Philanthropy Action

Category: Environment

There are 8 entries in this category.

Mar 27, 2008

The Bats and the Bees

An affliction similar to colony collapse disorder—a syndrome affecting commercial bee populations—is now appearing in bats in North America.

Mar 21, 2008

Emerging Opportunities in the US, Part II

More opportunities for high-impact philanthropy in the US.

Mar 14, 2008

Legalization and Criminalization of Illicit Trade

Experts in a variety of fields passionately debate how to combat illicit trade in everything from drugs to endangered species to, worst of all, people. There are rational, credible arguments for both criminalizing and aggressively prosecuting those engaged in illicit trade and for legalizing and regulating the trade.

Feb 28, 2008

Emerging Opportunities for Philanthropy in the US

The current economic situation is generating many other possible opportunities for innovative and high-impact philanthropy. Here are a few ideas that are worth exploring.

Feb 05, 2008

Corporations: Responsible as they Have to Be

Absence of clear mandates for behavior creates the risk that a few initiatives launched in the interest of social responsibility will be revealed to have done more harm than good, as is possible with carbon neutralizing campaigns, for example. The result could be a backlash to the status quo of corporate indifference, a circumstance not preferable to the current state of over-exuberance.

Oct 01, 2007

Water: Our Greatest Decadence

UNESCO claims that annual funding for the millennium development goal of halving the number of people around the world who lack access to safe drinking water is short by at least $10 billion. Now imagine if we could decrease our bottled water consumption by two-thirds and use the money to bring safe drinking water to the water-scarce regions?

Sep 20, 2007

Environmentally-Friendly Projects Can Make for Good Development

Currently the bulk of the burden of environmental degradation is felt by people living in poverty, with negative impacts on economic development and health alike.