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10 Common Misconceptions Nonprofits Have About Bitcoin Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It cannot be arbitrarily printed/devalued like what happened in Venezuela. Myth 8: Mining cryptocurrency is bad for the environment. If you compare the electricity use of cryptocurrencies to that of traditional fiat currencies, you’d find that the US dollar is significantly worse for the environment.

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Big Vision Podcast: Steve Williams from POWER

Have Fun - Do Good

Almost never do they receive healthcare benefits or vacation time and oftentimes, have to work in incredibly oppressive environments. The industry -- the federal government, and the state government specifically exclude domestic workers as classes of workers to be protected by labor rights legislation.

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Senators Urged To Protect NGOs Via Systems, Staffing, Sanctions

The NonProfit Times

The Nicaraguan government has closed down 1,500 nonprofits, including religious organizations, human rights groups and even the American Chamber of Commerce, Rutzen added. The issues are far from isolated. Rutzen proposed a series of initiatives, including calling for the U.S.

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MCON13 Live Blog: Millennial Giving (Alia McKee, Sea Change Strategies and Justin Wheeler, LINK)

NTEN

After graduating college, I became a translater for tobacco giant Philip Morris in Venezuela. As an example, an experiment was done to increase hotel towel reuse through changing messages: the traditional ''this many gallons are used to wash towels, please reuse your towel to help us save the environment '' was used as the control message.

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Kevin Danaher of Global Exchange Talks about the Global Citizen Center

Have Fun - Do Good

That's guaranteed, and what's guaranteeing it is, it is one of the few positive things about the destruction of the environment. So you not only want partners who are wealthy, but partners who get that the green economy is the next economy. Whatever it is you want, it will be there in that ecomall.

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