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Land Tenure: A Cross-Cutting Solution for Poverty, Climate Change, and Women's Rights
Esther Mwaura-Muiru - Landesa , October 11, 2022
Women farmers feed their communities and the world. From the paddy terraces of Asia to the maize fields of sub-Saharan Africa, the woman farmer tills, plants, waters, and harvests crops…
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How Land Tenure Reform is a Critical Climate Solution
James Pippim - Skoll Foundation , May 9, 2022
To address the climate crisis and reach sustainable development goals, Indigenous, community, and Afro-descendant land rights must be secure. While communities claim and manage roughly half of the world’s lands—including…
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2021 Annual Letter
March 21, 2022
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Making Sanitation Everyone’s Business
I remember walking into the offices of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) along with my colleagues at Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) nearly eight years…
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Leading Organizations Launch the Carbon Call to Address Reliability and Interoperability in Carbon Accounting for the Planet
Skoll Foundation - , February 10, 2022
Participating organizations and signatories to focus on solving companies’ carbon emissions and removal accounting challenges for a net zero future Over 20 leading organizations on Thursday announced an initiative to…
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Living the Values, Upholding the Legacy: The Archbishop Tutu Fellows Without the Arch
Jackie Chimhanzi - African Leadership Institute , January 24, 2022
Even as we come to terms with the passing of our dear Patron, we celebrate a life of service well- lived and the values and ideals he espoused and bequeathed…
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Equipping Change Leaders to Reimagine and Reset Our Broken Systems
As I write, yet another new variant of Sars-CoV-2, Omicron is spreading concern and contagion around the world. Though we don’t yet know the implications of Omicron’s emergence, it’s a…
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Equity, Proximity, and Trust: How Philanthropy Measures Up to its Aspirations
Kathy Reich - Ford Foundation , Nidhi Sahni - Bridgespan , November 30, 2021
Every organization driving social change deals with resource and capacity limitations. Each is in a constant search for funding to implement its mission and develop its potential. During the pandemic,…
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Wealth, Power, and Social Change: Funding at a Systemic Level
Shivani Garg Patel - Skoll Foundation , Alix-Ines Lebec - Lebec Consulting , November 29, 2021
Shivani Garg-Patel, Chief Strategy Officer at the Skoll Foundation, recently joined philanthropy consultant Alix Lebec in a conversation for her series Wealth, Power, and Social Change. They talked about Shivani’s…
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Justice40 Accelerator Reimagines Federal Climate Funding System to Heal Black and Historically Disinvested Communities of Color
Zach Slobig - The Bridgespan Group , October 25, 2021
Communities at the frontlines of climate, environmental, and social injustices have the wisdom and the solutions to create systemic, transformational change. Historic and persistent structural racism though has meant that…
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Skoll Foundation Joins Leading Philanthropies to Reduce Global Methane Emissions
Skoll Foundation - , October 11, 2021
Major $223M international philanthropic initiative will build on action on methane, including the Global Methane Pledge, to reduce emissions by 30% by 2030 Today, a first-of-its-kind alliance of more than…
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With New Federal Ambition on Climate, States Are Key to Reach Our Goals
Alli Gold Roberts - Ceres , August 11, 2021
State leaders have proven to be some of our nation’s greatest champions for confronting the climate crisis in recent years, passing strong laws and policies to address some of the…
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An Ambitious Plan to Tackle One City’s Dirty Secret
Philip Oyamo - Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor , July 27, 2021
It’s late in the evening in Malindi, a coastal city in Kenya. The city attracts many tourists keen to enjoy its beautiful beaches and the warm waters of the Indian…
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Rethinking Possible Episode 10 | Halla Tómasdóttir | Can Capitalism Save the Planet?
