Irrigation Innovation
aQysta’s Barsha pump aims to deliver water for agricultural irrigation without fuel, electricity, operating expenses, or greenhouse gas emissions.
Environment Innovations in environmental protection and conserving natural resources
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Look for the Wild Animal Label
The Wildlife Friendly Enterprise Network makes a business case for protecting Asian elephants.
Teaming with Suppliers for Sustainable Food
Even companies making steady progress toward sustainability cannot go much further without collaborating across the value chain.
Respecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as Renewable Energy Grows
Addressing climate change requires that we transition quickly to renewable energy while grounding our efforts in human rights.
Early, Patient, Nimble Philanthropy Can Make or Break Public-Private Partnerships
A look at how private long-term investment can help spur public engagement—and lead to policy change and impact—in environmental conservation and beyond.
6 SSIR Articles on Business Sustainability
A reading list of our articles examining how businesses should define and achieve sustainability.
The Next Phase of Business Sustainability
Corporations are ushering in a new age of sustainability by actively transforming the market to make it more sustainable.
Waging Lawfare to Save the Planet
ClientEarth has taken a US-style legal strategy of protecting the environment across the Atlantic and found surprising success.
Algae for Food and Green Jobs
EnerGaia is growing spirulina to feed people and help the environment.
Circular Social Innovation in India
Social enterprises in India are using restorative and regenerative, circular economy principles to address the deep-seated sustainable development challenges.
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Capturing Emissions for Fish Food
NovoNutrients uses bacteria to convert CO2 and other industrial emissions into fish food.
Schools’ Most Untapped Resource
Green Schoolyards America connects ecological innovation with education, equity, and community engagement.
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. Their creation, EWS, not only triggered the country’s transition to renewable energy but also demonstrated the need for grassroots democratic control of energy production.
Colonialism Meets Climate Change
Puerto Ricans put their foot down against the vestiges of colonialism as climate change hits.
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Be Green and Save a Little
An excerpt of Magali A. Delmas and David Colgan's The Green Bundle: Pairing the Market with the Planet.