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How to Restore Community Economies: Reestablishing the Right to Associate

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Photo by Darla Hueske on Unsplash Travel across the United States today, and you’ll find in many small towns a towering grain elevator or a similar agricultural edifice looming over the rusty train tracks. Decades of policy changes, however, often under the radar, today inhibit many diverse kinds of association. [We

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What Is an Ethical Supply Chain—And Why Does It Matter?

NonProfit Quarterly

Deforestation is occurring in the Amazon at an alarming rate, primarily driven by the demand for agricultural commodities. This company operates in the Ucayali region of Peru, an area that has become a hotspot for palm oil production and associated deforestation.

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Co-op Leaders Consider Future as International Year of the Co-op Nears

NonProfit Quarterly

It is also when the National Cooperative Business Association Cooperative League of the USA (NCBA CLUSA), the US national co-op association, hosts its annual Cooperative Impact conference in Washington, DC. a nonprofit association that helps educate co-op developers, presented her research findings.

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The AI-Powered Nonprofits Coding a Greener Future

Stanford Social Innovation Review

For small-scale farmers in emerging markets like India, Kenya, and Nigeria, agricultural extension agents are crucial lifelines. They provide Climate-Smart Agriculture practices, deliver market and pricing information for farmers to maximize income, and help farmers connect with local suppliers.

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Navigating Climate Justice: Empowering BIPOC Youth with Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing

NonProfit Quarterly

14 However, human activities such as burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, landfills, toxic agricultural practices, and transportation have increased the natural rate of these gases in the atmosphere. According to NASA, the average surface temperature of Earth “was about 2.45 degrees Fahrenheit (or about 1.36 degrees Fahrenheit (1.30

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Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership Announces Nominees for the 30th Annual Heart of Marin™ Awards

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Giving Marin Community Partnership Little Wishes Maggie/Mavi Pilloton Marin Agricultural Land Trust, Drought Resilience and Water Security Initiative Marin Foster Care Association Osher Marin Jewish Community Center Shoreline Connectivity Project Side by Side, Raices Unidas Social Call Sparkle Foundation Vivalon.

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Okinawa and the Link Between Socioeconomic Disparities and Colonialism in Japan

Stanford Social Innovation Review

It also inadvertently contributes to the association between Okinawa's poverty and local people's values and behaviors. Toward Equity and Self-Determination In his paper, “ A Monitoring Theory of the Underclass ,” Harvard Law School Professor J. Relocation of the bases has also remained out of reach.