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.
Tag: Ethics
Foundations
End Bloated Salaries in the Nonprofit Sector
Taxpayers should not have to subsidize excessive pay for executives at charities meant to serve the public good.
Environment
Schools’ Most Untapped Resource
Green Schoolyards America connects ecological innovation with education, equity, and community engagement.
Review
Civic Engagement
Not Quite Everything
Nathan Schneider's chronicle of the cooperative movement dazzles with stories but is short on solutions.
Human Rights
The Missing Politics of Female Empowerment
Humanitarian nonprofits unconsciously reinforce the very conditions of women’s oppression they seek to eradicate in their programming.
Technology
The Ethics of Designing Digital Infrastructure
Nonprofits must make careful choices about their digital infrastructure to ensure that it aligns with their mission.
Technology
Fintech for the Financially Excluded?
Financial technology has the potential to help lift millions out of poverty. But are we adequately assessing its risks?
Nonprofits & NGOs
Five Tips to Avoid a Scandal like Oxfam Great Britain’s
Why the internal operations of nonprofits and NGOs make or break their impact.
Technology
Leveraging the Power of Bots for Civil Society
Autonomous technologies can support social services programs, but delivery must always be centered around people.
Health
International Development Doesn’t Care About Patient Privacy
Global health has brushed aside human dignity—it’s time to place patients at the core.