Anticipatory Humanitarian Aid
Mercy Corps leverages satellite data and AI to preemptively send emergency relief to people ahead of natural disasters.
Environment - Articles
Innovations in environmental protection and conserving natural resources (more)
Addressing Cultural Appropriation and Repairing Harm
A model for lasting change through authentic, transformational partnership.
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From Uprooted to Uplifted: The Movement to Restore Indigenous Land Rights
Indigenous and local community-centered solutions to deforestation are among the most effective and enduring strategies for mitigating climate change. Social innovators in these communities pioneered a new playbook for getting the world to take notice.
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Orchestrators of Change and the Journey to Transformation
This follow-up to “Social Innovation and the Journey to Transformation,” sponsored by the Skoll Foundation, explores how bold social innovators shift systems through collective action. The series offers adaptable playbooks for social innovators, partners, and funders to learn from and apply to their work.
From the Past to the Future
How philanthropy can help build a more resilient and equitable food system through agroecology
Fueling Innovation to Navigate the Wildfire Challenge Ahead
The climate-driven wildfire crisis calls for a comprehensive, cross-sector approach to funding, research, and action.
Need a Lift? 13 Stories That Inspired Us in 2024
Innovation stories on social connection, empowering youth, and revitalizing green spaces offer some year-end inspiration.
Books for Social Innovators!
A literary gift guide from SSIR
Funding the Grassroots of Environmental Justice
The Environmental Justice Resourcing Collective was created to fund work led by and for communities most impacted by environmental racism, climate change, and unjust systems. Four years later, what lessons can funders draw from our experiences supporting frontline communities?
Brewing Fertilizer From Food Waste
The Icelandic startup Melta transforms community food waste into fertilizer, with the goal of cutting emissions and promoting sustainable farming in Iceland.