liability for content posted by their usershas long been a point of contention among lawmakers. Few beyond the C-suites and legal departments of tech companies still support it.

Law 120
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Ten Must-Follow Nonprofits on LinkedIn

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Conservation International. linkedin.com/company/conservation-international. Nature Conservancy of Canada. linkedin.com/company/nature-conservancy-of-canada. Over the next couple of months Nonprofit Tech for Good will be posting LinkedIn Page tips and resources. linkedin.com/company/nonprofit-tech-for-good.

Linkedin 278
article thumbnail

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. A tech genius recovered most of it, but it took this extreme situation for the board to decide to adopt the cloud. 3) Conserve Resources.

Google 334
article thumbnail

4 Unique Call-to-Actions to Test on Your Nonprofit’s Website

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The red newsletter opt-in top bar on Nonprofit Tech for Good is the best-performing newsletter CTA on our website. For example, the Nature Conservancy uses a maroon top bar to send visitors prompted by TV ads to their monthly giving donation page. Heather Mansfield is the founder and editor-in-chief of Nonprofit Tech for Good.

Websites 361
article thumbnail

How you can help save declining butterflies

Fast Company Tech

This gives me a bit of hope when it comes to butterfly conservation. Because they have such short generation times, even small conservation steps can make a big difference and we can see populations bounce back. Photo: Chris Light , CC BY-SA] Supporting policies that benefit conservation can also help.

Help 119
article thumbnail

Is ocean conservation the next climate tech? 7 investors explain why they’re all in

TechCrunch

Founders and investors have started to look for opportunities to conserve, and even enhance, the ocean’s resources rather than exploit them. In that way, ocean conservation tech mirrors climate tech, which has been growing so fast that some have called it “recession-proof.” But, she added, there’s still more room to grow.