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When sustainable technology upgrades overwhelm nonprofit teams

Our nonprofit team received a grant to upgrade to sustainable technology but we're discovering that the learning curve is huge and we're spending more time troubleshooting than doing our actual mission work. Everyone feels guilty about wanting to go back to the old systems even though they were less environmentally friendly.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Good intentions are colliding with practical capacity in ways that serve neither efficiency nor values.

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“Where Are You with Sustainable technology?”

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