This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge gave Oregonians firsthand experience with the dangers of the “patriot” movement and its mission of seizing America’s public lands to “give them…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite political polarization, fears of terrorism and economic volatility – or perhaps because of it, as people want to get away from it all if they can – global tourism…
In the last decade, the markets for carbon offsets have grown tremendously in scope breadth and rigor. Meanwhile, impacts of global warming — from stronger, wetter storms to higher temperatures…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. PSI has begun looking at market-based solutions in Benin, Cote D’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Senegal, and India. In India, alone, 524 million people lack access to any kind of toilet. A…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mark Tercek of The Nature Conservancy says the effort will identify “potential technology breakthroughs that will accelerate protection of nature at scale,” particularly in food production and water use. Last month,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This season’s hurricanes have made the case for climate-resilience investing. Details are sketchy for the new fund, announced at COP23 in Bonn, Germany, but the aim is to back businesses committed to “high…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Fairdale High School is a public school in Louisville, Kentucky. About three-quarters of its students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. In 2011, just 20 percent were deemed college- or…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Roxanne Quimby went from anti-capitalist to centimillionaire entrepreneur in the span of four decades. “I had renounced the pursuit of capital as a radical 19-year-old in the 1960s,” says Quimby,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The World Bank now has three benchmarks for measuring poverty. The “headline” extreme poverty threshold of $1.90/day will stay, but two new international poverty lines were added for lower middle-income ($3.20/day)…
No sooner had we recorded the latest episode of ImpactAlpha’s Returns on Investment podcast than Norway’s trillion-dollar sovereign wealth fund proposed dropping oil and gas companies from its index and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For a major city, Los Angeles offers a wide array of opportunities to bond with nature. And this being L.A. many of these chances come with a unique twist. One…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Texas has a surprising clean-energy policy story to tell, one based on market initiatives and deregulation rather than a government-driven approach, said Marilu Hastings, vice president of sustainability programs at the…