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We're so excited to announce that We Are Neutral has been selected as a Cox Conserves Heroes finalist!

First place would award We Are Neutral $30,000, which would go a long way in our work to restore balance to the planet through our meaningful carbon reduction and offset projects.

Vote now using the QR code or at https://buff.ly/3UZ3RxY.

Polls close on October 10th, and we'd love your help recruiting your community. It's quick and easy, and all you need to do is enter your name and email address. Maximize your support by voting once with every email address you have!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

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Passionate about gardening and sustainability? Teach a new life skill to students living in a food desert.

Live Pura Vida is a non-profit organization that focuses on STEAM education for children, arts and history education for adults, and community empowerment in disadvantaged areas. We have recently received a grant and multiple opportunities to broaden our service and support of at-risk communities! As always, we want to continue to provide the excellent service that our brand is known for.

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Our work focuses on the following:
1. Generate value from the household waste by promoting reuse with our mobile app Dumpick.
2. We work with community to create greener environment. reduce waste, reduce carbon footprint.

Being not for profit charitable entity, we get out income from valuable contribution from society via volunteers, donations and grants. We are looking for SEO campaign that will:
1. Generate traffic to our home page for donations.
2. Generate traffic to our product page for more downloads.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	5	n/a	n/a

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Please join us on our farm to help with the seedling, transplanting, and preparing the growing spaces. We need volunteers Mid April - June. Please reach out to schedule a date and time with your corporate group. 10 - 12 people max.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Field Crew	12	n/a	n/a

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Are you interested in nature, the environment or conservation? We have a great opportunity for you to engage with a charity at the heart of the local community. We preserve Millers Pond, and educate the public about the wildlife found here.

What will you be doing?
The Management Committee of Sholing Valleys Study Centre have legal responsibility for the development of the organisation and carry out the day-to-day operations of the organisation. The charity is in need of new Trustees to oversee the management of our activities.
We are looking for people interested in either community engagement, conservation, environmental issues, or youth education.
The appointed person will sit alongside the rest of the Management Committee, which meets every month on the second Wednesday (in the evening).
Additionally you will be expected to attend an Annual General Meeting, usually held in November (also in the evening), to stand for Committee.

Duties include

make sure that the charity complies with its governing document comply with charity law requirements and other laws that apply to the charity do what you and co-trustees (and no one else) decide will best enable the charity to carry out its purposes with co-trustees, make balanced and adequately informed decisions, thinking about the long term as well as the short term avoid putting yourself in a position where your duty to your charity conflicts with your personal interests or loyalty to any other person or body not receive any benefit from the charity unless it is properly authorised and is clearly in the charity’s interests; this also includes anyone who is financially connected to you, such as a partner, dependent child or business partner participate in operational matters.

What are we looking for?
We are very interested in helping our Trustrees develop new and exisitng areas with experience. Whether skills based with volunteer management, grant writing, project and event management, community outreach, or knowledge based with conservation and environemental best practices. For further details on specific examples of how this would work in practice, please send us a message.

All of the below are non essential, but would aid a successful application

An interest, knowledge or enthusiasm for nature, community, or education
An ability to work effectively as a member of a team
An ability to communicate effectively
An ability to make sound, independent judgements
An ability to think creatively
An understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship

What difference will you make?
Spanning around 20 acres, Miller’s Pond is one of Southampton’s largest and most diverse Local Nature Reserve. Since 1988, Sholing Valleys Study Centre has been working as a registered charity to preserve Miller’s Pond its surrounding areas, whilst educating the public about this unique environment and the wildlife found here.

In addition to the legal responsibility for the management of the organisation, the Trustees can also carry out the day-to-day operations.
After consulting with our members and the public, we are developing a broader range of activities to widen our engagement.
This includes:
activities with older generations, through a Men's Shed,
Mental and Physical Health support in the form of Social Prescribing references
additional weekday workdays for Southampton Day Services and other community groups
Any new Trustee will be supported to develop and support these and additional activities. Responding to community need, and generating relationships with groups and charities, and seeking funding to deliver new projects.

