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    STEM Learning Camp Helps Give Kids Access to Science

    NPR Sep 16, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Kareem Abdul Jabbar helps kids in Los Angeles gain access to STEM learning by offering a free, week-long education camp sponsored by the Skyhook Foundation in the…

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    Should States Expand Renewable Energy Goals?

    Governing Magazine Sep 14, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Rebecca Beitsch reports that in spite of the success of state renewable energy goals and mandates, states are backing off from the practice.  • How can funders…

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    Wildfires Exacerbate Health Challenges for Low-Income Californians

    Governing Magazine Sep 14, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Ana B. Ibarra describes how wildfires exacerbate health challenges for low-income Californians who already suffer the ill effects of air pollution.  • How can funders help to dismantle…

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    On Water Pollution, Governments Actually Need to Work Together

    Governing Magazine Sep 13, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Local governments in cities and towns must work together to fight water pollution due to phosphorus and nitrogren contaminants from fertilizer.  • What makes solutions to water pollution complicated…

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    Field Trips Turn The World Into A Classroom

    Education Dive Sep 12, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Field trips not only allow students to explore the world around them, but they also turn it into a new classroom for a different type of…

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    The Financial Gains of Fighting Climate Change

    Global Citizen Sep 12, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • A report from the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate reveals that taking climate change seriously could produce $26 trillion for the global economy.  • How can funders…

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    Photographers Capture a Planet in Environmental Crisis

    Global Citizen Sep 12, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Olivia Kestin,  Joe McCarthy, and Erica Sanchez report that five photographers are recording the world’s environmental crisis in unique ways.  • How can funders support impactful art like this?…

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    Catastrophic Climate Change Is Near. How Do We Prepare?

    Global Citizen Sep 12, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Laurie Goering reports that Amnesty International is calling out the slow progress that the world has made in preventing and preparing for catastrophic climate change. • How can…

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    Climate Change’s Latest Casualty: Cute, Tiny Puffins

    Global Citizen Sep 11, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Climate change is affecting the Atlantic puffin species because of the increase in temperature. This change is prompting a decline in sand eels, the puffin species’…

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    Impact Investing in the Creative Economy

    Upstart Co-Lab Sep 11, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • This Upstart Co-Lab post examines how impact investors can expand their portfolios in the creative industry, whether it’s eco-friendly fashion brands or sustainable design incubators. •…

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    Urban Beekeepers in Detroit Partner with Businesses to Build a Bee Highway

    The New Food Economy Sep 10, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Urban beekeepers are finding that cities may play in an important role in restoring honeybee habitats and that human communities may benefit from their company. Because…

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    Melting Glaciers in the Arctic Leave Behind Three New Islands

    Mashable Sep 10, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • There are three new islands in the thawing Arctic, each left behind by melting glaciers. As Arctic scientist look towards the future, they see no signs…

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