This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Harvest Public Media reports on the difficulties in receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps. Many families get lost…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Trump’s EPA has issued a series of memos the weaken regulations on American industries and allow more air pollution. Critics are concerned both by the content…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • From extreme weather to the rise of global conflict, Mercy Corps explains how climate change affects people in poverty and what we can do to help.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Agroecology refers to a method of farming that understands each part as belonging to a greater ecosystem that must be cared for in order to achieve…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • B the Change talks with a representative from food company Danone — now the largest Certified B Corporation in the world — on how large businesses…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A results-based financing tool was introduced at the Skoll World Forum. The tool will help implement clean water systems in Uganda through a loans system that is based on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every day, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch grows in size. The patch is one of five gyres in the ocean where currents concentrate discarded materials. Over time, plastic products in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In honor of Earth Day, we thought it would be a good idea to check in with our friends at The Children & Nature Network, an organization dedicated to creating…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you’re looking to get involved with clean energy through investment, personal use, or political support, your first question might be “Which form of clean energy is the best?” It’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Atlantic explores the rapid erosion of The Great Barrier Reef in Australia starting in 2016, choking off half the coral. The cause? Global warming. • This…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Cities and local governments are in a key position: they can help foster a wave of profitable development that slows the progress of climate change. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the University of Washington’s EarthLab, we envision a world where nature and people thrive. We are part research engine and part community catalyst, working with partners of all kinds…