Opportunity Details

Are you interested in nature, the environment or conservation? We have a great opportunity for you to engage with a charity at the heart of the local community. We preserve Millers Pond, and educate the public about the wildlife found here.

The Management Committee of Sholing Valleys Study Centre have legal responsibility for the development of the organisation and carry out the day-to-day operations of the organisation. The charity is in need of a treasurer to manage the financial assets and liabilities of Sholing Valleys Study Centre. SCVC is looking for an experienced treasurer to work alongside the Chair and Committee. The Treasurer will sit alongside the rest of the Management Committee, which meets every month (in the evening). Additionally, the Treasurer will be expected to attend an Annual General Meeting, usually held in November (also in the evening), to present the Annual Financial Report.

Duties include

Ensure that the accounts are maintained, prepared and disclosed in the form required by funders and regulatory bodies and scrutinised in the manner required and any recommendations implemented
Administering the process of Independent Examination of the Annual Statement of Accounts in accordance with Policy, Organisation and Rules.
Advise on the financial implications of strategic plans, and provide assurance to the Committee that there are adequate resources to meet the organisation's present and future needs
To uphold the responsibilities of a Management Committee as outlined in our constitution
Maintain an overview of the organisation's finances, ensuring that the organisation is operating within its means and within legal frameworks
Approve payments to creditors
Present the accounts at the AGM
Participate in operational matters
The Treasurer may delegate some of these tasks to other members of the Management Committee for completion, but they maintain responsibility for their completion.

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Locally-led non-profits and the communities involved have the expertise and knowledge to tackle the social injustices in their local setting. These NGOs are the first to respond, last to leave, and are responsible for 70% of all impact in development cooperation. However, they directly receive only 2% of the total global aid budget.
Imagine how much impact can be made, if locally-led NGOs would receive more than this marginal 2%! That is exactly our ambition!

Help us to promote iMPACT direct or one of the projects in your network in Kenya or abroad: https://impactdirect.eu/project/

We have brochures, website, socials, mailings present.
Let's brainstorm on what works best. For example, invite people to a presentation of one of our NGOs. Or sending a mailing around. Or you may have this other great promotion idea, that we can support, to jointly support the locally-led NGOs we are working for.

In turn, they work for people living below the poverty line in their communities, offering local sustainable solutions on income, food security & climate, and education. Currently we have reached 10,000 people in 5 African countries. In 2023, we aim to reach out to 15,000 people.

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Nature Counter by CrowdDoing is seeking virtual volunteers to help us to help everyone living in cities and suburbs to get enough nature dose to achieve their productivity, mental health and wellbeing goals.. Learn much more than you ever knew you could know about ""forest bathing"", ""attention restoration theory"", ""eco-therapy"", ""biophelia"", ""nature deficit disorder reduction"", ""contextual nootropics"" and so much more! #mentalhealth#wellbeing#virtualvolunteering#reactjs#iphoneapp#androidapp, #sustainability#hiking#outdoors

 

You can see benefits of time in the park put on Nature Counter's linkedin page here- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nature-counter-by-crowddoing_forestbathing-naturedose-attentionrestorationtheory-activity-6805531019593302016-1hnd, You can see more background on our Nature Counter team here- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nature-counter-by-crowddoing_forestbathing-naturedose-attentionrestorationtheory-activity-6805531019593302016-1hnd. You can see a post about how just 30 minutes a week in nature reduces the chance of depression by 7%.Another example of how we’ve posted about nature dose and clarity- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6809578558365822976. Nature dose and rumination reduction- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6809578009121714176. You can see a post on eco-therapy and cortisol reduction here- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bobbyfishkin_forestbathing-naturedose-ecotherapy-activity-6809579568643620864-V84W.

