This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Fast Company takes a look at 15 urban design projects around the world, from the US to Iceland, and explores the transformation of abandoned areas into zero-carbon…
Giving Compass’ Take: · In this Policy 360 podcast, Alexander Pfaff addresses the environmental risks associated with China’s One Belt, One Road Initiative to link countries along the old Silk Road. ·…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Harrison Tasoff explores the importance of biodiversity for a thriving environment and how it plays a bigger role in sustaining healthy kelp forests than previously thought. ·…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jane Cheung at Americans for the Arts interviewed Anna Lisa Caraveo Flores, Director of Pablove Shutterbugs, a program that approaches childhood cancer through art and science. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Shawna De La Rosa, writing for Education Dive, discusses how schools can better position themselves as learning space to advance modern career skills through design and rearrangement. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Cambridge Public Schools took the initiative to integrate garden-based learning in its school district through educational planning and partnership with CitySprouts. CitySprouts is a school garden…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • California’s wildfire season is upon us and although power outages and blackouts were intended to be a last resort in PG&E’s wildfire mitigation plan, the company…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • New research highlighted by Rob Jordan at Futurity outlines a seemingly counterintuitive solution to climate change: Converting one greenhouse gas into another. • What are some…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kris Putnam-Walkerly shares three conditions that funders should ensure are in place in order to achieve impactful philanthropy. • Are these conditions present in your philanthropy? •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While politicians and celebrities alike routinely rally communities to save the planet, other not-as-obvious, yet incredibly influential forces are already at work: zoos. Alejandro Grajal knows a thing or two…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Empowered by Paul Allen’s vision to make a positive difference in the world, Vulcan shares a commitment to improving our planet. As Vulcan looks to tackle some of the world’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Conservation and human development are often presented as two separate issues with little overlap: one promotes the wellbeing of our planet and other species, while the other cares for people.…