This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Guardian reports on warnings from the United Nation’s biodiversity chief on how the loss of biodiversity could threaten humanity and the need for action by 2020.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · After seeing success in New York City’s first comfort dog program, Chalkbeat reports that the program will be expanding to sixty schools by the end of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass Take: · Jon Bockman writes about transitioning from Animal Charity Evaluators’ (ACE) executive director to a position on the board of directors. He is a firm believer that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Marine crustaceans depend on carbonate ions as building blocks in their calcification processes. As climate change intensifies around the world, land and marine animals are facing existential…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Pacific Standard reports on the decades-long issue in North Carolina when it comes to hog waste and natural disasters. Why wasn’t it resolved before Hurricane Florence hit?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Just as hospitals and prisons already have a responsibility to provide kosher, vegetarian and halal meals, so too will they now have to provide plant-based meals for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Polychlorinated biphenyls, commonly known as PCBs, are toxins taken in by plankton and then moving through the food and destroying killer whale populations around the globe. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Cindy A. Buckmaster argues that animal studies are still needed to further scientific research in the United States, and cannot be replaced by other methods. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Although they have a bad reputation, wasps are a vital part of the environment for pollination and eradicating other disease-carrying insects that threaten humans, reports Global…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Mike Selden explains how nonprofits are playing a role in accelerating the development of lab-grown meat, specifically fish at his company: Finless Foods. • What are the nutritional,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Climate change is affecting the Atlantic puffin species because of the increase in temperature. This change is prompting a decline in sand eels, the puffin species’…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Urban beekeepers are finding that cities may play in an important role in restoring honeybee habitats and that human communities may benefit from their company. Because…