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Catching Heat: Data Center Resistance and Recycling

In Odense, Denmark, the winters are cold and the heating bills used to match. Then a data center moved in. Its waste heat became a municipal resource. The facility runs around the clock, processing data for millions of users across Europe. Its servers generate enormous heat. In most of the world, that heat is vented…

Bob Roth

Growing More Than Flowers in Chicago: South Side Blooms

Christy Schmid (Photography & Essay)

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Bob Roth

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Connecting Business Expertise to Community Impact

Jericho Bundac, Brands for Better Foundation

When Systems Break, Women Build Networks

Yasmeen Dahiya

Cameras For Girls

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Beyond the Pink Ribbon

Michele Mateus (Photography & Essay)

breast cancer survivorship portrait, raw, unfiltered, quiet strength

Teaching for Mastery, Wellness, and Trust

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Rethinking education through human-centered design

Dieting is a Social Illness. Youth Pay the Price

Penny Greening

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Connecting Business Expertise to Community Impact

Picture a room in Vancouver, B.C. where a mission-driven organization notes that women spend so much of their lives giving to everyone else that receiving support can feel unfamiliar. They ask, When was the last time you felt truly connected? and the whole room goes quiet, because the honest answer is “not in a while”. …

Jericho Bundac, Brands for Better Foundation

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Lead a workshop for women rebuilding their village in Vancouver

Be Embraced Foundation, featured in the article, supports women through big transitions like burnout, career pivots, moving to a new country and solo parenting. It holds monthly in-person lectures, workshops and gatherings. Its partner program invites people to share their knowledge by leading a talk, workshop or discussion circle. A $25 donation funds materials for one workshop.

Host a “How can we help each other?” gathering

In The Art of Gathering, Priya Parker argues that most gatherings run on routine and convention. She says we should focus instead on what makes a gathering distinct and on the people in the room. Read it, then invite a few neighbors, friends or coworkers over and build the evening around one question: What’s something you’re stuck on, and who here could help?

Show up to a Brands for Better community meetup in Vancouver

Brands for Better hosts monthly in-person meetups for professionals and brands who want to create change in Vancouver. Each one includes three-minute “How Can We Help?” pitches from people and organizations explaining how the community can support them. Tickets are by donation. If you run a nonprofit or community project, you can request to pitch.

Advise a nonprofit using your professional skills

Catchafire connects nonprofits with professionals who volunteer their expertise as consultants. With Quick Advise, you answer a nonprofit’s written question in 15 minutes or less. With a one-hour consultation call, you talk through a specific challenge with someone at the organization. Search by the skills you use at work and the causes you care about.

Rethink what a “good” charity spends money on

In his 19-minute TED talk, Dan Pallotta argues that we reward nonprofits for how little they spend instead of what they get done. He asks us to judge charities by their goals and accomplishments instead. Before your next donation, look at what the organization has achieved before you look at its overhead.

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