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: Environmental Sustainability
Environment
SSIR’s Earth Day Reading List
A collection of our recent articles, essays, and book excerpts covering climate change, environmental protection, and sustainability.
Energy
Scaling Power for Global Prosperity
Ending energy poverty to address systemic inequality requires a much more ambitious plan than philanthropic and nonprofit leaders currently envision.
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.
Business
Misremembering to Feel Better
Consumers say they want to purchase ethically, but selective memory gets in the way of their decisions.
Environment
Interconnected Social and Environmental Problems Need Interconnected Solutions
How a family-planning group and an environmental organization banded together to foster the health of forests, fisheries, and families at the same time.