This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Speaking at the 2017 Forbes 400 Summit on Philanthropy in Manhattan on Tuesday, Damon pitched access to clean water and sanitation as the lynchpin to achieving all of United Nations’…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A year ago, the 28-year-old media company employee invested $3,000 in a West Hollywood-based startup, thanks to recent changes in a federal law that allows people of modest means to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The solar industry has feasted on government subsidies for years — a fact that irks conservatives no end. It has nothing to do with solar energy, per se, and everything…
Over Patagonia’s 44 year history it has never aired a single commercial, up until now. From the early roots of Patagonia in 1973, founded by environmental activist Yvon Chouinard, Patagonia…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How can we play effective defense to conserve as many sound environmental policies as possible from the past 50 years? The community is now spending much of its time and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We suck. Some of us suck more than others, but really, we all do, or have at sometime. We suck because collectively, we toss 28 billion pounds of plastic into the oceans…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the empirical evidence mounts, nature-as-medical-treatment is catching on. “Ecotherapy” is a burgeoning field, and some doctors even write prescriptions for time spent in parks, as my colleague James Hamblin…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you’re thinking about getting solar panels for your roof, here’s two pieces of advice, free of charge. One, shop around. And, two, don’t be afraid to consider smaller, local…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the lush rain forests of central Borneo, a group of young orangutans, endangered refugees from human development, swung from branch to branch. She was one of 13 adolescent orangutans…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Donald Trump has called himself “an environmentalist” despite proposing a 31% cut to the EPA budget, threatening to pull out of the Paris climate accord, and appointing Scott Pruitt as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What’s essential to ocean funding when it’s geared toward saving a species on the brink of extinction? For the Marisla Foundation, a private foundation whose environmental giving focuses largely on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The world’s tropical forests are living exemplars of the tragedy of the commons, where the needs of the world clash with those of individuals. The trees in those forests lock…