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How to Restore Community Economies: Reestablishing the Right to Associate

NonProfit Quarterly

These restrictions are the result of policy shifts that have quietly undermined the right to associate In principle, people in the United States have this right—Article 20 of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights asserts that all people should be able to freely form associations to meet their collective needs.

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The Next 4 Years: Tapping Into Nonprofit Expertise

The NonProfit Times

She teams with and coordinates with other environmental nonprofits to use every law on the books to battle climate change and polluters. Dillen has litigated precedent-setting cases that have held polluters accountable and cleared the way for clean energy projects. She has the roadmap for the nation’s clean energy future.

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Rebecca Cantrell, ACNP: The Greene County Force behind United Way of the Greater Dayton Area

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

. “I wanted to become an attorney,” she recalls, “I thought I could make that change in my community, by learning about law and really advocating for people.” “The CNP program really helped me channel my energy and passion into effective leadership,” she emphasizes.

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Building Boundaries in Love for Equity and Justice: An AI Manifesto

NonProfit Quarterly

AIs ecological footprint extends through water-intensive demands, energy consumption, carbon emissions, and resource extraction, all of which pose serious risks to human health and fragile ecosystems. The data centers that power AI systems consume vast amounts of water for cooling, exacerbating water insecurity in vulnerable regions.

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Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator – Stacy Harbaugh

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Stacy Harbaugh is the Communications Director for Midwest Environmental Advocates, a Madison, WI-based public interest environmental law center. It is Midwest Environmental Advocates’ mission to support citizens’ efforts to protect public health and the environment using sound science and the law. to 4:00 p.m.

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Young People Are Filing Lawsuits—Is This the Future of Climate Action?

NonProfit Quarterly

The youth alleged that Montana’s “ fossil fuel-based state energy system ” contributes to climate change and is therefore a violation of their constitutional right to a safe environment. A New Court Tactic The youth were represented by Our Children’s Trust, a nonprofit law firm. The court agreed.

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

NonProfit Quarterly

12 GHGs such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide are naturally occurring gases that absorb energy from the sun and trap heat inside the atmosphere reflected from the earth’s surface. According to NASA, the average surface temperature of Earth “was about 2.45 degrees Fahrenheit (or about 1.36 degrees Fahrenheit (1.30