Holding the Line Means Losing
Using quantified conservation for environmental gain.
Social Issues - Articles
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Getting to Bartlett Street: Our 25-Year Quest to Level the Playing Field in Education
Getting to Bartlett Street chronicles the journey of Joe and Carol Reich, co-founders of the Beginning with Children Foundation.
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Improving Educational Achievement for Minorities
Stanford assistant professor Greg Walton examines a psychological factor that contributes to inequalities between socially marginalized and non-marginalized groups.
Podcast
Food, Water, and Energy
In this audio lecture, Dr. Ann Bartuska of the U.S. Department of Agriculture shares her insight on the necessary steps to sustainably feed the nine billion people that will be living on our planet by 2050.
ReCoding Good: Part 8
From the Field Series: An ongoing report of the Philanthropy, Policy, and Technology Project, which explores the use of private resources for public good.
Wanted: New Frameworks for Urban Housing
As global base of the pyramid urban evictions intensify, we need good quality, affordable housing that creates attractive profit opportunities.
How Businesses Can Increase Food Access for the Poor
Hybrid approaches present an opportunity to achieve both greater social impact as well as greater business benefits.
Rio+20: Is a $513 Billion Down Payment Enough?
Advances in reducing poverty, environmental protection, and other global issues threaten the status quo—a report from Rio+20.
Raising the Profile of a Prime Water Resource
A new Robert Redford-produced film, “Watershed,” highlights water conservation—but does it go far enough?
Changing the Social Sector’s Policy Pitch
The social sector has utterly failed to create a compelling pitch to the political sector about what we do.