This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Climate change-related flooding and wildfires are causing havoc for farmers around the US and create unique hurdles in front of young farmers looking to start their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Hans Nicholas Jong reports how indigenous groups and local officials from Borneo have successfully argued that a powerful coal-mining firm should not have been issued a permit…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Coffee is facing a sustainability crisis and Jeff Sachs and Kaitlin Cordes from Columbia University argue that a Global Coffee Fund would help. • How can funders help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Steve Hanley at CleanTechnica reports how plastic waste is being converted into bricks to help build Ivory Coast schools. • Recycling plastic trash is also creating opportunities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Breanna Draxler explains how environmentalists working together with the fishing industry and local tribes successfully improved fisheries. • How can this model be replicated elsewhere? What players…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for The Conversation, Gina Solomon takes a look at the reasons behind California’s decision to ban chlorpyrifos, a widely-used pesticide. · What health issues have been linked…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · With rising concerns surrounding the Australian bushfires, Grist takes a look at indigenous fire management and how these practices can help prevent larger disasters. · How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • It’s been eight months since Canada announced its single-use plastic ban, and progress is still ongoing after launching a report on the impact of larger pieces…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jessica Fu reports how the ocean is changing faster than it has in the last 66 million years and the acidification is now having its effects…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Indonesia’s capital and surrounding cities has been plagued by heavy rainfall, triggering landslides, and floods that keep the death toll rising. • What funder support do…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jason Plautz, writing for Smart Cities Dive, discusses why cities should revisit the basic design of their infrastructure as they plan to reduce traffic deaths and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Chandler Green and Rachel Smidt interviewed Dr. María Neira, Director Department of Environment, Climate Change, and Health at the World Health Organization (WHO), about the state of health…