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They aren’t just operating boats and helicopters. Others serve as dispatchers, handle logistics, and run social media operations.
Community initiatives play a vital role yet they are often not recognized by emergency response organizations, and as a result are often under-utilized.
Society’s expectations of how a man works and what he earns is a key contributor to how lonely he feels in the workplace.
Medical volunteering can damage important relationships between health professionals and patients.
Civic engagement is more correlated with giving than religiosity, new research indicates.
Reintroducing locally extinct species is a challenging affair, but with the right partnerships everyone can help make it happen.
Once sold as ‘penny turtles’ around Australia, the Mary River turtle’s plight galvanised local community efforts to save it from extinction.
A clever approach to restoring Australia’s native oyster and mussel reefs in Queensland’s Moreton Bay is catching on, giving community groups a way to get involved in their local patch.
It was once a gross industrial sewer. But decades of work has turned Merri Creek into a green ribbon in Melbourne’s north.
Marsupial rescue, rehabilitation and release statistics from New South Wales and Kangaroo Island during Black Summer fires reveal poor survival rates, despite the courageous efforts of volunteers.
For a project on identifying lead water pipes in homes, outreach through partner groups produced a more representative set of volunteers.
It’s the fourth most popular website in the world, but our new study shows toxic commentary can still thrive on Wikipedia. There’s a lot at stake if too many editors are driven away.
In the days of online bulletin board systems, community members decided what was acceptable. Reviving that approach to content moderation offers Big Tech a path to legitimacy as public spaces.
People aged between 25 and 34 are the least likely to volunteer.
As American Jews grieve, many are giving as well.
Playgroups are good for parents’ wellbeing – and are a place where they can take a first step into volunteering.
A scholar of national service programs points out that the government hasn’t spelled out what this one will cost, what its participants will earn or how it will operate.
Citizens are helping refugees get settled in the US, but the lack of standard federal rules makes the process tricky for both refugees and citizens to navigate.
Ocean temperatures have hit record highs off the Florida Keys. Scientists and volunteer divers are racing to save these valuable creatures.
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