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    Is Climate Change Creating More Tornadoes?

    Pacific Standard Mar 10, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from Pacific Standard, author Kate Wheeling discusses the lack of research on the relationship between the behavior of tornadoes and climate change. •…

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    Declining Carnivore Populations are Changing Ecosystems

    Pacific Standard Mar 10, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from Pacific Standard, author Kate Wheeling discusses the consequences that the extinction of large carnivores would have on ecosystems, • What options do…

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    Merkel Welcomes School Climate Strikes

    BBC News Mar 10, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: · According to BBC News, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has shown her support for students involved in school climate strikes and protests. · How are schools educating students…

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    Sustainability and the Global Food System

    Global Citizen Mar 9, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • In this piece from Global Citizen, author Joe McCarthy tells the story of how Charles Michel, a Colombian chef and competitor on Netflix’s The Final Table,…

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    The Planetary Health Diet Could Save Lives and the Environment

    Global Citizen Mar 9, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from Global Citizen, the authors look at how one healthy diet could save lives while also promoting environmental sustainability. • What are the…

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    Eat Less Pork, Save the Planet

    Global Citizen Mar 9, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from Global Citizen, author Beh Lih Yi argues for limiting pork consumption. If Chinese consumers halved the amount of pork they eat, they…

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    Are Energy Efficient Appliances Worth the Cost?

    The Conversation Mar 9, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from The Conversations, the authors discuss what makes an energy efficient appliance worth the cost for different individuals. • How can clean, renewable,…

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    A More Future-Focused Government Would Have Radical Policy Implications

    Cato Institute Mar 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for the Cato Institute, Ryan Bourne expresses the importance of balancing the interests of current and future populations and creating a more future-focused government. · How can the…

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    The Case For A Global Treaty Banning Most Single-Use Plastics

    The Conversation Mar 8, 2019

    Giving Compass Take: · Anastasia Telesetsky, Professor of International Environmental Law at the University of Idaho, believes that single-use plastics are clogging landfills and killing wildlife. History has shown that…

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    Restoring Arctic Ice is the Key to Curbing Climate Change – So Why Are We Ignoring it?

    Pacific Standard Mar 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Pacific Standard reports that the melting of the Arctic ice can, in fact, be reversed and the emerging field of climate restoration is yielding surprising solutions to…

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    How Wet Weather Affects Human Behavior

    The Guardian Mar 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The Guardian writes about why wet weather and rainfall affects our mood, our inclination to commit crime and how hungry we feel. • Can rain also…

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    Chimpanzees Are Going Through a Tragic Loss

    The Atlantic Mar 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Scientific research has shown plenty of examples of animals learning local traditions from one another and the fascinating cultural repertoires that exists, however our detrimental environmental…

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