This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Woodland Park Zoo (WPZ) has always been groundbreaking – as evidenced by its claim to zoo.org and its pioneering work in biome displays, now the gold standard in zoo…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The environmental consequences of destroying the Central African Rainforest would be devastating for the region, but the economic hardship of banning the use of the forest…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Amazon has taken strides to reduce waste and fossil fuel use, but it has an opportunity to go far beyond those areas. • What should consumers expect…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The theme of this year’s Water Day revolved around nature-based solutions to urgent water challenges, so UN Environment discusses some ways to make progress in that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global demand for water is increasing and many people do not have access to the clean and safe water that they need. There are things that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Brooke Abbruzzese was in sixth grade, she had no idea what to expect when she wrote First Lady Michelle Obama to ask for her favorite vegetarian recipe—or if she’d…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Genius lives in all of us.” So says National Geographic‘s Chasing Genius platform, a community that the media company designed to help promote solutions to major world challenges, conceived by anyone, anywhere. In…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Environmentalists have talked for decades about the value of the clean air, clean water, biodiversity and other “services” provided by nature. Now comes the fullest accounting to date of actual…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Most observers associate the farm bill with food policy, but its conservation section is the single largest source of funding for soil, water and wildlife conservation on private land in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than three dozen governments around the world have committed to restoring more than 150 million hectares of land by 2020. That’s an area bigger than South Africa. By 2030,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Elephant Cooperation, dedicated to saving elephants and helping children, today announced its latest fundraising partnership that will fund two years of anti-poaching drone operations over portions of Botswana and provide…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ivory pirates, slave traders, and naturalists alike have long sought out the Zanzibar archipelago, a biodiverse group of islands lying off the coast of Tanzania in East Africa. One of…