Water & Sanitation
Flushing Taboo
The biggest obstacle to eradicating India’s sanitation problem is a social tradition based in its caste system. A Field Report from the Spring 2020 issue.
Tag: Environmental Sustainability
Review
Technology
The Technology Treadmill
Peter Gluckman and Mark Hanson’s Ingenious applies concepts and metaphors from evolutionary biology to explain the impact of technological innovation on human life. A book review from the Spring 2020 issue.
Environment
African Conservation Entrepreneurs and Business Solutions to the Biodiversity Crisis
In landscapes where people and natural systems co-exist and intermingle, conservationists must go beyond protection and work to develop community-level incentives for wildlife conservation through sustainable and locally managed use.
Nonprofits & NGOs
The 10 Most Popular SSIR Articles of 2019
Highlights from the magazine and website.
Energy
Autobahn Alternative?
The two-person company Solmove has a plan to pave Germany’s roads with small, durable, slip-resistant solar panels. A What's Next article from the Fall 2019 issue.
Food
Upland Rice
South Korea’s Green and Seed is using new technology to move more of the world’s rice production upland, out of flooded fields. A What's Next article from the Fall 2019 issue.
Measurement & Evaluation
A New Accounting System Is Possible
Companies, investors, and consumers need an expanded set of metrics that more broadly and accurately measure risk, return, and value. A Viewpoint from the Fall 2019 issue.
Food
Foundations Can Unlock a Food System to Feed the World
Small farmers and food businesses are essential to building a resilient food system, but they need flexible, patient capital to thrive.
Impact Investing
How to Transition Your Investment Portfolio Toward Impact
A review of dozens of case studies, industry reports, and discussions reveals important insights into impact investing from innovators and early adopters.
Environment
A Moonshot to Restore Artic Ice
The nonprofit is developing a solution to restore and preserve Arctic sea ice by spreading sandlike silica microspheres in strategic locations to reflect sunlight and heat. From the Summer 2019 issue.