 

Benefits by Time in Nature:

15 Minutes in Nature
Decrease in pulse rate by 3.9%
Decrease in systolic blood pressure by 1.9%
Decrease in Diastolic blood pressure by 2.1%
Lower levels of cortisol (stress hormone)
Greater parasympathetic nerve activity and decreased sympathetic nerve activity. The sympathies and parasympathetic nervous systems work together to control respiration, digestion, and heart rate. When you are calm, the parasympathetic nervous system is increased, lowering your heart rate and respiration and increasing digestion. In a stressful situation, the fight or flight response is triggered, increasing the sympathetic nervous system to dilate pupils, increase heart rate and increase respiration, making you breathe faster.
Feel more relaxed, yet energized

30 minutes in nature
All of the benefits from 15 minutes in nature AND
Increased attention span
Reduction in depression symptoms by 7%
Reduction in high blood pressure by 9%
40 minutes in nature
All of the benefits from 15 and 30 minutes in nature AND
Restored attention and increased attention and ability to concentrate
50 minutes in nature
All of the benefits from 15, 30, and 40 minutes in nature AND
An increased attention span with the ability to block out irrelevant stimuli and concentrate
A decreased level of anxiety
120 minutes (2 hours) in nature
All of the benefits from 15, 30, 40, and 50 minutes in nature AND
An overall sense of well-being and happiness
 

 


Role Summary:

This volunteer role is perfect for an early-career social media / digital marketing candidate.

Essential Tasks:

The LinkedIn marketing manager’s responsibility will be to build the brand and visibility of
Nature Counter via organic content on its LinkedIn page. Using a combination of
home-grown content and leveraging topical content from others, maintain a weekly posting
cadence, drive engagement, and grow the number of followers.
Prior experience with social media is required.
Six-month commitment requested.


The only way CrowdDoing.world can realize its impact potential is through virtual volunteers,service learners(http://blog.reframeit.com/service-learning-and-skilled-volunteering/), and micro-leaders (https://real-leaders.com/leveraging-micro-leadership-to-make-aspirational-goals-achievable/) coming together.

 

See this brief video aboutMicro-leadership at CrowdDoing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhdB2YJ8Ocs&app=desktop). Micro-leadership means that each person adopts a dimension of responsibility for a collective problem in our society through collaborating on that area creatively individually and together through social innovation.

 

You are also welcome to see more background on CrowdDoing at our Youtube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVoL7fai7oa95fBo44FC0gA?sub_confirmation=1).

 

Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/crowddoing.world/),

 

Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CrowdDoing-515295062320613) ,

 

LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/18910309/).

You can see a CrowdDoing Volunteering FAQ here.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zCkbEQX8PHh8k85BS0iIhsJJxADqdH3Kpn1PDbI1Uno/edit?usp=sharing

If you have any questions about processes for joining crowddoing as a volunteer please write to volunteerorientation@crowddoing.world

Opportunity Details

Attention Restoration Theory Knowledge Analyst- Nature Counter


Nature Counter by CrowdDoing is seeking virtual volunteers to help us to help everyone living in cities and suburbs to get enough nature dose to achieve their productivity, mental health and wellbeing goals.. Learn much more than you ever knew you could know about ""forest bathing"", ""attention restoration theory"", ""eco-therapy"", ""biophelia"", ""nature deficit disorder reduction"", ""contextual nootropics"" and so much more! #mentalhealth#wellbeing#virtualvolunteering#reactjs#iphoneapp#androidapp, #sustainability#hiking#outdoors

 

You can see benefits of time in the park put on Nature Counter's linkedin page here- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nature-counter-by-crowddoing_forestbathing-naturedose-attentionrestorationtheory-activity-6805531019593302016-1hnd, You can see more background on our Nature Counter team here- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nature-counter-by-crowddoing_forestbathing-naturedose-attentionrestorationtheory-activity-6805531019593302016-1hnd. You can see a post about how just 30 minutes a week in nature reduces the chance of depression by 7%.Another example of how we’ve posted about nature dose and clarity- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6809578558365822976. Nature dose and rumination reduction- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6809578009121714176. You can see a post on eco-therapy and cortisol reduction here- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bobbyfishkin_forestbathing-naturedose-ecotherapy-activity-6809579568643620864-V84W.

Nature dose by time in nature visual- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6808932845579587584.

