The Environmental Toll of Disposable Masks
A new study calculates the waste generated by N95 usage and suggests possible ways to reduce it.
From MIT News
https://news.mit.edu/2021/covid-masks-environment-0720
The conservation gains we’ve made are still fragile, says Aileen Lee of the Moore Foundation
- When Aileen Lee took on the mantle of chief program officer at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, she brought substantial experience as a management consultant to a nonprofit that’s the largest private donor of Amazon conservation efforts.
- Like management consultants, she says, grant makers “will never be as close to the realities of the problems” as the groups they help, but can still help them “access resources, knowledge, and networks that might not otherwise be available to them.”
- Lee hails groundbreaking efforts in conservation and philanthropy, including the adoption of technology and greater engagement […]
Now Accepting Applications – Rethink Outside™ Fellowship
The Rethink Outside™ Fellowship will support, connect, and elevate an intergenerational group of leaders and storytellers who identify as Black, Indigenous, people of color, and are connecting people with nature and the outdoors.
Rethink Outside™ is a call to action for all who believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to enjoy time outdoors – because when people connect with nature we all benefit. Launched in October 2019 and coordinated by the Blue Sky Funders Forum, the Rethink Outside™ shared narrative has unified voices to express the benefits of time spent outdoors as a human right. Rethink […]
Soaring Interest in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: How Funders seek and use Knowledge
In 2020—a year rocked by a racial reckoning and the inequities of the global pandemic—diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) rose to the forefront of issues that were most of interest to funders.
In a new study of how U.S. foundations find and use information about effective philanthropy, DEI emerged as the leading topic of interest for funders—a significant change from 2016, when a similar study was conducted and DEI didn’t even make the list.
From the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Biodiversity Negotiations Fail to Call for Global Halt to Species Extinctions
Ambition to Save Animals, Plants From Disappearing Must Increase
From the Center for Biological Diversity
June 2021 Smashed Heat Records in North America
It was the hottest June in American history, and the fourth-hottest worldwide.
From Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/june-2021-hottest-june-ever-north-america.html
Running Out of Water: How Climate Change Fuels a Crisis in the US West
For farmers and Native tribes near the California-Oregon border, water scarcity is happening now
From the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/01/water-scarcity-climate-change-exacerbating-crisis
Helicopter Science Doesn’t Work—Environmental Justice Comes from Empowered Communities
Researchers need to shift toward real community partnerships that emphasize sustainability and create opportunities for environmental change.
From Environmental Health News
https://www.ehn.org/environmental-justice-movement-2653280025.html
New Bill Aims to Force Canada to Tackle ‘Systemic’ Environmental Racism
C-230 would require government to study effect of pollution and industry on marginalized people but conservatives could sink plan.
From The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/22/canada-bill-government-environmental-racism
New Tools Needed to Effectively and Fairly Plan Relocation of Those Displaced by Climate
Current approaches for planning relocation for potentially millions of people affected by climate change and related risks are “woefully inadequate” and risk worsening societal inequities, experts wrote in a policy perspective on June 17 in Science. Policymakers and scientists need to rethink how they work together to develop, communicate and carry out relocation plans.
From Phys.org
https://phys.org/news/2021-06-tools-effectively-relocation-displaced-climate.html