This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kelsey Piper reports on California’s latest victory and how the courts keep backing states’ rights to pass animal welfare laws. • Farm animal welfare is often an…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • As levels of NOx emissions in urban areas, primarily due to diesel emissions, fall, we may face exposure to more hazardous ultrafine particles than researchers had…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Scientists propose four ideas focused on reducing the land area devoted to livestock and repurpose it for planting trees to battle climate change. • What are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A new study finds that rural school gardens get students back in touch with their food. • What is the importance of having a garden education…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are strategies that communities, nonprofits, and businesses can do right now to aid recovery and relief assistance for the Australian fires, and how to understand…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Starbucks claims it will reduce its footprint compared to 2018, send half as much waste to landfills, and conserve half of its water, but they haven’t…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rachel Kaufman reports on the possible risks and rewards of geoengineering Earth’s climate according to climate scientists, who are divided on the subject. • How can funders help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Zafirah Zein reports that the Water, Peace and Security conflict prediction tool can identify potential water-based conflict a year in advance. • How can funders use this,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Recently, China’s National Development and Reform Commission issued a new policy that will start to phase out single-use plastics. • Can other countries struggling with plastics…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are three major themes of energy technology this year, based on insights and observations from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. • The three…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tina May, Senior Director of Sustainability at Land O’Lakes, and Dan Sonke, Director of Sustainable Agriculture at Campbell Soup Company discuss how farmers are using the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Brandon Wiggins highlights Sanitation and Health Rights India (SHRI) which provides community toilets that are self-sustainable and give clean sanitation and drinking water. • Access to clean drinking…