This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • As we struggle with climate change and coronavirus, Ayesha Marfatia, at India Development Review, discusses the importance of finding the right crisis response for your community.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Elizabeth Arnold shares how she came to be involved in climate change solutions journalism and why she thinks highlighting success stories is important. • How can philanthropy amplify…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Protests around the world are highlighting the worth of urban parks and public spaces for civic engagement. However, city budgets are in danger of being cut,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Andrew Miller, writing for Getting Smart, outlines the principles of place-based learning that ultimately support student advancement. • How can place-based learning enhance student engagement? What are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Alicia Seiger shares important lessons from COVID-19 that can be applied to climate change in order to avert global disaster. • We have the capacity to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Kimberly Zarecor explains her ‘Shrink Smart’ project and why rural towns in America that are losing population should focus on the residents they have rather than trying…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Research indicates that marine plastic is being swept up by the ocean breeze and transferred into the atmosphere. • How does this research help inform us…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This report from Urban Institute discusses how urban cities can secure funding for parks and green spaces by catalyzing strong, local partnerships with stakeholders. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • At Grist, Sierra Garcia calls for a new climate corps to provide sustainability in the environment and workforce as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. • What are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Climate and food security experts shed light on how feeding cities sustainably depends on the size of food supply chains and scaling up urban agriculture. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Although animal welfare funding from foundations grew from $41 million in 2000 to approximately $160 million in 2017, the environment/animals program area receives the smallest share of U.S. philanthropic dollars,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Founding member of Animal Grantmakers Andrew Rowan spent most of his early years in Cape Town, South Africa after being born in Zimbabwe and spending three years on Tristan da…