Sustainable Progress and Equality Collective

SPEC is an open learning organization that helps individuals and communities become catalysts for positive change.

[Sustainable Progress and Equality Collective @specollective]

Happy New Year! At SPEC, we’re all about sharing knowledge and building equitable communities. We’re bridging the gap between talented people and finding opportunities to create positive social impact. Check out some of our key milestones of 2022 in this thread ⬇️:

[Sustainable Progress and Equality Collective @specollective]

If you’re interested in joining SPEC or want to learn more about our work, please reach out to us! #Sustainability #SPEC #careers

[Sustainable Progress and Equality Collective @specollective]

Today is our 3rd birthday! 🎂🥳 On June 5, 2020, our co-founders @JoeTorreggiani and Dr. Rihanna Rodgers, established SPEC with the goal to help others. We’re proud to share the impact of our work here. Thank you to all who’s joined us on this incredible journey!!

[Sustainable Progress and Equality Collective @specollective]

Call for submissions: Journal of Engaged Research! The goal of this issue is to address matters of equities and inequities. We seek submissions that offer diverse views on the culture of social equity.

More info: https://t.co/3gzWi6lacZ

[Open Collective @opencollect]

Open Collective is a fundraising platform and a network of nonprofits and other Fiscal Hosts that support 15,000+ groups around the world. A Fiscal Host is a legal entity that lends its legal status and bank account to an unincorporated group, which we call a Collective.

[Sustainable Progress and Equality Collective @specollective]

Call for artists! SPEC is curating its third online art exhibition. The theme for this exhibition is Sustainability! Find more information at the link:

https://t.co/oy4rfCwLPW

[farmOS.org / @[email protected] @farmOSorg]

The next farmOS monthly call is March 8th, 2023. All are welome! If you would like to propose topics to talk about, the agenda is here: https://t.co/woeDxNnlL8

[Sustainable Progress and Equality Collective @specollective]

We're so inspired by the work of the renowned inventor and visionary Richard Buckminster Fuller. Our approach to this is fostering participation and action by individuals or groups so that we achieve an equitable approach to building impactful organizations and communities.

[Public Invention @pubinvention]

Get the chance to join us for an evening of judgment, discernment, and civil discussion about various invention ideas. 💡
Join our #MonthlyPublicInventionGathering to find out how.
Link in Bio Thursday, January 19th, 8:00 PM Central
You definitely don’t want to miss this!

[Sustainable Progress and Equality Collective @specollective]

This is amazing! #doughnuteconomy

[Kate Raworth @KateRaworth]

How fast can you explain Doughnut Economics on TikTok? kudos @michaelmezz

[pia mancini @piamancini]

Open Collective's 2022 investor's update is now live on the our blogpost! In a year with many challenges, I am prouder than ever of the team we have, what we've achieved and the real impact we have in the world. @opencollect ❤️🚀

https://t.co/Wfrouo8jjL

[Sustainable Progress and Equality Collective @specollective]

Our co-founder @JoeTorreggiani once said:
"Our job is to water the seeds of the good and the joy inside us and try to not give light to the bad things."

Check out a recent panel with Joe in an openly discussing mental health and wellbeing:
https://t.co/5jkLXc9T5G

[Open Sustainable Technology @protontypes]

Excited to present the first-of-its-kind analysis of the #opensource software ecosystem in the field of #sustainability and #climate technology. 📢🚀 #OpenScience #freethemodels #energytwitter https://t.co/HHCPejqhEd @joshhoppie @irinimalliaraki

[Sustainable Progress and Equality Collective @specollective]

If you want to learn more or curious about how to get involved, please reach out to us!

[Sustainable Progress and Equality Collective @specollective]

Happy New Year! At SPEC, we’re all about sharing knowledge and building equitable communities. We’re bridging the gap between talented people and finding opportunities to create positive social impact. Check out some of our key milestones of 2022 in this thread ⬇️:

[Quanta Magazine @QuantaMagazine]

Humans and neural networks are working together to optimize one of the most fundamental and ubiquitous operations in all of mathematics. https://t.co/gIwymlEJvV

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

These water turbines can create renewable energy 24 days a year, 7 days a week. Designed not to block the natural flow of the river means its environmental impact is minimal.

We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate

#Climate #energy #GreenNewDeal

[Our World in Data @OurWorldInData]

The end of poverty is possible.

Each country shown on this chart achieved a large decline in extreme poverty over the last generation.

This is one of the most important lessons we can learn from the available data: rapid progress against poverty can be achieved.

[Edouard Mathieu @redouad]

'Five key findings from the 2022 UN Population Prospects' was our most-read article this year!

- World population now 8+ billion
- Projected to peak around 10.4 billion in 2086
- Global fertility rate has dropped to 2.3
- India's population is now > China
https://t.co/JKMIGtN421

[Open Collective @opencollect]

PSSST Don't forget donations made before the 31st at midnight are tax deductible for 2022!

We just launched a Discovery Tool to support Grassroots giving - Check it out 💚https://t.co/v2tLxld7xX