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We need to entice users of the AMAZON.COM website to access that site through our IEDRO.ORG website. Everyone who accesses AMAZON.COM through IEDRO.ORG and orders anything on the Amazon website, IEDRO receives a donation from Amazon of 4% of the value of the items ordered.
It costs the buyer absolutely nothing. We need folks to spread the word.
Organization: The International Environmental Data Rescue Organization (IEDRO) is a US-based, 501(C)(3) non-profit organization whose volunteers rescue and digitize historic weather observations throughout the world. Our efforts are supported and endorsed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the World Meteorological Organization, World Bank, United National Development Program and other international groups concerned with the preservation and digitization of this valuable data.
Only with accurate information about the past can we make the necessary preparations for the future. These data help to conduct climate change and global warming research, forecast disease spread, improve flood and mud slide forecasts, help farmers to minimize their risk of starvation and thousands of other vital uses. Rescuing historic environmental data will do more to prevent humankind's suffering and death than any other endeavor.
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About International Environmental Data Rescue Org.
Location:
20 Ocean Street, Jonesport, ME 04649, US
Mission Statement
Our Mission is to find, rescue, and digitize all historical environmental data and to make those data available to the world. We assist the scientific and educational communities of mainly developing countries locate, rescue and digitize all environmental data currently at risk on perishable media and to make those digitized data freely and openly available to the world scientific and educational communities before those data are gone forever.
Description
The International Environmental Data Rescue Organization, IEDRO, is a non-profit organization that assists the scientific and educational communities of mainly developing countries to locate, rescue and digitize all their environmental data currently at risk on perishable media and to make those digitized data freely and openly available to the world scientific and educational communities before those data are lost forever.
After the US Government ceased its support to rescue and digitize these critical historic weather records, IEDRO continued the scientifically critical work as a separate non-profit endeavor using private funds mainly from charitable foundations and individuals helping us gather data to give researchers a better understanding of climate change and global warming, to help prevent starvation, improve flood and mud slide forecasts, to forecast the spread of diseases such as malaria, dengue fever and yellow fever.
Our activities include the discovery, rescue and digitization of foreign environmental data, mainly meteorological (weather) observations, now residing on paper, microfilm and microfiche and magnetic tapes.
We support scientific research and operations in meteorology, hydrology, climatology with additional support to the fields of agriculture, ornithology, oceanography, disease control, rural development, transportation, construction, disaster preparedness and especially climate change and global warming throughout the world.
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This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
August 21, 2019
SKILLS
- Environmental Policy
- Environmental Education
- Donor Management
- Fundraising
- Basic Computer Skills
- Internet Research
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Need individuals to commit to at least 2 hours/ week