Nguhi Mwaura - Dalberg , Courtney Martin - Individual , June 23, 2021
Capitalism has arguably accelerated many of the world’s problems, from climate change to economic exclusion. What role can—and should—it play in accelerating solutions? Halla Tómasdóttir of The B Team offers…
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Rethinking Possible Episode Eight | Colette Pichon Battle | Lessons from the Bayou on Climate Change and Community Power
Nguhi Mwaura - Dalberg , Courtney Martin - Individual , June 10, 2021
Step foot into Louisiana's bayous and you’ll smell the strong scent of azaleas even before you smell the cooking. Amidst the sweet fragrance of flowers and mouth-watering cuisine, an odious…
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Hospitals and Health Systems Join the Race for a Healthy Climate
Gonzalo Muñoz - Conference of the Parties (COP) Champion for Chile, COP25 High Level Climate Champions , Josh Karliner - Health Care Without Harm , June 2, 2021
For more than a year, the world’s doctors, nurses, hospitals and health systems have been on the front lines in the battle against COVID-19. Many have served heroically as first…
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How An Atlanta Park Became an Intergenerational Multiethnic Hub of Community Resources During the Turbulence of 2020
Like many people, at the start of 2020, I had big plans for the year ahead. In addition to family reunions and work trips, I intended to spend a few…
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2020 Annual Letter
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Eight Breakthroughs for Land Rights in 2020
Chris Jochnick - Landesa , January 21, 2021
2020 was a tough year on many fronts, and land rights were no exception. COVID-19 hindered land rights advocates from doing field research, meeting with government officials, prioritizing policy initiatives,…
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New Allies: How Governments Can Unlock the Potential of Social Entrepreneurs for the Common Good
Shivani Garg Patel - Skoll Foundation , January 19, 2021
In our journey at the Skoll Foundation of supporting social entrepreneurs and other social innovators, we collectively seek paths to scale impact beyond the footprint of a single organization or…
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Reflecting on 2020: Social Enterprise Leaders’ Advice for Navigating Crisis
Ellen Martin - SoJo , Kimberly Bardy Langsam - Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship , Erin Worsham - Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship , December 14, 2020
2020 has been a year filled with unprecedented challenges—a global pandemic, racial reckoning, deepening climate crisis, and more. And while 2020 comes to a close, we know that these will…
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Philanthropies Commit to Sustained Collective Action in Response to the Climate Emergency   
December 10, 2020
  On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement, philanthropies including the Skoll Foundation have underlined and enhanced their commitment to investing into climate solutions.   In September 2018, 29 funders made a combined pledge to grant $4…
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How Skoll Awardees Faced the Pandemic with Innovation and Resilience
Jude O'Reilley - Skoll Foundation , December 7, 2020
Facing the historic global challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Skoll Awardees and our larger portfolio of grantees have met this moment with empathy, determination, and innovation. “This is the moment…
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The Power of Collective Healing to Support Healthy People on a Thriving Planet
Gary Cohen - Health Care Without Harm , December 7, 2020
Healing collective trauma at the community level, and planetary health are now becoming part of the DNA of the healthcare system, and that gives me an enormous amount of hope.…
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Urgent Need of Our Time: Mission-Aligned Investments in Clean Water Combat Both COVID-19 and Climate Change
Alix-Ines Lebec - Lebec Consulting , Shivani Garg Patel - Skoll Foundation , December 2, 2020
Climate change threatens the global water supply, particularly within lesser developed countries and emerging markets that have seen decades-long shortages in the investment of clean water infrastructure. With the onset…
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States Charge Ahead on Climate Action 
Alli Gold Roberts - Ceres , October 20, 2020
States leading the fight on the climate crisis in the U.S. are ratcheting up their ambition. Governors across the country are rolling out sweeping new plans to slash greenhouse gas…
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Secure Land Rights: A Sustainable Solution at the Intersection of Climate Change and COVID-19
Rachel McMonagle - Landesa , September 20, 2020
COVID-19 and climate change are impacting all of us, but the dual disasters have a disproportionate impact on communities in emerging economies. These impacts are felt most acutely in rural…
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Rebuilding to Prepare for the Next Water and Sanitation Crisis
Steve Metcalfe - Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor , September 1, 2020
The Covid-19 crisis has been a powerful reminder of the urgent need for improved water, sanitation and hygiene around the world. Particularly for people living in densely populated urban communities,…
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How Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs Harnessed Big Data to Map the Pandemic
Lucien Chan - The Audacious Project , June 15, 2020
The Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE), a 2015 Skoll Awardee, is a pioneering NGO that developed the first public database of water pollution information in China and brought…
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How Amazon Conservation Team Approaches COVID-19 Response With Vulnerable Indigenous Communities During the Worsening Pandemic
Isidoro Hazbun - Amazon Conservation Team , May 29, 2020
Marginal access to healthcare, limited hygiene resources, and weak government support in deterring potentially contagious intruders put even the most remote communities in the Amazon at risk of the spreading…
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The Amazon Has Much to Teach Us—If We’ll Listen
Seven years ago, I was in one of the most remote places on the planet, hiking through the rainforest of the northwest Amazon, following an indigenous colleague clad in only a…
