This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This NextBillion post reports on the influence that microentrepreneurs can have on social change in rural areas and how last-mile deliveries can help; Kopernik manages programs to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for Stanford Social Innovation Review, Asha Curran discusses the impact of Giving Tuesday around the world and explains what lessons have been learned from the movement. ·…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • As more people travel, resorts and tourism companies are thinking about increasing sustainability efforts for local communities. • How does the onset of global tourism impact local stakeholders and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this Global Citizen post, Bangladeshi activist Atika Shafa talks about her work putting stickers on public buses that promote an anti-harassment hotline for women. • Sexual…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rita Thapa runs a nonprofit in Nepal but intends to only receive a large percentage of funding from inside the country instead of through other international aid…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Joe McCarthy, writing for Global Citizen, lists seven activists that won the UN’s Champions of the Earth Award for their work in creating sustainability initiatives that help protect…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Alta Gracia is a factory in the Dominican Republic that makes sports clothes for college teams in the U.S. However, the workers get paid a fair…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Smithsonian Magazine explains that Australian researchers have used both AI and applied mathematics to develop new software capable of detecting landslides up to two weeks before they…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Christopher Kane argues that efforts to defeat science deniers can help to prevent outbreaks of deadly viruses, including measles. • How can efforts to reach science deniers succeed?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Lorraine Boissoneault shares the historical and modern importance of book burning and information control by those in power to quash potential challenges to their rule. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen reports on the latest Social Progress Index, a report from the Social Progress Imperative, which shows that the U.S. is the only wealthy nation that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen analyzes the threats of infectious diseases and discusses Dr. Jonathan Quick’s seven sets of concrete actions that can be used to effectively fight epidemics. • Knowing…