Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Smallholder farmers produce at least a third of the global food supply. As the United Nations highlights, eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge and an absolute requirement for sustainable development. Though these farms are small, typically under two hectares, their cumulative impact is large. A Tyranny of Tradeoffs.

Agriculture 102

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 102

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 5, 2023

My inspiration was seeing the lived experiences of Black people in America not really reflected in environmental conversations. What was your research process of pulling all of these dense topics, from global warming, to faith, to redlining, to greenlining, to food insecurity together in an accessible, easy-to-read way?

Environmental 126

Environmental Food Poverty Culture 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Most of them rely on rainfed agriculture, leaving them open to shocks like droughts and storms that can wipe out their crops and leave them without enough food to see their families through the year. The challenge is that carbon markets weren't designed to work for people in poverty.

Philanthropy 120

Philanthropy Agriculture Finance Poverty 120

The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Philippines-based nonprofit Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation was selected winner of the.ORG of the Year award, recognizing the organization’s work to provide access to education for children in remote and poverty-stricken areas by providing boats to reach their schools.

Poverty 98

Poverty Children Medical Education 98

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO), over 1.6 Food Production Challenges It is difficult for most households to produce enough food without fertilizer application in Malawi. Shortages and high prices of fertilizer affect the entire food supply chain.

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Food Production Poverty 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 26, 2024

According to the American Psychiatric Association (APA), this destabilization can lead to “cumulative community stress, increases in poverty, domestic violence, substance abuse, and forced migration.” They may lose their homes. The Most Vulnerable The report found the “unequal burdens” of children are also deepened by climate change.

Health 115

Health Agriculture Children Public and Social Policy 115

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The Little Market is a 501(c)(3), charitable organization founded by women to help alleviate poverty by sourcing their good from artisan groups in over 25 countries. Serrv International is a nonprofit dedicated to fighting global poverty through fair and ethical trade. Products are sustainable and environmentally-friendly.

Ethics 130

Ethics Children Poverty Education 130

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 13, 2023

For example, foregrounds the experiences of communities of color in the environmental justice movement. The climate cafes help to build a sense of community by enabling participants to share struggles and partake in environmental joy, translating into a community directly engaging in climate action.

Healthcare 98

Healthcare Health Environmental Psychology 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 20, 2023

Image Credit: Jon Tyson on unpsplash.com In 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final strategy to reduce lead exposure. One of the stated goals of that report was to “identify communities with high lead exposures and improve their health outcomes.”

Curriculum and Teaching 75

Curriculum and Teaching Children Environmental Public and Social Policy 75

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

They were also more likely to live in units that were overcrowded or contaminated by lead, asbestos, and other environmental hazards within high-poverty, low-opportunity communities. How can we do a better job of bridging the gulf between housing and other sectors, such as environmental justice?

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Foundations 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 6, 2024

A third of the people in this country, nearly 100 million, live below 200 percent of the federal poverty level , where the loss of income from even a short-term illness can be insurmountable. The expanded (but now expired) child tax credits alone cut childhood poverty by 30 percent in only six months. This work is urgent.

Public and Social Policy 103

Public and Social Policy Governance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 103

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

AUGUST 23, 2020

Watts of Love: Watts of Love is a global solar lighting nonprofit bringing people the power to raise themselves out of the darkness of poverty. Kiva : To connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Oxfam : To create lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and social injustice. TED : Ideas worth spreading.

Poverty 94

Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management Health Children 94

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

In seeking solutions to the ever-present threats of climate change, philanthropy has prioritized market mechanisms that emphasize incentives, rather than community organizing that pushes for regulations motivated by a fundamental belief that corporations should not be allowed to pollute our water, air, and food.

Public and Social Policy 139

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Philanthropy 139

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This includes building transnational activism that links anti-war, anti-militarism, and anti-nuclear work with the efforts of those campaigning for economic justice, environmental protection, open borders and migrant rights, anti-racism and anti-fascism, equality, and police and prison abolition.

Construction 111

Construction Environmental Public and Social Policy Activism 111

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Serrv International is a nonprofit dedicated to fighting global poverty through fair and ethical trade. Products are sustainable and environmentally-friendly. Food & Drink. The Lucky Iron Fish is a cooking tool that adds extra iron to your daily foods or drinks. 17) Serrv International :: serrv.org.

Ethics 105

Ethics Children Production Manufacturing 105

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 1, 2023

During the pandemic, economic inequity and social and environmental injustice became hypervisible. The world became interested in what marginalized people knew about their own survival and paused to consider the cost of racism and environmental destruction as those two forces intersect and conspire with extractive economic systems.

Culture 128

Culture Retail Community Development Collaborations 128

Nonprofit Megaphone

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The American Farmland Trust protects agricultural land, promotes environmentally sound farming practices, and helps farmers continue to grow food for us all. These gifts would be perfect for a loved one passionate about sustainable farming, growing food, and farmer appreciation. Environmental. Agriculture. Earthjustice.

Children 105

Children Environmental Nonprofits Agriculture 105

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

Additionally, Duranti-Martinez points out, “Community ownership also means that the people most impacted by racial, economic, and environmental injustice have meaningful decision-making power over development” (7). percent poverty rate (as of 2001). This farm supports 20 immigrant and refugee farmers and emerging food entrepreneurs.

Public and Nonprofit Management 105

Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Poverty 105

Getting Attention

MARCH 9, 2015

Marketing & Communications Coordinator Environmental Defense Fund. Marketing Strategist The Southern Poverty Law Center (Montgomery, AL). Social Engagement Coordinator Food & Water Watch (Washington, DC). Graphic Designer Stop Hunger Now (Raleigh, NC). Boston, MA or New York, NY).

