Careers - Company - Blackbaud When was a last time that a day at the office was accompanied by the satisfaction of knowing that you did something to change the world? For us at Blackbaud Pacific, that’s an average day. We’re developing the solutions that help not for profits focus on what they do best; whether that’s saving the environment, educating children or solving the world’s major health concerns. And while we are working to enable the success of over 330+ customer organisations, we are enabling the success of our company and our people. We are committed to developing the careers of our employees, in all professions, through learning and mentoring programs. And we do it all in an environment that values teamwork, diversity and philanthropy. Is it possible to change the world and grow your career at the same time? Are you looking to find a job at an organisation using Blackbaud products? CRM Consultant CRM Solutions Engineer CRM Technical Consultant Customer Support Analyst Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
The Plastic Bank - Harvesting Waste Plastic to Reduce Poverty Thank you for helping us reach our goal. Our first campaign is over but another one will be coming soon. Please go to to join the Social Plastic movement. We are Leading the Social Plastic Movement! When we reveal value in plastic, it becomes too valuable to throw away and too valuable to leave sitting on a beach or in the ocean. We are proudly leading the Social Plastic movement and we invite you to join the movement with your contributions. Our Solution to Reduce Poverty & Waste Plastic World Wide The Plastic Bank is setting up plastic repurposing centers around the world, where there’s an abundance of both waste plastic and poverty. We are helping people ascend from poverty by rewarding them for removing plastic waste from the land, oceans and waterways. With your help people in need around the world will have the opportunity to collect enough plastic waste to ascend from poverty. Did We Mention We Can Recycle ANY Kind of Mixed Plastic Simply put. Dr. Dr.
Polyméthacrylate de méthyle Le poly(méthacrylate de méthyle) (souvent abrégé en PMMA, de l'anglais poly(methyl methacrylate))[9] est un polymère thermoplastique transparent obtenu par polymérisation en chaîne dont le monomère est le méthacrylate de méthyle (MMA). Ce polymère est plus connu sous son premier nom commercial de Plexiglas, marque déposée utilisée dans le langage courant[10] comme antonomase, même si le leader mondial du PMMA est Altuglas International[11] du groupe Arkema, sous le nom commercial Altuglas. Il est également vendu sous les noms commerciaux Lucite, Crystalite, Hésalite, Perspex et Nudec. Synthèse[modifier | modifier le code] La polymérisation anionique doit se faire en milieu anhydre ; en effet, dans ce type de réaction, il n y a pas d'étapes de terminaison, la chaîne en construction continue à absorber des monomères jusqu'à épuisement du stock. Le solvant et l'amorceur utilisés définiront la tacticité du polymère et donc ses propriétés physiques. Ces matériaux se caractérisent par :
Champion the #childrenofsyria Plastic2oil - Converting Plastic to Oil ➔ Design et décors | Polymos Le polystyrène expansé est fréquemment utilisé dans la confection de décors de scène et de studio et pour celle de vitrines de magasins. Facile à sculpter, légers et abordables, les blocs et panneaux en EPS, sont des matériaux tout indiqués pour des utilisations temporaires, telles les scènes de spectacle et les vitrines de magasins. Les blocs et panneaux de polystyrène expansé sont aussi souvent utilisés pour des concepts permanents, telles les bannières et affichage d'entreprise. Notre expertise en moulage et en taillage peut être mise au service de la mise en forme de plans précis autant qu'à donner vie à des sculptures à l'esthétique unique. Ces procédés permettent également d'intégrer nos composants à l'ameublement, aux planchers, plafonds et autres applications résidentielles et commerciales afin d'allier versatilité, durabilité et design. Contactez-nous si vous voulez fondre nos solutions à votre décor.
The 60 Minute Plan for Increasing Your Fundraising by 100% this Year A number of years ago, while serving as the Executive Director of a non-profit, I faced a crisis. I had come on board 4 months before and could tell the ship was sinking. Most of the staff was gone, the bookkeeping was a mess, reports weren’t filed. Luckily, we had a small reserve of annual funds in the bank, and so I spent those four months getting the organization upright again… focusing on hiring, accounting, legal and other pressing issues. But now that those fires were put out, I faced the real problem. I needed a plan. Shutting Out Distractions I told the staff I was going to be indisposed for the next hour or so. I pulled out a pad of paper and a pen. My 15/15/30 Planning Split I decided that I was going to stay in that office for 60 minutes and walk out with a clear strategy for what needed to be done. For 15 minutes, I wouldn’t write anything down. It was hard. But I did it. The Aftermath The result of this exercise was momentous. Does your non-profit need a big picture plan?
Treehugger - From trash to treasure: Could non-recycled plastic be turned into a low-carbon fuel? As part of our efforts to diversify our energy sources, it's great to see the surge in interest and development of renewable energies such as solar and wind power, and innovations in tidal and wave power, but to really be able to reduce our use of fossil fuels, we might need to also explore some of our other options, such as using materials extracted from our waste streams as fuel. One emerging technology is working toward converting some of the non-marketable post-consumer plastics into a solid low-carbon fuel. While recycling of some plastics back into other materials makes sense for closing the loop on plastics a bit, until we can divert all recyclables from the waste stream, using some of it as an alternative fuel may be yet another way we can diversify our energy sources. "Although recycling rates have increased over the last few decades, more than 50% of our waste still ends up in landfills.