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The Role of Urban Innovation in Africa's Emerging Cities in the Time of COVID-19
Emmanuel Adegboye - Andela , May 4, 2020
When we set out to organize an event on urban innovation in Africa as part of this year’s virtual Skoll World Forum week, we knew we wanted to draw attention…
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How Chinese Social Entrepreneurs Stepped up to Respond to COVID-19
Changkun Shen - TEDx , May 4, 2020
Last September, we held a TEDx Skoll Conversation in Chengdu, which brought together social entrepreneurs from different regions across China to demonstrate the positive role of social innovation in shaping…
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Collective Strength in a Time of Plague
This year during the first-ever virtual Skoll World Forum, Health Care Without Harm organized a session to explore the relationship between the coronavirus pandemic and the climate crisis. We had planned…
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Skoll Foundation Announces 2020 Awards for Social Entrepreneurship
Suzana Grego - Skoll Foundation , April 15, 2020
The Skoll Foundation has announced the five winners of the 2020 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship. “The Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship shines a light on emerging leaders who fearlessly…
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Coronavirus and Air Pollution: A Deadly Link
Jane Burston - Clean Air Fund , Arvind Kumar - Institute of Robotic Surgery at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi , Josh Karliner - Health Care Without Harm , April 15, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic impacts millions across the world and brings economies to a grinding halt, there’s a lot of talk about how emissions from fossil fuel combustion have dropped…
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Why We Must Tackle the Climate Emergency Through Improved Water Management
Steve Metcalfe - Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor , March 21, 2020
Climate change is water change. That's the message for this year's World Water Day, which takes place on Sunday. In the poorest parts of the world, the challenge of climate…
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Global Commons Alliance: Why This Historic Moment Demands Radical Collaboration
Gurpreet Singh - Skoll Foundation , February 10, 2020
Hundreds of business, government, civil society, and other leaders recently weighed in on the most urgent threats confronting humanity and, for the first time in the Global Risks Report’s history,…
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How We're Improving Sustainability at Skoll World Forum 2020
Jill Ultan - Skoll Foundation , December 16, 2019
9,000 disposable cups used in a week! That’s the total used in our primary venue during the 2019 Skoll World Forum, despite the complimentary insulated tumbler given to each delegate.…
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#GoodNews December: Highlights from Social Entrepreneurs in 2019
December 9, 2019
As the end of 2019 approaches, we’ve gathered up the good news: the progress and accomplishments of Skoll social entrepreneurs, hard at work on the world’s thorniest problems. We are…
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Blue Carbon: A Pioneering Mangrove Conservation Project in Madagascar
November 1, 2019
In a remote corner of southwest Madagascar last month, local communities launched the world’s largest mangrove carbon conservation project, sequestering a huge amount of carbon and securing an ecosystem vital…
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James Mwangi on the Problem With Innovation
James Mwangi - Africa Climate Ventures , October 31, 2019
James Mwangi, Executive Director of the Dalberg Group, has spent decades designing and supporting innovative approaches to tackling the world’s most stubborn problems. His recent work has focused on helping…
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TEDx Skoll Conversation Series Comes to Jakarta With Focus on Governance and Resilience
Florentina Niradewi - TEDx , October 7, 2019
Two major events loomed large for the TEDxJakarta curatorial team as we began to think about this year’s event. First, were the earthquakes and tsunami that hit Palu, Sulawesi in…
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Pioneering Spirit of Chengdu on Display in TEDx Skoll Series
Changkun Shen - TEDx , October 2, 2019
Last month, we successfully organized the TEDxChengdu 2019 annual event, and celebrated the TEDx Skoll Conversations series in Chengdu, one of the biggest city in western China, with its unique…
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UNGA Week Calls to Action Span Climate, Health, Education
September 30, 2019
  Climate and health took center stage at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly last week in New York—the annual gathering of nearly 200 world leaders with a…
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Mohamed Nasheed on Beating the Odds Against Climate Change
Mohamed N Nasheed - , September 26, 2019
Former President of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, recently made a triumphant return to his home country as head of the national parliament after several years of exile in the UK.…
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CollaborAction: Lessons from Latin America in Sustainable Development
Sean McKaughan - Fundación Avina , September 23, 2019
Sean McKaughan chairs the board of Fundación Avina, which focuses on sustainable development through collaborative change processes in Latin America with the aim of large-scale positive impact. He recently published…
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2019 Social Progress Index: Measuring Real Things That Matter
Michael Green - Social Progress Imperative , September 18, 2019
We’re 43 years behind schedule in our progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. That’s the sobering takeaway from the recently released 2019 Social Progress Index (SPI). The report gauges social…
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Prescription for a Healthy Planet
Josh Karliner - Health Care Without Harm , September 10, 2019
Every year, human civilization churns out ever more dangerous quantities of greenhouse gases. Every day we see and feel the increasing effects of a growing climate crisis that impacts people’s…
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After the Amazon Fires, What's Next for Stopping Deforestation?
