This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2019, Microsoft will reopen its newly modernized Silicon Valley campus in Mountain View in a drive to keep technology workers excited about working within one of the most expensive…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The holidays are here and with them comes a scene we know all too well. Picture it – you’re filled with spirit as you sift through the back of a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Erratic rainfall, extreme droughts and floods, and deterioration in water quality brought on by climate change will intensify existing water stress and water allocation challenges. By 2025, absolute water scarcity…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Protecting the environment — and our future — means we need to get our hands dirty. That’s where “regenerative agriculture” comes in. The farming practice relies on using organic composting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite political polarization, fears of terrorism and economic volatility – or perhaps because of it, as people want to get away from it all if they can – global tourism…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. PSI has begun looking at market-based solutions in Benin, Cote D’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Senegal, and India. In India, alone, 524 million people lack access to any kind of toilet. A…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Leonardo DiCaprio transformed himself into the celebrity face of the movement to combat climate change, donating millions to conservation causes and starring in an Al Gore-style documentary last year. But the actor’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Shortly after the launch of Google Earth, a band of oceanographers led by legendary ocean researcher Sylvia Earle stomped into Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California. “Hey look, you can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In September, I traveled to Splash’s office in Kolkata, India to be part of the Program Quality Summit with Splash staff from the U.S., Nepal, India, and Ethiopia. The purpose…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. India’s water woes are well documented. The news keeps getting worse: Kornik, a town near the border with Tibet, went dry last summer because of reductions in snowfall and unpredictable…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The palm oil industry has become notorious for its negative impacts on tropical rainforests, indigenous peoples, local communities, workers, and the global climate. For over a decade, global brands and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Mark Hogg recently traveled to Puerto Rico to help deliver safe water kits to the hurricane-ravaged island, he met locals who wept at the sight of clean water. Hogg,…