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Citymaps is a free mobile app that allows users to create social and personalized maps. Citymaps was “founded on the belief that maps should be more than just tools of navigation” (http://about.citymaps.com/), and enables users to create a personalized collection...
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Rain Water Solutions is a company that sells rainwater collection containers. Rainwater harvesting is the collection of rainwater running off of roofs. Harvesting water allows you to obtain water for free, and control what is in your water. It can be...
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African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) is a career-development fellowship program aimed at empowering and equipping African women scientists with the tools to have a stronger voice and position in the agricultural research workforce. Data has shown that...
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Gravity is a London-based modern tech company that normally specializes in creating large-scale digital products for businesses through mobile or web platforms. However, in 2014 they partnered with the homelessness-focused charity The Simon Community, which works to provide services and...
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Madécasse is a Brooklyn-based chocolate and vanilla company that was established in 2006 by two Peace Corps volunteers who had served in Madagascar. The mission of the company is to empower Madagascar’s cocoa farmers, strengthen the local economy and protect...
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The Pew Charitable Trusts is a nonprofit organization established between 1948 and 1979 with the purpose of improving public policy and public awareness of environmental, health, state and consumer issues through the provision of useful data and rigorous analysis. In...
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Solar Sister is a group that helps to provide clean energy to women and girls in Uganda, Tanzania, and Nigeria. Their mission is to eradicate energy poverty by empowering women with economic opportunity. “We are creating deliberately woman-centered direct sales...
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The Sustainable Food Trade Association (SFTA) is a peer-to-peer network and learning community for the organic food industry. Their mission is “to build the capacity of the organic food trade to transition to sustainable business models” (Sustainablefoodtrade.org).  Organic farming is based on practices...
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Introducing GeoMakers Within the Geospatial community, there is an abiding interest in anything involving location, surveying and mapping, remote sensing (such as satellite or airborne imagery), 3D terrain characterization, navigation, and understanding change over time within a particular geography.  GeoMakers...
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