Carlos Souza, Jr. - Imazon , September 2, 2019
More than 26,000 fires have raged throughout Brazilian Amazon in August alone—the fastest rate of destruction since record keeping began. President Jair Bolsonaro campaigned with a promise to open the…
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Saving Rainforests with Indigenous Rights-Based Conservation
Suzanne Pelletier - Rainforest Foundation US , August 22, 2019
Suzanne Pelletier is the Executive Director of the Rainforest Foundation US which partners with indigenous peoples in Central and South America to help them assert their rights and conserve their…
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Tara Houska on Building Justice and Equality in Era of Climate Change
Gabriel Diamond - Skoll Foundation , August 1, 2019
In late 2016, Tara Houska called Morton County North Dakota home for six months—she stood shoulder-to-shoulder on the frontlines at Oceti Sakowin, the gathering of Indigenous Nations at Standing Rock…
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States Step Up to the Climate Challenge With Innovation and Ambition
Alli Gold Roberts - Ceres , July 15, 2019
The results of the 2018 midterm elections made it clear that American voters are ready for climate action. Across the country, we saw victories for many candidates who support bold…
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Balancing Power Dynamics in Philanthropy
Atti Worku - African Visionary Fund , May 1, 2019
Imagine the impact if the untapped, underfunded, and underappreciated talent and tenacity of leaders from developing countries was fully utilized. At the 2019 Skoll World Forum, my co-facilitators and I…
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Rewriting the Rules for an Economic System that Serves All
Bruce Lowry - Skoll Foundation , April 23, 2019
Few issues generate more debate today than economics. Occupy Wall Street, the 99 vs. 1 percent, unequal development, and other impacts of globalization have spawned bestsellers, undergirded contentious political campaigns,…
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Accelerating Systems-Level Change
Kathryn Harrison - Skoll Foundation , April 22, 2019
As we face a looming 12-year deadline on climate change, increasing threats to democracy, and a global refugee population of unprecedented size, effecting social change at a systems level has…
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How Big Data Helps Ma Jun Fight for Blue Skies and Clean Rivers in China
Zach Slobig - The Bridgespan Group , April 22, 2019
Long before he founded the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE), Ma Jun was a trailblazing investigative environmental journalist in China. His groundbreaking reporting on the mounting environmental crisis…
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What Systems Change and Starfish Have in Common
Tim Hanstad - Chandler Foundation , April 3, 2019
As we gather in Oxford to discuss how humanity can accelerate a future that is fair, inclusive, and sustainable at this year’s Skoll World Forum, it is helpful to remember…
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Introducing Our 2019 Skoll World Forum Emerging Leaders
Erin Harrington - Rosewood Family Advisors , Ariane Campbell - MasterCard Foundation , March 19, 2019
As we look forward to next month’s Skoll World Forum, the Skoll Foundation and the Mastercard Foundation are honored to introduce our 2019 Emerging Leaders! Launched in 2013, the Emerging…
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Six Books for Your Reading List by 2019 Skoll World Forum Speakers
Kathara Green - Skoll Foundation , March 18, 2019
Looking for the perfect bedside reading as you prepare for the Skoll World Forum? Whether you’re joining us in Oxford or engaging through the Digital Pass, there are plenty of great reads by Forum speakers to expand…
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Andrew Youn on Putting Farmers First to Beat Africa's Hunger Crisis
James Nardella - Last Mile Health , February 28, 2019
In May 2015, a group of ambitious philanthropic collaborators, including the Skoll Foundation, pledged to make a measurable dent in Africa’s hunger crisis through a catalytic $100 million investment to…
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As 2018 Elections Approach, States and Business Must Drive Climate-Smart Policy
Alli Gold Roberts - Ceres , October 29, 2018
With the 2018 elections right around the corner, states and business continue to lead the move toward clean energy and clean transportation solutions to accelerate a low-carbon economy. Recent legislative…
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Food Security and Climate Resilience Require Land Rights Reform
Karina Kloos - Landesa , Andy Currier - Landesa , October 15, 2018