Communication 65

Communication Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Associations 65

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 5, 2023

From displacement and poverty to illness and environmental degradation, the urgent challenges facing the world today call for innovative approaches that combine an entrepreneurial spirit with a clear understanding of the problems and a firm footing in communities. ”—UN Secretary-General António Guterres, 2019.

Collaborations 123

Collaborations Culture Technology Governance 123

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

For example, if you are a health nonprofit, write a post about foods that help lower blood pressure, or provide tips on how to exercise at home. If you are an environmental nonprofit, write about ways in which supporters can green their homes or garden without pesticides.

Disaster Relief 89

Disaster Relief Nonprofits Poverty Environmental 89

Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Corporate Social Responsibility⁠—also known as CSR⁠—is a business practice in which companies take accountability for the social, environmental, and economic impacts of their operations. The company sells red noses in its stores, with proceeds supporting programs that provide food, shelter, and healthcare for children.

Volunteerism 52

Volunteerism Volunteerism Disaster Relief Food 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

For example, if you are a health nonprofit, write a post about foods that help lower blood pressure, or provide tips on how to exercise at home. If you are an environmental nonprofit, write about ways in which supporters can green their homes or garden without pesticides.

Disaster Relief 98

Disaster Relief Nonprofits Poverty Environmental 98

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2015

An environmental organization could write about which commonly bought food packaging items can be recycled. Creative new media managers will expand their ideas about what their nonprofit can write about and experiment with publishing blog posts that share resources and useful advice.

Nonprofits 108

Nonprofits Children Culture Health 108

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 20, 2022

But in other places they use the term as a noun—as when saying that “ESG integration has impact”—such that the term is likely to be interpreted as “has environmental or social benefits.” If necessary, go to outlining goals and sub-goals, and scroll through the detail.

Public and Social Policy 108

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Participation and motivation 108

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Serrv International is a nonprofit dedicated to fighting global poverty through fair and ethical trade. Products are sustainable and environmentally-friendly. Food & Drink. The Lucky Iron Fish is a cooking tool that adds extra iron to your daily foods or drinks. 17) Serrv International :: serrv.org.

Ethics 40

Ethics Children Production Manufacturing 40

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

For example, if you are a health nonprofit, write a post about foods that help lower blood pressure, or provide tips on how to exercise at home. If you are an environmental nonprofit, write about ways in which supporters can green their homes or garden without pesticides.

Disaster Relief 49

Disaster Relief Nonprofits Poverty Environmental 49

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

The report Examining Disparities in Environmental Grantmaking: Where the Money Goes written by Dorceta E. Taylor and Molly Blondell surveyed over 30,000 environmental and public health grants distributed by 220 foundations, which awarded approximately $4.9 billion across three years—from 2015 to 2017.

Environmental 98

Environmental Foundations Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management 98

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Every day, after educating them about the dangers of lead poisoning, I sent families back to homes full of lead paint, because at the time, our public health response did not include necessary environmental changes, like home repairs. Still others are promoting access to nutritious food, transportation, health services, and job training.

Health 124

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 124

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 3, 2024

As the New York Times wrote in a different article, “something has clearly snapped in much of the European electorate,” citing continuing anxiety about the Ukraine war, high prices for food and housing—which the United States also faces—and rising concerns over the immigration crisis. Climate action has an image problem.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Energy Law Food 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

. ­­ A 1983 US government study documenting the placement of hazardous waste landfills in low-income and Black communities was one of the first studies to highlight the intersection of environmental issues and racial inequity. Cutting Food Waste Emissions. degrees Fahrenheit (0.65

Energy 104

Energy Finance Environmental Food 104

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 12, 2024

2 She has gone on to inspire countless youth activists and organizers fighting for climate and environmental justicethe issues raised in her speech 32 years ago being as critical now as they were back then, if not more so. I did not know the history of youth organizing for environmental justice.

Philanthropy 95

Philanthropy Environmental Agriculture Nonprofit governance and management 95

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

But population growth is more than just numbers; it’s about the strain those numbers put on food, water, and energy supplies. Environmental strain : Increased consumption can lead to resource depletion and pollution. Socioeconomic Issues : Rapid growth can exacerbate poverty, inequality, and social unrest.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Healthcare Cultural Diversity Environmental 52

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Change the way they operate to align with greater social and environmental needs. Consumers understand that solving this problem provides the foundation to address all the other needs from poverty alleviation to food security to healthcare and so on. 81% say companies should do even more, including. Advocate for change.

Volunteerism 49

Volunteerism Volunteerism Environmental Poverty 49

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

We are living through a syndemic—a time of multiple crises causing seismic economic, political, environmental, technological, and social shifts, which are long from being settled. How do we shift scarcity mindsets that are rooted in deep and real experiences with poverty and oppression?

Leadership 111

Leadership Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Culture 111

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 14, 2024

An environmental organization I know hired a former lieutenant governor as Executive Director. When I worked at the food bank, we were often called on for a local perspective any time food insecurity was in the national news. Think schools, animal shelters, transitional housing, and food pantries.

Fundraising 59

Fundraising Fundraising Food Children 59

Nonprofit Megaphone

APRIL 6, 2023

Example: “Join Us in the Fight Against Poverty” Keep it short: A concise subject line is easier to read and comprehend, especially on mobile devices. Example: “Meet Sarah: A Life Transformed by Your Support” Use action words: Encourage your subscribers to take action by incorporating powerful verbs.

Participation and motivation 52

Participation and motivation Nonprofits Poverty Activism 52