This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass Take: · Writing for Pacific Standard, Shreya Dasgupta reports that researchers in Sri Lanka have identified a way to use interviews to divide the country into a grid and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jan Rocha reports that Brazil’s government is taking issue with a Catholic synod focused on conservation of the Amazon, which the government is working to undo. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Seth Blumsack at The Conversation explains that the Green New Deal’s ten year time frame is unrealistic, even with the most progressive movements. Blumsack explains that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Laurel Schaider argues that the EPA’ s regulation of chemicals known as PFAS must go further in order to protect the health and wellbeing of Americans. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from Pacific Standard, author Kate Wheeling discusses the consequences that the extinction of large carnivores would have on ecosystems, • What options do…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Andrew Frederick Johnson and his colleagues discuss why local sustainability and conservation policies can have a negative trickle effect so they have identified ways to avoid actions…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · The Surfrider Foundation reports that Congress has saved funding for environmental, coastal management, and climate change programs under the Trump administration, but there are a number of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • H. Claire Brown explains how outdated maps of wetlands mean that subsidies intended to protect wetlands may go to farms that destroy them. • How can funders work…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for The Conversation, Sonja Dümpelmann talks about her new book, “Seeing Trees: A History of Street Trees in New York City and Berlin,” and the importance of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tom Jacobs from Pacific Standard writes about Chinese researchers revealing how using terms like ‘Mother Nature’ and other anthropomorphisms can actually inspire people to take environmental…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Zero-waste grocery stores are coming to Canada, where products are available without packaging or plastic, and customers come with reusable bags to shop. • How will…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The writers at Global Citizen compiled a list of efforts that are happening to combat the use of plastic around the world. • How are philanthropists…