This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. India’s commons—collectively owned land administered by the government—make up as much as 25 percent of the nation’s territory. The government legally owns these lands, but lacks the reach, incentive, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When President Trump promised to bring coal jobs back, he may have hedged a bit. Jobs in coal production have ticked up temporarily, but jobs in the renewable energy sector…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Erratic rainfall, extreme droughts and floods, and deterioration in water quality brought on by climate change will intensify existing water stress and water allocation challenges. By 2025, absolute water scarcity…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Visiting Brisbane in November for the International Tropical Agriculture Conference for 2017, Director General of the International Livestock Research Institute Dr. Jimmy Smith discussed with Devex a range of new and exciting programs…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Protecting the environment — and our future — means we need to get our hands dirty. That’s where “regenerative agriculture” comes in. The farming practice relies on using organic composting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In addition to moving from an economy powered predominantly by fossil fuels to one powered by clean energy, an important piece of the climate change mitigation puzzle is arresting deforestation.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Like the fictional Herman Broder, Alex Hershaft is a Holocaust survivor who worries about the suffering of farm animals. Hershaft, too, sees similarities between the mindset of the Nazis and those who…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation launched a new initiative designed to improve agriculture, livelihoods, and conservation in Ethiopia, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As the planet’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Natsai Audrey Chieza is a designer on a mission — to reduce pollution in the fashion industry while creating amazing new things to wear. In her lab, she noticed that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What, historically, has been the most successful nonprofit organization? Harvard has the most financial assets*. The Red Cross has the most Nobel Peace Prizes. Stanford and MIT may have contributed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A field trip at GTM Research Reserve is not your average environmental science experience. Instead of dissolved oxygen tabs, strainers, and basins commonly used in many water-centered lessons at other…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A distribution solution for energy products in rural India claimed the spotlight at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit on Thursday night, when founder Ajaita Shah won the event’s pitch competition. Emerging…