Environment
Trawling for Trash
An EU Fisheries Commission Project pays fisherman to remove plastic debris from the Mediterranean Sea.
Tag: Government Programs
Innovations in federal, state, and local government programs
Nonprofits
An Innovative and Financially Sustainable Nonprofit Model
AID for Africa’s model seems like a smart way to bring nonprofits together where they can leverage their combined presence.
Podcast
Nonprofits
Changing Behavior and Changing Policies Panel (Part 3)
Park discusses how methods of efficiency developed in industries outside of health care need to be brought in to rework the health care industry.
Podcast
Social Innovations
EDF Future of Green Calls
Daniel Kreeger, Executive Director of the Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO), outlines the relatively new position of Climate Change Officer.
Government
An Opportunity to Bolster Development Through Tax Collection
Tax revenue allows governments to provide the services and public goods their citizens need; however citizens don't always pay their fair share. Why?
Civil Society
Foreign Assistance: Time for a Change
There is a disturbing American presumption that it can develop other societies through the export of Americans overseas.
Education
In Defense of Public Education
The discretionary spending bucket is the easiest place for conservatives and liberals to find a palliative for the nation's maxed-out deficit headache.
Nonprofits
If We Could Build the Nonprofit Sector from Scratch, What Would It Look Like?
Last year I had the opportunity of working with an NGO effort in Trinidad and Tobago to launch an organization that would build the capacity of NGOs.
Podcast
Government
Environmental Sustainability and Energy Policy
In this panel discussion we hear from senior government energy and technology officials on what’s up and coming with respect to environmental responsibility.
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Government 2.0
Thanks to Todd Park, a federal agency has discovered that health care organizations can think more like nimble startups than like lumbering giants.