Tenure Facility
The climate activist and TED speaker highlights the role land tenure is playing in elevating Indigenous communities.
Restore Local
COP27 was an arduous summit, with mixed results. A landmark agreement to create a new “loss and damage” fund was a historic achievement. But many delegates were disappointed by the lack of progress on decarbonising energy systems. In the final episode of our series, we explore what the final deal means for the future of climate action. Plus, we examine AFR100, a project that aims to pair climate action with economic growth in Africa.
Canopy
In late summer, Renewcell started making textiles from used clothes. The fashion industry, dependent on wood to make some fabrics, is driven to save ancient trees and endangered rainforests. The Swedish company will produce 60,000 tons of recycled clothing this year and double that next year. That’s the equivalent of recycling 300 million t-shirts.
Give boldly by supporting the work of Audacious grantees making a big impact.
Drive Electric Campaign
Thanks to a coalition of climate activists, organizations and researchers — powered by philanthropy — a cleaner, healthier, more equitable transportation future is now within reach.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Some are longer than a blue whale. Others are barely larger than a grain of sand. One species unleashes one of the most deadly venoms on earth; another holds a secret that’s behind some of the greatest breakthroughs in biology. They’ve inhabited the ocean for at least half a billion years, and they’re still flourishing. David Gruber investigates the secret powers of jellyfish.
Check out this issue of WHOI's magazine, Oceanus, to get an inside look at all their efforts to explore the twilight zone.
You may think of the twilight zone as a TV sci-fi series, but it also refers to that deep, dark, mid layer of the ocean that has been largely ignored —until now.
You won’t see these amazing animals on a day at the beach, but they’re there — living in the vast, cold, unexplored midwater region of the ocean.
We’ll send you news and updates on how ideas are taking shape.