For communities across the Global South, the impacts of climate change are not abstract projections but concrete realities that threaten their land and food security. In the wake of the…
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Health Care in the House at the Global Climate Action Summit
Josh Karliner - Health Care Without Harm , September 21, 2018
September 2018.  It’s been a momentous month. A massive hurricane stormed across the Atlantic Ocean. A super typhoon simultaneously traversed the Pacific. Both wreaked havoc—displacing more than a million people…
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How a Mapping Technology Helps the Poor Convert Wasteland to Thriving Commons in India
Zach Slobig - The Bridgespan Group , Gabriel Diamond - Skoll Foundation , August 27, 2018
In India, some 50 million hectares of land, an area the size of Kenya, is classified as "wastelands and degraded lands"—a holdover from a colonial land management philosophy that fails…
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Bloodiest Year on Record (Again) for Environmental Defenders
Zach Slobig - The Bridgespan Group , July 24, 2018
It was nearly noon on an early December day when the shooting started. The small indigenous community near Lake Sebu in the Philippines had again come under attack. "The soldiers came…
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Marine Stewardship Council Labeling and the Future of Sustainable Fisheries
Zach Slobig - The Bridgespan Group , June 8, 2018
For hundreds of years, the Grand Banks cod fishery was one of the world’s most productive, providing a dietary staple to millions of people. Drop a basket over the side…
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Rural Women and Girls Catalyzing Change in the Climate Crisis
Zach Slobig - The Bridgespan Group , June 7, 2018
With World Environment Day this week, we're thinking a lot about the intersection of climate change and injustice, a place where many of our Awardees work daily. Climate change deepens…
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From Direct Action to Advisory Services: A Pathway to Scale for Social Entrepreneurs
Sarah Miers - Mulago Foundation , March 27, 2018
A central question for any social entrepreneur with a proven, effective innovation is how to scale its impact. For many organizations and funders, the answer to this question is elusive.…
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#GoodNewsDecember: Impact Highlights from Social Entrepreneurs in 2017
Robyn Park - Skoll Foundation , December 18, 2017
After a year marked by natural disasters, refugee crises, and political turmoil, it can be a challenge to not become discouraged. But take a closer look, and you'll see the progress…
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How Business Advocacy Pushed California’s Progressive Climate Policy
Zach Slobig - The Bridgespan Group , November 10, 2017
On a windy morning this past July, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill to extend that state’s historic cap-and-trade program to 2030, doubling down on climate action just months…
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From Forlorn Wastelands to Thriving Commons in India
Zach Slobig - The Bridgespan Group , October 30, 2017
Years ago, early in Jagdeesh Rao Puppala’s career, he ran into some trouble with the law in rural western India. He had just returned from a small event where some…
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We The Future Spotlights Bold Models for Sustainable Development Agenda
Lindsey Powers - Skoll Foundation , Jess Fleuti - Skoll Foundation , September 29, 2017
Last week, a group of social entrepreneurs, corporate pioneers, and policy innovators gathered at the TED Theater in New York during Global Goals Week for We The Future: Accelerating Sustainable…
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Climate Solutions Investment Beyond Core Grantmaking
Zach Slobig - The Bridgespan Group , September 21, 2017
The Skoll Foundation is deeply committed to broad action against climate change, action that exceeds our core grantmaking through the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship. The innovations and global consensus…
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Our Commitment to Urgent Climate Action
September 21, 2017
From water resource management and food production, to disease and conflict: climate change exacerbates underlying vulnerabilities. As the severity of these impacts increase over the coming decades, poor communities in…
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Team Rubicon in Houston: A Lean, Nimble Approach to Disaster Relief
Zach Slobig - The Bridgespan Group , September 12, 2017
  Jake Wood, former Marine sniper, believes there’s a better way to do disaster relief. While giant bureaucratic organizations like the Red Cross have come under increasing scrutiny for mismanaged…
