Google’s Global Impact Awards
· Global Impact Awards support organizations using technology and innovative solutions to tackle some of the world's toughest human challenges. Google looks for nimble, entrepreneurial organizations that have a specific project that tests a big idea and a brilliant team with a healthy disregard for the impossible. Google also looks for entrepreneurial teams with an idea to change the world and a healthy disregard for the impossible. The Google Impact Challenge launched earlier this year to provide Global Impact Awards to regional non-profits that are using tech to make a better world. Google is currently hosting the Google Impact Challenge in India.
Google’s Disaster Relief
· In addition to Crisis Response Efforts, Google also provides grants to support critical first responders and long-term relief efforts. Since 2005, Google donated more than $9 million to disaster relief non-profits.
Google’s Academic Support
· Google invests in faculties conducting world-class research through their Research Awards program. They have awarded over $8.8 million to more than 2,100 Google Scholars, and supports the next generation of computer scientists through RISE grants and the CS4HS program.
Google’s Community Affairs
· Google supports organizations, such as schools, non-profits and small businesses in the communities surrounding their offices and data centers around the world.
Google for Non-profits
· Google provides non-profits with free or discounted access to products like Google AdWords, Google Apps, Google Earth and Google Maps, and premium services on YouTube. These products and services help organizations raise awareness and amplify their impact.
Google Earth Outreach
· From helping to prevent deforestation to conserving the rights of indigenous populations, Google Earth Outreach has supported over 4,000 partners through software grants, technical support and training. By using Google Earth to visualize data and stories, these organizations have been able to promote their cause to hundreds of millions of people worldwide.
Crisis Response
· During times of crisis, people are increasingly turning to the Internet for information. Google builds tools providing critical information to people in need. For example, Google Person Finder, used after the earthquakes in Haiti and Japan, helps people find loved ones who are missing. Interactive Crisis Maps, like those created following the 2011 Thailand Floods and 2012's Superstorm Sandy, display critical geographic information, including evacuation routes and power outage areas. Google Public Alerts provide warnings before disasters cause damage, giving people time to prepare, and provide information on what to do during a crisis.
YouTube for Good
· “If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is worth millions” or that’s what Google- YouTube would say. YouTube for Non-profits provides services such as live streaming and fundraising tools. FromWater.org to the Rainforest Alliance, the power of video has proven to help over 18,000 non-profits garner over 4.6 billion video views.
GoogleServe
· Each June, Google encourages Googlers to leave their desks for a day to participate in service projects in their communities, ranging from cleaning graffiti to teaching prisoners. Additionally, Google helps Googlers match their skills to specific non-profit needs, and allows them to use up to 20 hours of work time across the year to volunteer. In the last year, more than 5,000 Googlers tackled more than 400 projects around the world, to volunteer over 50,000 hours in the communities they live and work.
Google Employee Gift Matching
· Google matches Googler contributions to non-profits they love. Google adds even more when they volunteer their time or get to work through environmentally-friendly modes of transportation -- whether by foot, bike or kayak. Combined, Google has donated over $50 million to over 12,000 non-profit organizations.
A Better Web.
Better for the Environment.
· At Google, they worked hard to minimize the environmental impact of their services. In fact, when Google provides an active user one month of Google services, they use less energy than driving a car one mile. If you add in Google’s renewable energy and offsets, their footprint is zero. And Google continues to find new ways to reduce their impact even further.
Data Centers that save Energy
· Google’s data centers are some of the most efficient in the world. Specifically, Google’s data centers use only 50% of the energy of most other data centers. In addition to reducing their impact on the environment, their efficient data centers designs have saved Google over a billion dollars to date. In fact, according to an independent study, Google uses very little of the world's electricity (less than 0.01%). Additionally, Google is the first major Internet services company to gain external certification of our high environmental and energy management standards throughout their data centers.
Greening Google’s Power
· Currently, very little of the world’s power is from renewables like wind and solar. Google is working on changing that by buying electricity directly from wind farms near their data centers. Google is also working with their utility partners to find solutions that will make more renewable energy available for them and for others. All of these initiatives help Google get clean energy at competitive prices and the wind farm owners get the money they need to finance new clean energy facilities.
Renewable Energy
Google is striving to power their company with 100% renewable energy. In addition to the environmental benefits, Google sees renewable energy as a business opportunity and continue to invest in accelerating its development. Google believes that by helping power more of the world with renewable energy, they are creating a better future for everyone.
Using Green Power at Google
· Google is currently using renewable energy to power over 34% of their operations, and they will continue to look for ways to increase their use of clean energy. This includes trying new, innovative technology at their offices and buying green power near their data centers.
Google’s Community Impact
· We all use Google practically almost every day in our lives, but if Google disappeared than it would have a major impact on the communities. First, we won’t have a great search engine but also the community would lose several advantages. Google gives a lot towards communities, it gives technology that can help people in schools and work forces find certain information faster and a lot quicker. Google also supports organization, such as schools, non-profit and small businesses surrounding their offices. If Google disappeared than these organizations won’t have a lot to support themselves with, they would have to try and afford products that they don’t have. Communities need Google!
