This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Climate change-related flooding and wildfires are causing havoc for farmers around the US and create unique hurdles in front of young farmers looking to start their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Coffee is facing a sustainability crisis and Jeff Sachs and Kaitlin Cordes from Columbia University argue that a Global Coffee Fund would help. • How can funders help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Steve Hanley at CleanTechnica reports how plastic waste is being converted into bricks to help build Ivory Coast schools. • Recycling plastic trash is also creating opportunities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Breanna Draxler explains how environmentalists working together with the fishing industry and local tribes successfully improved fisheries. • How can this model be replicated elsewhere? What players…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Brian Grimmett reports on the contaminated drinking water in private wells in Kansas which leaves people vulnerable to cancer-causing toxins. • What steps can you take now…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The authors at RAND Corporation discuss new frameworks for green infrastructure in Los Angeles and the benefits that come along with it. • How can green infrastructure…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Chris Malloy explains the causes of Phoenix’s water sustainability challenges and highlights efforts to address these challenges. • How can funders work to safeguard communities from drought…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • After the eruption of the Taal volcano in the Philipines, Filipino engineers are creating innovative strategies to help victims cope with the damage. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • First-generation ranchers are younger, diverse, and using innovative strategies to reduce the state’s carbon emissions. • How can new ranchers benefit from donor support? • Learn…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jenna Saldana, Dick Whitmore, and Mark Sullivan discuss watershed restoration techniques deployed to protect rural communities in Nicaragua from the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Despite being able prevent Lake Erie from turning toxic every year, Jamie Smith Hopkins from the Center for Public Integrity reports that Ohio officials still aren’t cracking…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A panel of three federal judges recently dismissed a youth climate case against the federal government. • Environmental law professors believe this case is groundbreaking because…