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    Does Modern Agriculture Hold the Solution to Poverty and Climate Change?

    TriplePundit Oct 8, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • With the right tools, modern agriculture could potentially address sustainable development goals and put effort toward climate action.  • What barriers currently stand in the way of advancing…

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    This Kenyan Business Keeps the Earth in Mind

    B the Change Oct 8, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • This blog profiles Certified B Corporation ECO2LIBRIUM, which helps rural areas in Kenya thrive economically, while still being environmentally friendly (one project focuses on energy-efficient cooking stoves).…

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    How DNA Sequencing Is Revealing New Insights About Ocean Health

    News Deeply Oct 7, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Ann Bucklin, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Connecticut, discusses her research focusing on DNA sequencing and marine zooplankton, and what it is revealing…

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    Vegan Food is Now a Right, Not a Privilege in Californian Hospitals and Prisons

    The New Food Economy Oct 6, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Just as hospitals and prisons already have a responsibility to provide kosher, vegetarian and halal meals, so too will they now have to provide plant-based meals for…

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    Aid Groups Scramble Against Time After Indonesian Tsunami

    NPR Oct 6, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • After the tsunami that swept through parts of Indonesia, aid groups are pushing their way through debris and damaged roads to reach new areas and try…

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    What’s a Clean Beach Worth to You?

    News Deeply Oct 6, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Professor at Ohio State University, Timothy Haab, discusses the use of the cost-benefit analysis and explains that putting a price on the environment and its resources is…

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    A Holistic Approach to Workforce Readiness in India

    India Development Review

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Mahesh Vee explains why education alone is not sufficient to produce workforce-ready individuals. Nutrition and other factors also play into students abilities to learn and eventually enter the…

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    We Cannot Solve the Global Water Crisis Alone

    Skoll Foundation Oct 5, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • In this Skoll Foundation post, Water For People’s Kim Lemme discusses the systems change needed to address the continuing water and sanitation crisis around the world.…

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    What We Can Do About Wildfires [Audio]

    Climate One Oct 4, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • In this Climate One podcast, experts discuss the alarming increase in wildfire sizes recently, its link to climate change and ways to prevent them in the…

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    Why a Small Irish Town is Fighting to Stop a Plastics Factory

    News Deeply Oct 4, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Residents of Skibbereen in Ireland fear the industrial facility would foul their air and water while adding to ocean plastic pollution. The plant is part of a…

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    The Platform Aiming to Open Up Ocean Data to All

    News Deeply Oct 3, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • News Deeply talks with Carolyn Savoldelli, a research analyst at the World Resources Institute, about her efforts to connect the vast amount of open ocean data to scientists and policymakers…

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    Defending the Defenders: How the International Community Protects Human Rights Defenders

    Global Washington Oct 2, 2018

    Berta Cáceres, a human rights defender, indigenous leader, and environmental activist, knew the danger of her struggle against hydroelectric dams on the Gualcarque River in Honduras. She faced near-constant harassment…

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