· Global Impact Awards support organizations using technology and innovative solutions to tackle some of the world's toughest human challenges. Google looks for nimble, entrepreneurial organizations that have a specific project that tests a big idea and a brilliant team with a healthy disregard for the impossible. Google also looks for entrepreneurial teams with an idea to change the world and a healthy disregard for the impossible. The Google Impact Challenge launched earlier this year to provide Global Impact Awards to regional non-profits that are using tech to make a better world. Google is currently hosting the Google Impact Challenge in India.
Google’s Disaster Relief
· In addition to Crisis Response Efforts, Google also provides grants to support critical first responders and long-term relief efforts. Since 2005, Google donated more than $9 million to disaster relief non-profits.
Google’s Academic Support
· Google invests in faculties conducting world-class research through their Research Awards program. They have awarded over $8.8 million to more than 2,100 Google Scholars, and supports the next generation of computer scientists through RISE grants and the CS4HS program.
Google’s Community Affairs
· Google supports organizations, such as schools, non-profits and small businesses in the communities surrounding their offices and data centers around the world.
Google for Non-profits
· Google provides non-profits with free or discounted access to products like Google AdWords, Google Apps, Google Earth and Google Maps, and premium services on YouTube. These products and services help organizations raise awareness and amplify their impact.
Google Earth Outreach
· From helping to prevent deforestation to conserving the rights of indigenous populations, Google Earth Outreach has supported over 4,000 partners through software grants, technical support and training. By using Google Earth to visualize data and stories, these organizations have been able to promote their cause to hundreds of millions of people worldwide.
Crisis Response
· During times of crisis, people are increasingly turning to the Internet for information. Google builds tools providing critical information to people in need. For example, Google Person Finder, used after the earthquakes in Haiti and Japan, helps people find loved ones who are missing. Interactive Crisis Maps, like those created following the 2011 Thailand Floods and 2012's Superstorm Sandy, display critical geographic information, including evacuation routes and power outage areas. Google Public Alerts provide warnings before disasters cause damage, giving people time to prepare, and provide information on what to do during a crisis.
YouTube for Good
· “If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is worth millions” or that’s what Google- YouTube would say. YouTube for Non-profits provides services such as live streaming and fundraising tools. FromWater.org to the Rainforest Alliance, the power of video has proven to help over 18,000 non-profits garner over 4.6 billion video views.
GoogleServe
· Each June, Google encourages Googlers to leave their desks for a day to participate in service projects in their communities, ranging from cleaning graffiti to teaching prisoners. Additionally, Google helps Googlers match their skills to specific non-profit needs, and allows them to use up to 20 hours of work time across the year to volunteer. In the last year, more than 5,000 Googlers tackled more than 400 projects around the world, to volunteer over 50,000 hours in the communities they live and work.
Google Employee Gift Matching
· Google matches Googler contributions to non-profits they love. Google adds even more when they volunteer their time or get to work through environmentally-friendly modes of transportation -- whether by foot, bike or kayak. Combined, Google has donated over $50 million to over 12,000 non-profit organizations.
A Better Web.
Better for the Environment.
· At Google, they worked hard to minimize the environmental impact of their services. In fact, when Google provides an active user one month of Google services, they use less energy than driving a car one mile. If you add in Google’s renewable energy and offsets, their footprint is zero. And Google continues to find new ways to reduce their impact even further.
Data Centers that save Energy
· Google’s data centers are some of the most efficient in the world. Specifically, Google’s data centers use only 50% of the energy of most other data centers. In addition to reducing their impact on the environment, their efficient data centers designs have saved Google over a billion dollars to date. In fact, according to an independent study, Google uses very little of the world's electricity (less than 0.01%). Additionally, Google is the first major Internet services company to gain external certification of our high environmental and energy management standards throughout their data centers.
Greening Google’s Power
· Currently, very little of the world’s power is from renewables like wind and solar. Google is working on changing that by buying electricity directly from wind farms near their data centers. Google is also working with their utility partners to find solutions that will make more renewable energy available for them and for others. All of these initiatives help Google get clean energy at competitive prices and the wind farm owners get the money they need to finance new clean energy facilities.
Renewable Energy
Google is striving to power their company with 100% renewable energy. In addition to the environmental benefits, Google sees renewable energy as a business opportunity and continue to invest in accelerating its development. Google believes that by helping power more of the world with renewable energy, they are creating a better future for everyone.
Using Green Power at Google
· Google is currently using renewable energy to power over 34% of their operations, and they will continue to look for ways to increase their use of clean energy. This includes trying new, innovative technology at their offices and buying green power near their data centers.
Google’s Community Impact
· We all use Google practically almost every day in our lives, but if Google disappeared than it would have a major impact on the communities. First, we won’t have a great search engine but also the community would lose several advantages. Google gives a lot towards communities, it gives technology that can help people in schools and work forces find certain information faster and a lot quicker. Google also supports organization, such as schools, non-profit and small businesses surrounding their offices. If Google disappeared than these organizations won’t have a lot to support themselves with, they would have to try and afford products that they don’t have. Communities need Google!