This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rowan Walrath reports that hearing about and experiencing natural disasters related to climate change has serious mental health consequences. • How can funders work to channel climate anxiety…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Gavin Naylor explains that while sequencing the genomes of individual animals is a good start, libraries of genetic data are needed for big scientific breakthroughs. • How can…
Andy Lipkis founded TreePeople in Los Angeles in 1973 at age 18 and continues to serve as its president. Lipkis has spearheaded an approach using trees and forest-inspired technologies to…
Denis Hayes is president and CEO of the Bullitt Foundation where he leads the effort to mold the major cities of the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia into models of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this piece from Global Citizen, author Joe McCarthy tells the story of how Charles Michel, a Colombian chef and competitor on Netflix’s The Final Table,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from Global Citizen, the authors look at how one healthy diet could save lives while also promoting environmental sustainability. • What are the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from Urban Institute, author Matthew Eldridge discusses the benefits and consequences of rapid urban growth in developing countries. He highlights a few considerations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Effective Altruism provides a transcript of CEO Rob Mather’s discussion at the EA Global 2018: London about the work of the Against Malaria Foundation and the challenges they…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Evan Gaensbauer explains how effective altruism can be used to apply emerging technologies and serve as a global catastrophe mitigation. · What is effective altruism? What does…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Time Magazine writes on a recent study showing that women tend to live longer than men for biological health and mental health reasons. • Regardless of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass Take: · Anastasia Telesetsky, Professor of International Environmental Law at the University of Idaho, believes that single-use plastics are clogging landfills and killing wildlife. History has shown that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Food Tank highlights 21 books to share with children and satisfy their curiosity about the food system for this year’s National Reading Month. • What are…