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    Gender Equity as A Business Imperative for Sustainability

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Oct 7, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • For corporate social responsibility programs, businesses need to understand the importance of gender equity and women’s empowerment as part of sustainability issues. • What companies are…

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    How Cities Are Creating More Space for Nature

    Children & Nature Network Oct 7, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • As urban populations grow, more cities are trying to create more space for urban parks and encourage nature exploration among young people.  • Research shows playing…

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    How Bioeconomy Can Save the Amazon

    Eco-Business Oct 7, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Bioeconomy could be a potential solution to stimulate economic activity and help with Amazon conservation efforts in Brazil. • How can donors help Brazil’s leaders preserve…

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    The Future of Fentanyl [Video]

    RAND Corporation Oct 7, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Bryce Pardo and Beau Kilmer discuss the future of fentanyl in the U.S. and what can be done to minimize deaths.  • How can funders partner with organizations…

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    How Water Mission’s WASH Solutions Work

    Mashable Oct 6, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Water Mission, an engineering nonprofit that builds safe WASH solutions for developing countries, shares how it measures impact. • How can other nonprofits replicate scale for…

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    Why We Need to Find Alternative Funding for National Parks

    Children & Nature Network Oct 6, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Richard Louv, writing for Children & Nature Network, argues that there should be other ways to fund national park maintenance besides raising the entrance fee. • How…

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    How Local Weather Forecasters Combat Climate Misinformation

    Grist Oct 5, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Pam Radtke Russell reports that local weather forecasters are successfully combating climate misinformation through factual climate broadcasts. • How can funders work support individuals like weather forecasters who…

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    New Technical Assistance Program Helps Cities Improve Kids’ Access to Nature

    Children & Nature Network Oct 4, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The Cities Connecting Children to Nature initiative launched in November 2014 and is now in its latest phase, providing technical assistance for cities to implement strategies that will…

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    This Cement Absorbs Pollution in Smoggy Cities

    Good Magazine Oct 4, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Italian scientists are working with a building company to create a cement that absorbs pollution out of the air. • What other ways can scientists and…

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    How is Climate Change Changing Life in the Arctic?

    The Naked Scientists Oct 4, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Researchers are gathering data in collaboration with Greenland’s Inuit population to better understand what is happening in the Arctic.  • How will this data help inform…

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    How Leaders Are Boosting Momentum for Climate Action

    United Nations Foundation Oct 4, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are five ways that leaders are spurring climate action, with the understanding that there must be stronger commitments to address this climate emergency.  • How…

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    To Fix Food Waste, We Have to Think Bigger

    Futurity Oct 4, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Researchers say that we need to focus on the big, structural issues that result in food waste, rather than exclusively blaming individual actions if we want…

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