This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · In a recent examination of 50 marine animals found off the British coastlines, scientists found an average of 5.5 microplastic particles in their guts. Because microplastics are often…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Zero-waste grocery stores are coming to Canada, where products are available without packaging or plastic, and customers come with reusable bags to shop. • How will…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • As the global appetite for octopus grows, scientists and researchers are fighting against potential octopus farming arguing it would increase, not alleviate, pressure on wild aquatic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen talks about the threat Greenland’s poor are at from the rapidly melting ice sheets. This problem is happening in other areas around the world…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Madeleine Keck and Erica Sanchez at Global Citizen discuss a new and innovative recycling facility in Australia that is capable of diverting 90 percent of mixed waste from…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Khotatso Tamane describes her experience as a waste entrepreneur and her efforts to educate others about the benefits of recycling. • How can donors support waste…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The writers at Global Citizen compiled a list of efforts that are happening to combat the use of plastic around the world. • How are philanthropists…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Contrary to its name, basic science is complex – it lays the foundation for countless new discoveries and advancements, in everything from laundry stain remover to gene therapies. But while…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for Global Citizen, Megan Rowling reports that according to former Chief of the United Nations Development Programme, Helen Clark, the world is not doing enough to achieve the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for Global Citizen, Joe McCarthy and Erica Sanchez explain that billions of people around the world lack access to clean and safe drinking water, but celebrities like…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Meredith Blair Pearlman explains how The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is working to improve its monitoring, evaluation, and learning practices. • Is your foundation ready to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ed Yong at The Atlantic writes about biologist Rowan Barrett who, with hundreds of mice and years of research, was able to show and measure the…