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Al Gore: Turtle on a Fence Post | Climate Reality Project
July 26, 2017
Al Gore recently stopped by the offices of Skoll and we had the opportunity to hear his take on the fight against climate change in the wake of the U.S.…
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EcoPeace Middle East and a Breakthrough Israeli-Palestinian Water Deal
July 21, 2017
A water deal between Israelis and Palestinians reached earlier this month will ease the chronic shortages that have threatened to become a public health risk for the Palestinian people, particularly…
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Record Number of Land and Water Rights Defenders Killed in 2016
Zach Slobig - The Bridgespan Group , July 17, 2017
Global Witness released a damning report late last week that shows it has never been deadlier to stand up against corporations seizing land and destroying the environment, tallying 200 deaths over the…
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8 Things I Learned at the Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training
Jude O'Reilley - Skoll Foundation , July 5, 2017
Last week I joined Al Gore's team in Seattle for their 35th Climate Reality Leadership Corps training. The community is an international one, including strong representation from India, Europe, and sub-Saharan…
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We Are Still In: States, Cities, and Businesses Renew Clean Energy Commitments in Wake of Paris Withdrawal
Alli Gold Roberts - Ceres , June 8, 2017
With President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, it’s become even more clear how critical the leadership of investors and companies are in tackling climate change and pushing for clean…
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Skoll World Forum 2017 Reflection: Global Goals in an Uncertain World
Walking into the session, a question buzzed in my head: can we 7B+ humans prove to ourselves that ‘sustainable development’ isn’t an oxymoron, in just 14 short years? Susan Myers—panel…
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Highlights from the Social Progress Imperative 2017 Summit
Zach Slobig - The Bridgespan Group , May 1, 2017
“What if sociologists had as much influence as economists?” That’s the provocation with which Bjarni Benediktsson, Iceland’s 46-year-old Prime Minister of Iceland, set the tone for recent global summit of…
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The Skoll Foundation Approach to Visual Storytelling
April 22, 2017
Invest. Connect. Celebrate. That’s the Skoll Foundation mission in a nutshell, and the ‘celebrate’ part of that triad is where Skoll’s storytelling resources take center stage with the medium of…
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Highlights from Skoll World Forum 2017
April 21, 2017
The annual Skoll World Forum was, as always, an inspiring, energizing, and at times dizzying week of conversations and celebrations in the hallowed halls and cobblestoned streets of Oxford. Stephan Chambers…
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Survey of Social Entrepreneurship Community Reveals Emerging Trends
Jess Fleuti - Skoll Foundation , February 1, 2017
Last summer, the Skoll Foundation surveyed our Board, partners, and Awardees about trends and issues influencing the work of social entrepreneurs and other change agents. As a curator of the…
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Reflections From Standing Rock
Gabriel Diamond - Skoll Foundation , December 8, 2016
At the Skoll Foundation much of the work we support—and the stories we seek to tell—has to do with organizations and movements seeking to protect the environment and indigenous land…
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COP22: Reactions from Social Entrepreneurs
November 23, 2016
Last year in Paris, nations forged a historic agreement on halting climate change. The Paris Agreement called for zero net greenhouse gas emissions by the second half of this century,…
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COP22 Climate Negotiations Deliver Optimism and Resolve on Low-Carbon Transition
Mindy Lubber - Ceres , November 23, 2016
Despite the long shadow from the US election, the COP22 climate negotiations in Morocco, which wrapped on November 18, were a remarkable feat of global optimism, resolve and concrete action…
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Africa’s Economic Promise
Peyton Fleming - Ceres , November 21, 2016
The Africa that I visited recently was very different from what I had read about in U.S. newspapers. Instead of terrorist attacks and marauding gangs, I saw economic vitality, world-leading…
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Businesses Send a Clean Energy Message to President-elect Trump
Richard Fahey - Skoll Foundation , November 18, 2016
