Catching the Wave
How a powerful communications strategy helped the Surfrider Foundation and a coalition of other organizations mobilize a local grassroots effort and save a rare natural resource.
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Innovations in environmental protection and conserving natural resources (more)
Making It Our Business to Conserve Ecosystems (Not Just Elephants)
Existing forests and diverse ecosystems are arguably the world’s most valuable resources. How can we make preserving them worth our while?
One Day at a Time
An incremental approach to fostering sustainable eating habits is the hallmark of Green Monday, an organization based in Hong Kong.
Lion of the Seas
Marine reserves that cut across national borders in Africa are protecting underwater life.
A Chorus for Wildlife
How World Wildlife Fund helped organize a global clarion call to stop wildlife crime.
Beyond Climate Change Platitudes
Why global leaders need to look beyond the status quo and recognize grassroots innovators as rightful peers.
The Power of Simple
How the Natural Resources Defense Council effectively unearthed and reframed compelling research to raise public awareness and effect policy change around food waste.
Planting the Seeds of Inclusion in Environmental Philanthropy
We need more and deeper commitments from funders to foster the next generation of environmental changemakers.
Going into Business for Wildlife Conservation
To achieve large-scale, long-term success, wildlife conservationists need to think like the private sector and invest in business innovation.
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Democratic by Design: How Carsharing, Co-ops, and Community Land Trusts Are Reinventing America
In Democratic by Design, Gabriel Metcalf looks at how small-scale, self-organized projects that work outside the traditional structures of government and business can scale up to effect widespread social change.