 

Benefits by Time in Nature:

15 Minutes in Nature
Decrease in pulse rate by 3.9%
Decrease in systolic blood pressure by 1.9%
Decrease in Diastolic blood pressure by 2.1%
Lower levels of cortisol (stress hormone)
Greater parasympathetic nerve activity and decreased sympathetic nerve activity. The sympathies and parasympathetic nervous systems work together to control respiration, digestion, and heart rate. When you are calm, the parasympathetic nervous system is increased, lowering your heart rate and respiration and increasing digestion. In a stressful situation, the fight or flight response is triggered, increasing the sympathetic nervous system to dilate pupils, increase heart rate and increase respiration, making you breathe faster.
Feel more relaxed, yet energized

30 minutes in nature
All of the benefits from 15 minutes in nature AND
Increased attention span
Reduction in depression symptoms by 7%
Reduction in high blood pressure by 9%
40 minutes in nature
All of the benefits from 15 and 30 minutes in nature AND
Restored attention and increased attention and ability to concentrate
50 minutes in nature
All of the benefits from 15, 30, and 40 minutes in nature AND
An increased attention span with the ability to block out irrelevant stimuli and concentrate
A decreased level of anxiety
120 minutes (2 hours) in nature
All of the benefits from 15, 30, 40, and 50 minutes in nature AND
An overall sense of well-being and happiness
 

 

Identify and assess future and current training needs through analysis,
Draw an overall or individualized training and development plan that addresses needs and expectations for knowledge
Deploy a wide variety of training methods
Evaluate knowledge in research for the applicability of this to general population Attention Restoration Theory learning
Conduct meta-analysis and literature review on biophelia evidence
Train volunteers in biophelia evidence of dose of nature for proportionate benefits
Conduct effective induction and orientation sessions
Monitor and evaluate training program’s effectiveness, success and ROI periodically and report on them
Manage training budget
Provide opportunities for ongoing development
Resolve any specific problems and tailor training programs as necessary
Maintain a keen understanding of training trends, developments and best practices
 

Opportunity Details

React Native Developer Needed
Nature Counter engineering background link- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H9D_398HxCeXiFsJDwcoNAs_dYwc1UAU/view?usp=sharing
 
- Experienced React-Native developer to build cross-platform app for both iOS and Android platforms.

- Knowledgeable of modern JavaScript (including ES6 syntax), HTTP, and Rest API development.

- Able to utilize and debug third party dependencies.

- Able to build smooth UI and extend current functionality of existing code base.

- Experience with mobile application architecture.

- Aid in the development of end to end app design and CI/CD processes.

- Strong team player with focus on collaborative effort; a willingness to share knowledge and communicate across teams is vital.

Developor is for Nature Counter:

Nature Counter./Biophelia Counter

""A recent study of 20,000 people published in the journal Scientific Reports finds that people who spend at least 120 minutes per week - that’s about 18 minutes a day - in nature are far more likely to report being in good health and having higher psychological well-being, as compared to those who don’t embrace nature. People who spent some time in nature, but fewer than 120 minutes a week, ""were no more likely to report good health or high well-being than those who reported 0 minutes,"" the study authors found.""

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-is-the-exact-number-of-minutes-to-spend-in-nature-each-week-for-better-health-2019-06-21

 


You can see benefits of time in the park put on Nature Counter's linkedin page here- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nature-counter-by-crowddoing_forestbathing-naturedose-attentionrestorationtheory-activity-6805531019593302016-1hnd, You can see more background on our Nature Counter team here- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nature-counter-by-crowddoing_forestbathing-naturedose-attentionrestorationtheory-activity-6805531019593302016-1hnd. You can see a post about how just 30 minutes a week in nature reduces the chance of depression by 7%.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/13/health/nature-outdoors-health.html

 

120 Minutes per week in nature is also geo-locateable on phones. Have you gotten your 120 minutes a week at medium edose nature, or 90 minutes a day of high dose nature?

That is determinable by if your smart phone shows you in the park for how many minutes.

