Environment
Crackdown on Environmental Action: How Funders Can Respond
Environmental and conservation funders are finding new ways to support civil society organizations as restrictions on their work rapidly increase.
Tag: Climate Change
Environment
SSIR’s Earth Day Reading List
A collection of our recent articles, essays, and book excerpts covering climate change, environmental protection, and sustainability.
Human Rights
No Exit
As the world’s climate scientists continue to warn us of the dire consequences of global warming, including a documented increase in wildfires, climate change is revealing new ways of how little we invest in and value humanity.
Government
Laying the Foundations for Sustainable Finance in Europe
The European Commission’s new plan for sustainable finance makes important strides toward connecting the financial industry with social and environmental goals, but social innovators should weigh in.
Economic Development
The New Era of Refugee Investing
How investment can unlock the potential of refugees and help propel economic development.
Impact Investing
Investing in Forest Health
A new impact investment vehicle may hold a key to addressing the West’s growing wildfire problem.
Advocacy
Changing the Climate by Leaving ‘Climate Change’ Behind
The best way to increase clean energy production and phase out fossil fuels may be to shift the narrative from climate change to messages that reflect people’s deeply held values, particularly those related to better health.
Environment
Capturing Emissions for Fish Food
NovoNutrients uses bacteria to convert CO2 and other industrial emissions into fish food.
Environment
Schools’ Most Untapped Resource
Green Schoolyards America connects ecological innovation with education, equity, and community engagement.
Energy
Clean Energy by the People, for the People
After the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, the “energy rebels” of Schönau, Germany, launched a grassroots revolution in the Black Forest to take control of their community’s power.