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Building digital backpacks for Syrian refugees

Jerold Veum

The University of California Davis is using Drupal to build Article 26 Backpack, a platform that helps Syrian Refugees document and share their educational credentials.

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Katheleen Tillman

At the Lake Tahoe Entrepreneur Fast Track get an opportunity to connect with an incredible community of like- minded entrepreneurs supporting each other and making a difference. Come and join the...

Seashell Souvenirs Are Killing Protected Marine Life

Sherwood Treutel

The seashell trade is little known, but the massive industry devastates marine life worldwide.

Sherwood Treutel

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Meet Rare Sea Wolves Who Live Off The Ocean And Can Swim ...

Sherwood Treutel

Along the wild Pacific coast of British Columbia, there lives a population of the sea wolves. “We know from exhaustive DNA studies that these wolves are genetically distinct from their continental kin,” says McAllister. “They are behaviourally...

This Might Be The Largest Great White Shark Ever Caught O...

Sherwood Treutel

Deep Blue is around 20 feet long.

Hatpins to Hashtags

Jerold Veum

Great to see the free (as in speech and beer!) web app platform Drupal being put to good use powering another new participatory site, this time for Feminist Archive South's Hatpins to Hashtags website - check it out here:


The First Marine Wilderness Map Shows There’s Not Much of...

Sherwood Treutel

For the first time, scientists have mapped how much oceanic wilderness remains. Only 13.2 percent of the oceans are unspoiled, a shocking finding that shows the extent to which humans have reshaped the planet above and below the waves.

Neuroscientists Strongly Recommend That You Visit The Bea...

Sherwood Treutel

We all know that spending time outdoors is good for you on both a physical and mental level, but the benefits of spending time specifically at the beach have just been revealed.

12-Year-Old Girl Invents Plastic-Detecting Robot to Save ...

Sherwood Treutel

"One day when I was at Boston Harbor, I noticed there was a lot of plastics on the sand, I tried picking some up, but there seemed to be so many more, and it just seemed impossible to clean it all up," the sixth grader from Andover,...