 

We aim to build an app that counts how many minutes in nature each week you have spent and reporting that back to the person. This is like step counts, but based on time in nature as walks through non-parks don’t count for the nature counter.


- Participate in weekly discussions across teams and stakeholders on ways to reach project goals.
Time-based nature benefits-
15 Minutes in Nature
Decrease in pulse rate by 3.9%
Decrease in systolic blood pressure by 1.9%
Decrease in diastolic blood pressure by 2.1%
Lower levels of cortisol (stress hormone)
Increased parasympathetic nerve activity and decreased sympathetic nerve activity. The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems work together to control respiration, digestion, and heart rate. When you are calm, the parasympathetic nervous system is increased, lowering your heart rate and respiration, and increasing digestion. In a stressful situation, the fight or flight (sympathetic) response is triggered, dilating pupils, increasing heart rate and respiration, which allows you to breathe faster.
Feel more relaxed, yet energized
30 minutes in nature
All of the benefits from 15 minutes in nature AND
Increased attention span
Reduction in depression symptoms by 7%
Reduction in high blood pressure by 9%
50 minutes in nature
All of the benefits from 15, 30, and 40 minutes in nature AND
An increased attention span with the ability to block out irrelevant stimuli and concentrate
A decreased level of anxiety
120 minutes (2 hours) in nature
All of the benefits from 15, 30, 40, and 50 minutes in nature AND
An overall sense of well-being and happiness
A better, more restful sleep
150 minutes (2.5 hours) in nature
All of the benefits from 15, 30, 40, 50, and 120 minutes in nature AND
Reduction in feelings of anxiety
Reduced need to ruminate on past events and focus on the future
200 minutes in nature
All of the benefits from 15, 30, 40, 50, and 120 minutes in nature AND
The feeling of well-being and happiness

Nature benefits we're communicating:
Performance on backwards digit-span (a cognitively demanding task that requires directed attention/requires the person to block out irrelevant stimuli and focus) significantly improved while walking in nature Maintain the focus staring at something on paper better during and after a walk in nature. The ability to focus was not only recuperated by nature, but was even better compared to before going out into nature. A faster and more stable pattern of responding on the Attention Network Task Cognitive performance especially for self-perceived affect was found to improve significantly more after nature interactions compared to urban interactions. Overall, BDS ( backwards digit span) performance improved on average by 0.75 (SD = 2.11) points from pre- to post-nature interactions and 0.29 (SD = 2.19) BDS points from pre- to post urban environment interactions. Reduce the population prevalence of depression and high blood pressure by up to 7% and 9% respectively. A lower rates of depression and of high blood pressure. 3.9% decrease in pulse rate. Systolic blood pressure was lower (1.9% decrease). Diastolic blood pressure was lower (2.1% decrease). good reported health and high subjective wellbeing lower concentrations of cortisol, lower pulse rate, lower blood pressure, greater parasympathetic nerve activity, and lower sympathetic nerve activity walking leads to improved psychological state, reduced state-anxiety and perceived stress

The only way CrowdDoing.world can realize its impact potential is through virtual volunteers,service learners(http://blog.reframeit.com/service-learning-and-skilled-volunteering/), and micro-leaders (https://real-leaders.com/leveraging-micro-leadership-to-make-aspirational-goals-achievable/) coming together.

 

See this brief video aboutMicro-leadership at CrowdDoing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhdB2YJ8Ocs&app=desktop). Micro-leadership means that each person adopts a dimension of responsibility for a collective problem in our society through collaborating on that area creatively individually and together through social innovation.

 

You are also welcome to see more background on CrowdDoing at our Youtube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVoL7fai7oa95fBo44FC0gA?sub_confirmation=1).

 

Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/crowddoing.world/),

 

Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CrowdDoing-515295062320613) ,

 

LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/18910309/).

You can see a CrowdDoing Volunteering FAQ here.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zCkbEQX8PHh8k85BS0iIhsJJxADqdH3Kpn1PDbI1Uno/edit?usp=sharing

If you have any questions about processes for joining crowddoing as a volunteer please write to volunteerorientation@crowddoing.world