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One social entrepreneur and activist’s mission to defend the environment and indigenous communities in Venezuela

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

The YLAI program undoubtedly provided me with incredible tools, and even years after I participated, the connections and experiences I gained from it have paid off and have definitely marked a before and after in my professional life.

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3 Ways to Boost Your Team’s Work From Home Performance

StartupNation

There may be many aspects that favor remote work, but the lack of space to develop personal relationships is a definite downside. Sign Up: Receive the StartupNation newsletter! Interact… efficiently! Loneliness is a common issue for people working from home, and it can be further aggravated by the current crisis.

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How to avoid greenwashing your business

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

These terms might sound great, but your company could be feeding into greenwashing with no explanation or definition. defends the region’s environment and natural resources and the right of every citizen to enjoy a healthy, safe and ecologically balanced environment. Commit to transparency. The organization ??defends

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Hacking Innovation Education in New York

This is going to be BIG.

If schools are going to participate in the growth of NYC’s innovation ecology, they’re going to have to change the way they operate, or they’re going to get lapped and left behind. Event and meeting space is tough to come by, but it definitely exists in universities.

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Embracing aluminum containers, Uni wants to completely remove plastic packaging from your home

TechCrunch

Most personal care brands barely get caught in the third of those ecological safety nets, but Uni is picking a fight with the industry to change all that. It’s a cursed misfortune that plastic is cheap and abundant — the financial cost of the material doesn’t reflect the ecological impact of that shampoo bottle.

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Klim harvests $6.6M seed to get more farmers growing greener

TechCrunch

. “However it requires rapid action — and that’s the whole point for Klim.” ” But what is regenerative agriculture? ” So, yeah, uncanny.).

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10 Key Buildings in the Brooklyn Innovation Community

This is going to be BIG.

The definitive article about 33 Flatbush--the kind of commercial building you would drive by a million times without thinking twice-- was written in the NY Times a few years ago. It's the kind of place you just don't find in Manhattan, and definitely don't find in Silicon Valley. 33 Flatbush. 10 Jay Street.