This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Nicole Wetsman, writing for CityLab, explains how communities are building psychological resilience against natural disasters as climate change grows more severe. • The author notes that social…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Maxwell Williams reports that LifeStraw is training students in Kenya to use filters to provide clean water. • How can funders help water projects succeed in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Peter Sands, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, declared that climate change is posing challenges for global health professionals to end epidemics. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • California is proposing to intentionally shut off power as a practical way to combat and prevent wildfires, but planned outages might end up doing more harm…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Urvashi Gandhi at Global Washington discusses the ways in which men and masculinity affect the women’s workplace and the female labor force in India and other parts…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • According to research from Michigan State University, the spatial arrangement of crop fields, forests, and grasslands does a lot to determine how many critters like spiders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Anne Kagoya at Eco-Business writes on useful teaching methods such as projects, music, and other ways to empower students on taking action towards climate change. • How can…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Researchers report that climate change may cause a dramatic drop in rice production in major growing regions because of an increase in arsenic. This production decline…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Agricultural neighborhoods are popping up in Detroit, filling gaps such as food insecurity, nutritional, and other community development needs. • What are the main challenges for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This article at The New Food Economy highlights a study which suggests that creating a profitable market for composting will get companies to care about food…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Amy Mayer and Madelyn Beck explain how climate change is affecting weather around the world, including increasing precipitation levels. · How can farmers adapt with the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kamila Anna Galeza and Deepti Samant Raja discuss simple improvements to water and sanitation programs to make them accessible to people with disabilities. • How can accessible water…