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Everybody, it seems, welcomes the arrival of new restaurants, cafés, food trucks and farmers markets. What could be the downside of fresh veggies, homemade empanadas and a pop-up restaurant specializing…

It should go without saying that families who embark on philanthropy together have good intentions—to give back to  communities where families live and have made their wealth, to make a…

Without consistent access to relief or safer environments, incarcerated people are punished with deadly heat, increased biological threats, and flimsy emergency protocols. We explain new …

Rural newspapers have been closing “left and right” over the past two decades, but it’s important to keep them open, especially in communities with schools, according to a column in the Minot Daily…

It started with his own family. Now, Elfatih Abdelnabi helps refugees all over the world reunite with theirs. Elfatih Abdelnabi never expected he would end up in Seattle. In fact, at…

The awards have already added 1,800 no-emissions buses to the nation’s roadways, more than doubling the number of such vehicles in use…

For young children, nature-based learning environments can be the key to establishing environmental stewardship.

A global perspective on environmental issues. Our mission is to inform, educate, enable and create a platform for global environmental action.

We’re in this together. Funders, grantees, and community. And while the dynamics of power and privilege exist, the values of collaboration, transparency, and responsibility define good philanthropy. At the Better Way…

Cities around the world are battling extreme heat this summer. An expert explains why and how record temperatures aren’t the whole story.

Environmental science finds that so-called heat islands occur when urbanized areas experience much higher temperatures than neighboring outlying areas within major metropolitan areas. In and around U.S. cities, more affluent parts of…