Polystyrène Le polystyrène (sigle PS)[6], sagex (Suisse) styromousse (Canada) ou frigolite (Belgique)[7] est le polymère de formule -(CH2-CH(Ph)n-, obtenu par polymérisation du monomère styrène CH2=CH-Ph. Caractéristiques[modifier | modifier le code] Ses formes courantes sont : la plus commune transparente est dite « cristal », sigle PS, l'(homopolymère) précité ;l'expansé, la plus connue, à cellules fermées, de sigles PSE (EPS pour Expanded polystyrene) ou PS-E selon la même norme (densité très faible, rigide, blanc, bon amortisseur de choc, économique) (appelé « frigolite » en Belgique, « Sagex » en Suisse et « Styromousse » au Canada) ;l'extrudée à cellules fermées, sigle PSX (ou XPS = eXtruded PolyStyrene en anglais). Le polystyrène de base, appelé PS « cristal » pour son aspect transparent, est une matière dure et cassante, pouvant être colorée. D'une manière pratique, on le reconnaît à son côté cassant avec un blanchissement sur les zones de contraintes. Synthèse[modifier | modifier le code] J.
Happiness Increases From Giving When There's A Social Connection, Study Shows Giving makes us feel happy, and giving to someone we actually know makes us even happier, a new study suggests. New research published in the Journal of Happiness and Development shows that social giving -- where you're giving to a person who you know, or your giving leads to a social connection -- seems to foster more emotional benefits than giving without the social aspect. "While additional factors other than social connection likely influence the happiness gained from pro-social spending, our findings suggest that putting the social in pro-social is one way to transform good deeds into good feelings," the team concludes. The study included three different experiments. However, some of the participants were randomly assigned to the "high-social connection" condition, where the research assistant conducting the study told them that they had a friend who was part of ACTS who had just gotten back from Africa, and that the money was being raised on the friend's behalf. Also on HuffPost:
Instructables - Plastic Bottle Mosquito Trap Hello dear friends! As some of my followers already know, I live in Bologna (Italy), in the heart of Po river Valley. This area is known as the wettest one of Italy. This is due to terrain, level (a lot of areas are UNDER sea level) and weather. These factors result in very hot temperatures in summer, very cold ones in winter, an incredibly thick fog but, mostly, giant and aggressive mosquitoes. There is a city, Comacchio (only 55 miles from Bologna), that is known as the "Mosquitoes Town". Obviously is nothing tropical, but it's very annoying! It's really difficult to enjoy summer evenings without using pesticides, sprays or other stinky poisons. While mosquitoes are useful for the ecosystem (did you know that mosquitoes are the main cocoa plants pollinators? In this Instructable, I want to show you an all natural and potentially free way to create an efficent mosquito trap with little more than a plastic bottle! Why potentially free? Ready? Let's start with our shopping list.
Polychlorure de vinyle Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Pour les articles homonymes, voir PVC. Connu sous le sigle PVC (sigle venant de l'appellation anglaise polyvinyl chloride), le poly(chlorure de vinyle) est un polymère thermoplastique de grande consommation, amorphe ou faiblement cristallin, principal représentant de la famille chloropolymères. Il est préparé à partir de deux matières premières : à 57 % de sel de mer (NaCl) et à 43 % de pétrole ; c'est la seule matière plastique constituée par plus de 50 % de matière première d'origine minérale[10]. Formule moléculaire[modifier | modifier le code] De formule chimique —(CH2—CHCl)n—, il est obtenu par polymérisation radicalaire du monomère chlorure de vinyle (sigle VCM, formule CH2=CHCl). Historique[modifier | modifier le code] Le poly(chlorure de vinyle) a été découvert par accident à au moins deux occasions au cours du XIXe siècle, d'abord en 1835 par Henri Victor Regnault et en 1872 par Eugen Baumann (en). Recyclage[modifier | modifier le code]
Q&A: Jon Miller and Lucy Parker on Big Business Driving Social Change | TechnoServe - Business Solutions to Poverty Jon Miller and Lucy Parker are the authors of the new book, “Everybody’s Business,” which explores the role that big companies can play in tackling major global challenges. As part of their research for the book, they visited Uganda and met farmers participating in Project Nurture, a partnership between The Coca-Cola Company, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and TechnoServe that aims to help more than 50,000 small-scale mango and passion fruit farmers in Kenya and Uganda double their fruit incomes. Below, Jon and Lucy discuss their experiences in Uganda and why they decided to donate royalties from the book to TechnoServe. Read a sample chapter of the book and buy “Everybody’s Business" on Amazon. Q: How did you decide to write this book? Jon Miller and Lucy Parker: You only need to scan the headlines in an average month to know that the relationship between “big business” and society is pretty dysfunctional. Q: What stood out to you about the farmer groups you visited in Uganda?