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    How We Can Transition Away from Fossil Fuels [Video]

    Rockefeller Foundation Sep 25, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • In this video from the #Solvable series, Katherine Hamilton explains that we have the technological and policy know-how to successfully transition away from fossil fuels.  •…

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    Taking a Break from the Virtual World Can Reboot the Mind

    Children & Nature Network Sep 24, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Research shows that spending time away from technology and in nature can help address issues such as mental fatigue and restoring attention.  • How can revitalizing…

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    Four Apps on Climate Change Helping Advocates Learn

    Mashable Sep 23, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are four phone apps that will help climate activists stay on top of climate change issues to maintain awareness and encourage action.  • How are…

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    Safe Water and Sanitation: Finding Success and Scaling Solutions

    Water.org Sep 23, 2019

    Success is defined by the attainment of achieving one’s own goals, one’s purpose. We define success by connecting people in need to their own safe water and sanitation solutions; empowering…

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    Climate Justice on the Duwamish

    Seattle Foundation Sep 23, 2019

    The first residents of what is now South Seattle were the Duwamish people. For thousands of years, they harvested fish and clams from the river, grew crops and lived off…

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    The Green New Deal: Less About Climate, More About Control

    The Heritage Foundation Sep 22, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for The Heritage Foundation, Nicolas Loris and Kevin Dayaratna take a deeper look at the Green New Deal and what it would mean for the U.S. economy.…

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    Offshore Wind Energy Projects Advance Along California’s Coast

    Surfrider Foundation Sep 22, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: · According to the Surfrider Foundation, Ideol, a French offshore wind energy developer, has applied to do wind-speed testing off the coast of California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base. ·…

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    Closing Nuclear Plants Threaten Small-Town School Districts

    The 74 Sep 21, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Carolyn Phenicie explores the impact that closing nuclear plants has on school districts, and why small districts are at particular risk. • How can your community prepare for the…

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    What If We Stashed CO2 Underground?

    Harvest Public Media Sep 21, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: · In order to reduce the amount of CO2 being pumped into the air, researchers want to begin stashing large quantities of this gas underground, specifically in Kansas. …

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    Splash’s Eric Stowe on Getting Safe Water to Millions of Kids [Podcast]

    Giving Compass Sep 21, 2019

    After graduating from the University of Washington, Eric Stowe, founder and director of Splash, worked with a local company that assisted in international adoptions. From 2003 to 2007, he spent…

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    Nine Ideas for Gender Transformative WASH Programming

    WASHfunders Sep 20, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are nine ways to integrate more gender transformative approaches to WASH funding programs. These practices can help women and girls gain critical leadership skills. • How…

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    The Intersection of Social Entrepreneurship, Gender, and Collective Impact

    Medium Sep 20, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Winthrop Carty discusses how social entrepreneurship could benefit from the addition of more gender-balanced approaches to social change. • How can donors advance gender-balanced funding in social…

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