This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Food choices can have a big impact on the environment—research done by the journal Food Policy indicates that 16 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States come from food spending alone. Public…
Giving Compass’ Take: • This report discusses the importance of board members who understand how different funding sources impact charitable work and how to implement best practices for an organization’s…
Jack Dangermond, president of Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), is recognized as a pioneer in spatial analysis methods and one of the founding fathers of geographic information system (GIS) technology. Considered…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Friends of the Children had only five chapters across the country when I became CEO in 2012, and we hadn’t launched a new chapter in nine years. But we knew our…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Kirsten Wilkens admires places like Paris, where bike lanes have sprung up in response to COVID-19. And Milan, with its expansive piazza that affords people the luxury of space and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A team of five students from Ghana, Costa Rica, and the United States recently won a US$5,000 prize for developing a model to turn waste into sustainable fertilizer for rural…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At The Rockefeller Foundation, we’ve always tried to stay one step ahead – imagining futures that inspire bold action and making catalytic bets that can lead to long-term change. As…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Seattle-based architecture studio DynamikSpace is working to empower the city’s consumers to grow their own foods and build a better food system. Since 2000, DynamikSpace has designed spaces around indoor agriculture.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How do foundation-funded media projects need to rethink their storytelling and distribution models in order to break through in today’s polarized environment? In this guest post, communications strategist and filmmaker…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. UNICEF — the United Nations Children’s Fund — is probably best known to Americans of a certain age for the orange trick-or-treat boxes it has been distributing to young trick-or-treaters since…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Local leaders say it’ll take a lot more than a vaccine to solve the coronavirus crisis. Thanks to COVID-19, an economic recession is devastating state and city budgets across the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Investment in health care systems — and innovative ways to improve them — is on the rise. Reports estimate that new, global health ventures could generate $1.65 trillion in new business…