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    California Rainstorms Wash Debris and Pollution to the Beach

    Surfrider Foundation Feb 18, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Surfrider Foundation reports on the recent rainstorms in California’s southern coast that caused mass amounts of garbage, debris and polluted stormwater onto the beach.  • What is…

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    Technology May Change The Entire Food System For Good and Bad

    Food Tank Feb 7, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Food Tank sits down with prominent food and agriculture members to discuss the roles of technology in the food system, the good and the bad of…

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    Matt Damon Has Helped 16 Million People Get Access to Water

    Global Citizen Feb 4, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for Global Citizen, Joe McCarthy and Erica Sanchez explain that billions of people around the world lack access to clean and safe drinking water, but celebrities like…

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    21 Organizations Transforming Australia’s Food System

    Food Tank Feb 1, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Katherine Walla at Food Tank goes over 21 food system organizations in Australia that aim to help sustainable farming, food waste, and other agricultural goals.  •…

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    Millet and Sorghum are Climate-Smart Grains for Farmers in Chad

    Food Tank Jan 28, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Food Tank writes about two nutritious crops that are climate-smart grains for farmers in places like Chad, Africa, where temperatures are high, droughts are prevalent and…

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    How to Talk More Honestly About Coal

    Pacific Standard Jan 28, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Pacific Standard addresses a new study that finds that being honest about the decline of coal from underlining factors, increases support for training and relocation of…

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    This App Could Help Papua New Guinea’s Water Crisis

    Global Citizen Jan 28, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Papua New Guinea is has a big water accessibility problem and the people behind the mWater app plan to change that by producing and supplying the…

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    How Forest Schools Use the Outdoors As a Classroom

    CBC Jan 26, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • A public elementary school in Ontario, Canada is working towards becoming a “forest school.” CBC details how the outdoor environment will serve as a classroom. •…

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    U.S. Oil Production Is Set to Rise as Experts Say Fossil Fuels Need to Be Phased Out

    Pacific Standard Jan 26, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Even after environmental experts called for the reduction of fossil fuel to help the planet, Kate Wheeling at Pacific Standard explains that the U.S. will be increasing…

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    The World’s Largest Rainforest Is Failing to Adapt Quickly Enough for Climate Change

    Pacific Standard Jan 26, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: · According to new research in the journal Global Change Biology, the rapid expansion of climate change has left the Amazon Rainforest in the dust, slowly adapting to…

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    Grand Rapids Schools to Offer Outdoor Education to All Students

    Children & Nature Network Jan 24, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • This MLive post (via Children & Nature Network) details a plan from Grand Rapids Public Schools to create outdoor education experiences for all students beginning with…

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    How Government Failed During the California’s Carr Fire

    Pacific Standard Jan 22, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take:  • Pacific Standard reports on how every level of government understood the dangers of a potential fire in California’s Redding area — but few steps were taken to…

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