  Richard Fahey, Skoll Foundation It took only a few days for more than 365 of America’s largest companies and leading brands to assert that the transition to clean energy…
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“One of the Most Extraordinary Things That Has Ever Happened in Diplomacy”: Independent Diplomat’s Carne Ross on the Paris Climate Negotiations
  Social entrepreneurs work in proximity to entrenched social challenges, come to know these challenges deeply, and work wholeheartedly to bring about a new status quo. Few challenges are as…
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“The Progress We Are Making is Undeniable”: A Conversation With Venture Capitalist Nancy Pfund
Peyton Fleming - Ceres , August 23, 2016
Ceres’ Clean Trillion campaign aims to increase clean energy investments globally by $1 trillion a year, in order to minimize the damaging impact of climate change. Part of that campaign…
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As Rio Olympics Kick Off, SPI Data Shows Uneven Social Progress in Brazil
Joony Moon - Skoll Foundation , August 5, 2016
The opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics kicks off today in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Both the city and the country have been mired in controversies in the lead-up…
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Our Odyssey: What Winning the Skoll Award Has Meant for Blue Ventures
Vik Mohan - Blue Ventures , June 14, 2016
In 2015 Blue Ventures won the highest award in our sector, the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. A year later, has anything changed? Can winning a major award really be…
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Investors Must Keep Pressuring Oil Majors on Climate Risk
Mindy Lubber - Ceres , June 6, 2016
Annual general meetings at the world's largest fossil fuel companies are usually a time for reflecting on strategies to increase revenues for the coming year, global energy outlooks, and governance.…
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Fix Mideast Water Crisis to Advance Peace Process
Despite continuing disputes over settlements, Jerusalem, borders, and refugees, there is at least one problem on which Arabs and Israelis can still make progress—water. Much hard work lies ahead. The…
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An Inconvenient Truth: Letter to the Community
Rachel Kraus - TakePart , May 21, 2016
When Participant Media and Skoll Foundation founder and chairman Jeff Skoll, Vice President Al Gore, and Davis Guggenheim premiered An Inconvenient Truth on May 24, 2006, the effect was immediate…
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Gore and Figueres Talk Urgency and Optimism at Skoll-hosted TED Climate Breakfast
Bruce Lowry - Skoll Foundation , March 17, 2016
The Jeff Skoll Group had the honor of hosting a breakfast event at the recent TED2016 conference in Vancouver, featuring two leaders in the fight against climate change—Christiana Figueres, the…
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Ceres Translates Climate Ambitions Into Reality  
February 24, 2016
The climate deal agreed on by 196 countries at COP21 in Paris this past December is extraordinary in its ambitions—a 1.5° C limit on warming, and net zero emissions in…
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COP21: What Does Climate Deal Mean for Social Entrepreneurs?
Skoll Foundation - , December 14, 2015
The two-week UN Climate Change Conference wrapped up last weekend in Paris. COP21 was the latest international meeting to follow the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the…
Blue Ventures Study Shows Marine Management Pays
Alison Gilbert - Skoll Foundation , June 17, 2015
Velvetine, a local fisher from a village on the coast of Madagascar, reports: “Before we started doing octopus closures, we were only catching two or three octopus in a day,…
Revisit Nasheed's Address To The Closing Plenary Skoll World Forum in 2012
March 16, 2015
In light of the controversy surrounding former President Mohamed Nasheed's arrest and sentencing to 13 years in prison after he was found guilty of ordering the arrest of a judge…
Sustainable Sourcing: The Business Imperative
Roger Martin - Martin Prosperity Institute , Mary Jo Cook - Fair Trade USA , Jason Clay - World Wildlife Fund US , William Rosenzweig - Physic Ventures , June 11, 2014
Artists as Activists: Using Creative Talent for Social Progress
Nancy Farese - PhotoPhilanthropy , Feliciano dos Santos - ESTAMOS Organização Comunitária , Naif Al-Mutawa - THE 99 , Jehane Noujaim - Noujaim Films , Camille Zamora - Sing for Hope , April 21, 2014
GDP Turns 80: SPI Turns 1
January 8, 2014
What does a successful country look like? 80 years ago, economist Simon Kuznets introduced GDP to the world, alongside a clear warning against using it to define the wellbeing of people.…