In Warren County, Kentucky, the school district saved more than $2 million in utility costs since retrofitting five schools with solar panels and introducing other energy efficiencies. In Jamestown, Rhode…
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Around the globe, grassroots movements are shaping some of the most grounded and effective responses to the overlapping climate, economic, and political challenges facing our world. These movement leaders are…
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Whenever Adivasi communities express hesitation towards public systems, be it ‘free’ healthcare or education, it is often treated as a problem of our beliefs, behaviour, or a ‘lack of awareness’.…
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Click here for more.Air pollution kills 8 million people per year, more than tobacco, alcohol or obesity. In urban areas in the Global South the air is dirtier than ever—in the developing megacities…
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Click here for more.The Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) is working to empower the women in India’s informal sector. Today, they organize roughly 3.8 million women workers across the country, providing women farmers with…
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Last October, Colorado state Rep. Lesley Smith was in Germany, visiting her husband’s family. While strolling around her sister-in-law’s neighborhood, she glimpsed a solar panel hanging off an apartment building…
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Establishing forests can capture carbon and boost biodiversity — but some biomes are a better bet than others, a recent study about afforestation and reforestation finds. Forest restoration has emerged as a…
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Click here for more.Animal Charity Evaluators’ Better for Animals: Evidence-Based Insights for Effective Animal Advocacy resource is an ongoing project in which we distill key research on different animal advocacy interventions to help us…
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Behind the Sandy-Hassmiller Climate & Health Initiative are Lewis G. Sandy, M.D. (1982) and Susan Hassmiller, R.N., Ph.D., FAAN, whose decades of experience in leadership and public health inspired their investment…
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Asia is at an inflection point. Withdrawal of aid, shifting global priorities, and declining bilateral support have left communities exposed, revealing the risks of external donor reliance. For decades, the…
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Click here for more.In Tallulah, Louisiana and Cotton Plant, Arkansas, there’s plenty of drinking water, but it runs brown from residential faucets and leaves stains on most things it touches, demonstrating the urgent…
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Click here for more.A new YouTube channel from author and researcher Jules Pretty makes the case for stories as a powerful tool for climate action and systems change. Pretty, an Emeritus Professor of…