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    Single-use Plastics Now Banned in China

    TreeHugger Jan 20, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Recently, China’s National Development and Reform Commission issued a new policy that will start to phase out single-use plastics. • Can other countries struggling with plastics…

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    Sustainability in Food Supply Chains

    Food Tank Jan 20, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Tina May, Senior Director of Sustainability at Land O’Lakes, and Dan Sonke, Director of Sustainable Agriculture at Campbell Soup Company discuss how farmers are using the…

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    How Community and Culture are Driving Sustainability in the Bijagós Archipelago

    Medium Jan 19, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for the MAVA Foundation, Justin Woolford shares how the indigenous people and local communities on the Bijagós islands in West Africa are approaching contemporary conservation. · How can other…

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    UN Proposes Protecting 30% of Earth to Slow Extinctions and Climate Change

    Inside Climate News Jan 16, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Phil McKenna reports on the UN’s draft update to a global biodiversity treaty that aims to solve two global challenges at once by protecting critical wildlife habitat…

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    An Off-the-Charts Funder

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    After nearly 30 years of continuous improvement, Wilburforce Foundation now earns the highest marks we’ve ever seen on the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s Grantee Perception Report (GPR). How did they…

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    Why Lab-grown Foods May Become the Future Diet

    TreeHugger Jan 9, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Environmental writer George Monbiot believes that the future of food will be in lab-grown technology, and the farming industry will soon become irrelevant.  • Monbiot explains…

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    Communities Across the Globe Are Shooting for Zero Waste

    Shareable Jan 8, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Casey O’Brien, writing for Shareable, lists various communities and projects happening around the world that are utilizing strategies to get to zero-waste.  • Are there projects you…

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    After a Rough Year, Farmers and Congress Are Talking About Climate Solutions

    Inside Climate News Jan 8, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Georgina Gustin discusses how the Midwest floods revealed that fields that had been farmed with conservation practices recovered faster and how farmers are driving more sustainable…

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    This Strategy Could Boost Ocean Conservation

    Futurity Jan 7, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Research shows that a market-based approach that incentivizes fishing market involvement could aid the effort of ocean conservation.  • How are you getting involved in ocean…

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    Making Room for E-Bikes

    TreeHugger Jan 5, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for TreeHugger, Lloyd Alter reports on a new study from Deloitte predicting the future of electric vehicles and the rise of the e-bikes. · Why does…

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    Lifestyle Changes That Will Help Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    TreeHugger Jan 5, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • According to the Center for Behavior and the Environment, the United States is responsible for 15 percent of global emissions. Here are seven ways that Americans…

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    What’s Happening to All the “Recycled” Waste Now That it’s Not Shipped to China?

    TreeHugger Dec 26, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Lloyd Alter at TreeHugger discusses what the U.S. is doing with recycling now that it’s not being shipped to China and what other countries across the globe…

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