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    A Next-Gen Food and Agriculture Accelerator Launches for Young Entrepreneurs

    Food Tank Oct 16, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • In tandem with its annual competition, Thought For Food is launching its Digital Labs, a digital accelerator designed for young food and agriculture entrepreneurs.  • Participants will have…

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    From Carbon Neutral to Carbon Negative

    Fast Company Oct 16, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Adele Peters reports that Stripe is going beyond buying carbon offsets to paying for carbon capture to transition from being carbon neutral to carbon negative. • How can…

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    Living Near Forests Can Have a Positive Effect on Brain Health

    Pacific Standard Oct 15, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Research from Germany indicates that living near trees or woodland landscapes can have positive effects on brain health.  • How can this research help inform community…

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    Innovation Through Failure and Finding Flexibility

    WASHFunders Oct 15, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • WASH innovators need to embrace the potential of failure to learn more about what is working and what is not within the sector.  • How can…

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    Philanthropy For Climate Change Research Still Lags Behind [Audio]

    NPR Oct 15, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • In this podcast, NPR’s Nathan Rott discusses how philanthropy can help advance climate change research. However, more climate financing is necessary to create long-term support for…

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    New Climate Emergency Fund to Support Disruption

    Nonprofit Quarterly Oct 15, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for Nonprofit Quarterly, Martin Levine explains how the Climate Emergency Fund is hoping to raise as much as $600 million in the next few months to take a more…

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    Ocean Info Fills Gaps in Earth’s ‘Methane Budget’

    Futurity Oct 14, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • New research uses data science to determine how much methane goes from the ocean and into the atmosphere each year. • How can funders work to ensure that…

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    Ending Energy Poverty and Powering Economic Development

    Rockefeller Foundation Oct 13, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Dr. Rajiv J. Shah discusses the Global Commissions to End Energy Poverty’s mission to meet and exceed the Sustainable Development goals through innovation. • How can donors…

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    Creative, Non-violent Protest

    Animal Charity Evaluators Oct 13, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Raffi Ciavatta and Lili Trenkova, co-founders of Collectively Free, share how creative, non-violent protest and “artivism” can lead to real systems change in animal activism. •…

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    Documentary Shows Us What We’ve Done to the Ocean

    Fast Company Oct 13, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Zack Rago, the filmmaker of Chasing Coral, films the coral-bleaching process, documenting how corals expel algae living inside them right before they die.  • This documentary…

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    Meet the Chef Leading Australia’s Sustainable Seafood Scene

    Food Tank Oct 11, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Creating a sustainable food system that contains fish is possible, but requires us to look beyond the fillet. Chef Josh Niland from the Australian restaurant Saint Peter…

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    Global Momentum for the Fight Against Climate Change

    Mashable Oct 11, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, shares how people are coming together from around the world at the Climate Action Summit. • How can funders partner with…

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