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Inspiring Community Participation

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Inspiring Community Participation. I’m Jeff Franco, and this is “Inspiring Community Participation” to solve local problems. First, knowing your community and its needs. It is critically important that you get to know your community intimately. It can be a challenge to inspire community participation and overcome apathy.

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Inspiring Community Participation

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Inspiring Community Participation. I’m Jeff Franco, and this is “Inspiring Community Participation” to solve local problems. First, knowing your community and its needs. It is critically important that you get to know your community intimately. It can be a challenge to inspire community participation and overcome apathy.

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Clean energy firm Husk signs UN energy compact as it begins solar mini-grid expansion in Nigeria, rest of Africa

TechCrunch

Husk Power Systems , a clean energy company that has been at the forefront of fueling rural electrification since 2008, is planning to launch 500 solar mini-grids in Nigeria over the next five years. “We welcome the Energy Compact commitments made by Husk Power and appreciate their leadership. Image Credits: Husk Power Systems.

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Ecosia has started ploughing search ads profit into green energy

TechCrunch

Not-for-profit search engine Ecosia has started funnelling a portion of the profits it generates from serving ads against users’ searches into startups in the renewable energy space. “At the moment, we’re supporting renewable energy projects across Germany.

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Okra Solar is bringing renewable energy to underserved markets

TechCrunch

It’s a moment happily eternalized in a new press release announcing the renewable energy startup’s $2.1 Explorer Investments and Didendum led the round, which also featured participation from Schneider Electric Energy Access and the Autodesk Foundation. million new round (it’s a nice photo; we used it on this post , too).

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A Sneak Peak at Some LA Startup Energy

Both Sides of the Table

But for now … Every year we run a big VC, LP & Tech Summit in Los Angeles (this year downtown) to showcase the best of our community and invite others from around the country. Have a quick view below for what is in store at our Upfront Summit – a little bit of LA startup energy and creativity. I will tell more.

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Sun King, a provider of solar energy products in Africa and Asia, expands Series D to $330M

TechCrunch

Sun King, a provider of off-grid solar energy products in Africa and Asia, has secured a $70 million equity investment led by LeapFrog Investments. The solar energy company has also provided more than $500 million in solar purchase finance through a network of over 20,000 field agents, 36% of whom are women. “We

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