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Creating a buzz – how a beekeeping programme in Pakistan is generating change
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Adam Zeidan Global bee populations are under threat. Due to the human impacts of intensive farming practices, mono-cropping, excessive use of pesticides, and higher temperatures associated with climate change, extinction rates...
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Saving Place
By Sandy Cyr Dr. Tom Lovejoy, one of the world’s leading experts on biodiversity, says if you follow the birds, you’ll end up at most of the important problems in the world. Birds are a great indicator species about the health of ecosystems, and because of this, the...
New and Strategic Approaches Lead to Winning Results
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Jacqueline Savitz Since Oceana was founded in 2001, we have won more than 200 victories and protected more than 4.5 million square miles of ocean worldwide. Oceana’s approach incorporates legal action, political advocacy,...
Forging Powerful Clean-Energy Partnerships
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Adam Bad Wound and Ramsay Huntley “Why isn’t clean, affordable power from sun available to everyone?” This is the question GRID Alternatives’ (GRID) founders were seeking to answer when they launched their nonprofit in 2004. With...
Rozalia Project: Strategy, Innovation and a Great Boat
Rozalia Project for a Clean Ocean’s mission is to clean and protect the ocean and conserve a healthy, thriving marine ecosystem. The organization uses innovative approaches such as their own oceanographic research vessel and crowdfunded Cora Ball to grow upon the work of traditional environmental nonprofit.
Creating Collisions between Science and Business to Face Climate Change
The Collider focuses on market-driven climate solutions in hopes to create a climate products and services industry. Learn more about the organization and how they utilize collaboration and innovation to address climate change.
Speaking for the Trees: A Unique Approach to Executive Leadership
Trees Atlanta’s shared leadership structure emphasizes trust and collaboration. Their model maximizes the individual work of their organization’s staff to help protect Atlanta’s forests and create new green space through planting, conserving, and educating.
The Scrap Exchange: Where Community is Key
The Scrap Exchange is unlike anything you’ve seen before. Housed in a fifty-year-old movie theatre, the organization is fueled by community, creativity, and, of course, scraps in hopes of leading a Refuse Revolution.
The Relevance of Diversity
Paying attention to difference matters in terms of outcomes. By understanding the relevance of diversity within every situation, The Nature Conservancy hopes to be able to further diversity, equity and inclusion in their workforce, conservation work and partnerships.
Tell Your Story
Storytelling is a valuable tool for all nonprofits who are working to engage their members or a wider audience. Sharing personal stories of challenges and triumph, particularly in a relatable and emotionally engaging way, can evoke empathy for the individual, the nonprofit and the cause as a whole.
Connecting the Dots
As their campaign work has evolved to include fossil fuels and big energy, their rebrand has allowed Stand to tell a deeper story about who they are, while continuing to take on issues that threaten our communities and our environments.
Digital Storytelling: Elevating Youth as Agents of Change
Through the use of local technology and media arts, Footage Foundation supports young people so that their experiences are communicated, their voices are amplified, and their solutions are acted upon to inspire sustainable transformation.
Supporting Members’ Quality Improvement Efforts
Central to the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships’ work is making sure provides proper support for its members of secondary educators. The organization does so through continual adaptation while promoting quality practices among its members and its own work.
Using New Media to Educate on Traditional Practices
BimBam, sometimes referred to as the “Schoolhouse Rock for Jews,” has embraced new media to reach its target audience. Learn about how the organization finds inventive ways to educate on traditional Judaic practices.