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    <Title>Projects That Matter</Title>
    <Tagline>Connecting People to Real World Sustainability Projects</Tagline>
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          <div class="html-content"><p>Good news!  <a href="https://projectsthatmatter.org/" title="https://projectsthatmatter.org/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Projects that Matter</a> is a free website that builds capacity and helps people work together on projects across the planet related to the Sustainable Development Goals.</p><br><p>Faculty, Staff, and Students can use this website to easily find projects for a thesis, capstone, course assignment, independent study, internship, or volunteer opportunity. Students and volunteers get real world experience where they can make a positive impact. </p><br><p>Researchers and Practitioners: Are you working to make a positive difference for the Sustainable Development Goals?  Register your projects to get the help you want with research, implementation, project management and evaluation.</p><br><p><strong>Post a link to </strong><a href="https://projectsthatmatter.org/" title="https://projectsthatmatter.org/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>Projects That Matter</strong></a><strong> on your internship, departmental news and career sites. </strong>Brought to you by the Disciplinary Associations Network for Sustainability and over 60 higher education associations.<strong> </strong></p><div><strong><br></strong></div></div>
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    <Summary>Good news!  Projects that Matter is a free website that builds capacity and helps people work together on projects across the planet related to the Sustainable Development Goals.   Faculty, Staff,...</Summary>
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