This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Researchers have demonstrated it is possible to economically produce plastics that have a net-zero greenhouse gas emissions balance over their entire life cycle. And they may cost less, too. Since…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In Myanmar, one startup is using drones to quickly replant a massive mangrove forest. In the U.S., a third startup is replanting abandoned farmland with pongamia, a type of tree that needs little…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. First, I have to acknowledge the effort that went into planning and executing the Symposium. The talented people at the New England International Donors (NEID) and The Philanthropy Initiative (TPI)…
I tend to think of climate change as fundamentally being an issue of equity, and there’s two big arenas where I think climate change and equity really intersect. So the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Extremely hot years will wipe out hundreds of thousands of tonnes of fish available for catch in a country’s waters in this century, on top of projected decreases to fish…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In his autobiography, Miles Davis complained that classical musicians were like robots. He spoke from experience – he’d studied classical music at Juilliard and recorded with classical musicians even after…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Though menstruation is a natural part of life for more than half the world’s population, half a billion girls and women still lack the support they need to manage their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What’s the question you are most frequently asked when trying to set up a new sustainability initiative? I bet “how much will it cost?” is a leading contender. It’s no…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During the global financial crisis of ‘08-’09, those in power pushed for system protection, system maintenance and system recovery when what was urgently needed then and even more urgently needed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We are living in an unprecedented time, facing a global health pandemic, climate change, natural and humanitarian disasters, structural inequalities, and much more, requiring us to rethink philanthropy and to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This bit of good news came from the final-year project of Crystle Wee, who earned a bachelor of environmental studies from the National University of Singapore. She worked on the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Council on Foundations released a report about the impact community foundations can make in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The report, in part a landscape analysis of how community foundations already…