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Plough Foundation has awarded $1.7 million in grants to an organization dedicated to increasing the number of local, adult college graduates.
Plough's donation will be funded over a three-year period for the Memphis Talent Dividend College Attainment Initiative with a goal of increasing the Memphis metro area's college graduate to attain increase in personal income, a great economic boost for the city.
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Investment Models For Climate Infrastructure Implementation 
CLEE's new report, Investment Models for Climate Infrastructure Implementation: Supporting Public Participation in Climate Investments, explores three investment models for climate infrastructure...more
CLEE's new report, Investment Models for Climate Infrastructure Implementation: Supporting Public Participation in Climate Investments, explores three investment models for climate infrastructure...more
Make Your Voice Heard: Advocate For Culture-Based Climate Action At Your National Level 
ICOM's commitment to sustainable development and climate action was formalised through the "Resolution on Sustainability and the Implementation of Agenda 2030: Transforming Our World" This process...more
ICOM's commitment to sustainable development and climate action was formalised through the "Resolution on Sustainability and the Implementation of Agenda 2030: Transforming Our World" This process...more
Fungi, Carbon, and the Climate Risk Map We Missed 
Fungi, Carbon, And The Climate Risk Map We Missed.Scientists have released the first-ever high-resolution global maps of mycorrhizal fungal biodiversity.This will enable regulators and restoration...more
Fungi, Carbon, And The Climate Risk Map We Missed.Scientists have released the first-ever high-resolution global maps of mycorrhizal fungal biodiversity.This will enable regulators and restoration...more
€Śthey're Playing God With Our Air”: U.S. Carbon Burial Sparks Outrage As Eco-Elites Cheer ... 
startup, Applied Carbon, developed an agricultural robot that converts plant waste into biochar to capture carbon.The company revolutionizes biochar production by integrating the facility directly on...more
startup, Applied Carbon, developed an agricultural robot that converts plant waste into biochar to capture carbon.The company revolutionizes biochar production by integrating the facility directly on...more
Climate-Smart Solutions For Food Security: A Community-Led Transformation in Kenya 
Action Against Hunger is working hand in hand with the women of Malkadaka to build resilience and adapt to the realities of a changing climate.The Habsa Women's Group partnered with Action Against...more
Action Against Hunger is working hand in hand with the women of Malkadaka to build resilience and adapt to the realities of a changing climate.The Habsa Women's Group partnered with Action Against...more
From Commitments to Capital—Are the Ndcs 3.0 Built to Mobilize Climate Investment? 
CPI has devised key indicators to assess the quality of the financial components of NDCs.The quality of these countries' investment signals is particularly critical for mobilizing the conditional...more
CPI has devised key indicators to assess the quality of the financial components of NDCs.The quality of these countries' investment signals is particularly critical for mobilizing the conditional...more
Smarter Jet Fuel Policies and Carbon Markets Can Power Cleaner Aviation
Smarter jet fuel policies and carbon markets can power cleaner aviation - Energy Exchange.Cleaner jet fuel and stronger carbon price signals can curb aviation's climate and health impacts.From...more
Smarter jet fuel policies and carbon markets can power cleaner aviation - Energy Exchange.Cleaner jet fuel and stronger carbon price signals can curb aviation's climate and health impacts.From...more
The Global Consequences of US Climate and Weather Data Cuts 
The mission of The New York Academy of Sciences is to drive innovative solutions to society's challenges by advancing scientific research, education and policy.The International Science Reserve is a...more
The mission of The New York Academy of Sciences is to drive innovative solutions to society's challenges by advancing scientific research, education and policy.The International Science Reserve is a...more
Cleaning up Weyerhaeuser Mill A 
The Washington Legislature has awarded 20 million dollars to clean up the Weyerhaeuser Mill A site on Port Gardner Bay.An interim cleanup action in a part of the in-water area in 2016 and 2017...more
The Washington Legislature has awarded 20 million dollars to clean up the Weyerhaeuser Mill A site on Port Gardner Bay.An interim cleanup action in a part of the in-water area in 2016 and 2017...more
Notifications Out to Beneficiaries of New Michigan Medical Debt Relief Program 
Michigan partners with nonprofit to relieve medical debt.Those benefiting expected to receive notification this month.$764,000 of the $4.5 million in state funding has helped eliminate $125 million...more
Michigan partners with nonprofit to relieve medical debt.Those benefiting expected to receive notification this month.$764,000 of the $4.5 million in state funding has helped eliminate $125 million...more
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When it Comes to Social Enterprises, Failure is the Best Platform for Innovation
In the world of social enterprises, failure is a cringe-worthy moment nobody wants to talk about. But, social entrepreneurs can benefit from their failures.