This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Fast Company reports on a company called OpenROV, which creates cheap robots that allow the average citizen to explore local waterways; documenting discoveries could help lead…
Giving Compass’ Take: • This video from the Surfrider Foundations explains the potential impacts of the Trump Administration’s repeal of the existing National Ocean Policy to be replaced by a policy favoring business.…
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: • After the tsunami that swept through parts of Indonesia, aid groups are pushing their way through debris and damaged roads to reach new areas and try…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this Skoll Foundation post, Water For People’s Kim Lemme discusses the systems change needed to address the continuing water and sanitation crisis around the world.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • News Deeply talks with Carolyn Savoldelli, a research analyst at the World Resources Institute, about her efforts to connect the vast amount of open ocean data to scientists and policymakers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Land invaders have targeted the Chaparrí ecological reserve, one of Peru’s most biodiverse forests. As the Guardian reports, more than 1,000 hectares of this area have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Google will begin estimating local carbon pollution from cities around the world as a tool for leaders to focus and improve local climate change programs. • The company…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen discusses the importance of protecting our environment and explains that looking after the planet is a collective effort that needs attention from every corner…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen discusses a new study from the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens in London showing that a fungus called Aspergillus tubingensis could play a key role in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • It is possible for tourism companies to have sustainable development initiatives. Fundación Grupo Puntacana has a business model that exemplifies this goal but requires help from all stakeholders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Eillie Anzilotti reports that the trend of health tracking may spread to the variable and important factor of air quality. • How can tracking air quality on…