This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Food Tank talks with Kyoungsoo Lim, Former Director of Jeonju City Urban Regeneration Support Center in South Korea, about revitalizing rural economies in South Korea through agriculture. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Monica Dean shares four key findings from the Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services that environmental funders should know. • How does the issue of biodiversity…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told politicians and business people at a gathering in Austria that subsidies for fossil fuels should end because they are destroying…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • An innovative solution for food spoilage and food waste prevention was brought to market in the U.S. by Apeel Sciences last summer when they created an…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Children are capable of working together to protect a common resource to ensure long-term sustainability. The most successful method employed by the children mirrors successful sustainability…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Inga Vesper reports that researchers found in a global study that climate is currently the biggest driver of migration. • How can funders work to address the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Because of high costs, many governments do not provide free access to the data they collect, or could collect, from their satellites. This impedes the progress…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • As this article from The Atlantic explains, research suggests that the true measure of habitat quality for mobile animals is both the physical attributes of the landscape and the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Serena Jiwani reports that Syrian refugees in Za’atari rely on a large solar plant to supply power to their camp. • As the situation continues, how can the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Chandler Green, writing for the United Nations Foundation, explains how U.S. states are tackling climate action in seven fundamental ways. • Where are there opportunities for philanthropy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Bugs facilitate pollination, decompose waste, support food chains, and much more. Without them, whole ecosystems could collapse. That’s why their disappearances are alarming entomologists, as this Global…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Vedika Bhandarkar at Skoll discusses how small loans have helped increase water security worldwide, specifically in India, where borrowers have doubled their household income. • Nearly…