Geography quiz – since when are the Rockies in Tucson?

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the annual SRI in the Rockies conference – the leading annual gathering of socially responsible investors and research firms. The conference itself was born in the Rockies with a small group of SRI … Continue reading

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IESC Kenya: Week 1 Solar Powered Classmate PCs

Our journey started on Saturday morning US time, arriving in Kenya on Sunday night Kenya time, after 3 plane transfers, missed connections and lost baggage. Flew to Kisumu on Monday morning to be received by Alphonce Okuku, Director of Kageno … Continue reading

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Intel Education Service Corp: Bangladesh Week 1 Summary

On Wednesday, Oct. 14th., the four members of the Intel Education Service Corps met for the very first time over breakfast in a Dhaka hotel, after travelling halfway around the world from Arizona (Bob), Mumbai (Surya), California (Noor), and Oregon … Continue reading

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Blog action day – the new opportunity for Intel in addressing climate change

Addressing climate change is not something new for us. But how we are now looking at the issue is. As a company, Intel has taken steps to measure and reduce the carbon footprint of our operations for many years now. … Continue reading

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Helping Students Succeed: What Intel is Doing to Make Learning Engaging

Recently, at a conference on education reform, I heard a state superintendent from one of the country’s highest performing states share a comment I found concerning. He said he believed there would be a tension between meeting more rigorous common … Continue reading

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Can Web 2.0 save the world?

Remember the age of Web 1.0? Back when it took all night to download one song on a 57k dial-up? Today we have broadband and iTunes and dial-up is a distant memory in the era of Web 2.0. According to … Continue reading

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What does CSR success look like? Check out Intel’s IT department…

Here’s a great example of what I mean when I talk about successes in Intel’s ongoing strategy to “embed CSR more deeply into the business.” Over the past year, Intel’s IT departmentr has embraced and taken ownership of driving sustainability … Continue reading

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70 years worth of Gigaflops every day and counting…

In August, Intel launched a project through Facebook – Progress thru Processors (PTP) and since then 127,000 people have become fans of the application which allows a user’s computer to supply CPU power for humanitarian research. These users have demonstrated … Continue reading

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Sustainability and teen angst?

Dr. Sharon Nunes from IBM, opened her remarks on her panel at yesterday’s annual summit of the Women’s Network for a Sustainable Future (WNSF) in NYC, noting that in her career as an engineer, she rarely finds herself in a … Continue reading

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Profile: Paige Johnson

Paige Johnson, Global Manager of K-12 education for Intel’s Corporate Affairs Group, is responsible for the Intel® Teach Program. A worldwide professional development initiative that helps educators integrate computer technology effectively and promote 21st century skills, this research-proven program has … Continue reading

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