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Bridging for Environmental Justice across Space and Time: Cambodia and the US South

NonProfit Quarterly

When communities and movements talk about climate and environmental justice, solidarity is often at the center of the conversation. 3 Built on the Sesan River, the dam was part of the Chinese government’s “Belt and Road Initiative,” which sought to expand its “foreign policy interests.” What follows is based on their accounts.

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Suing Government and Business Is a Potent Way to Curb Climate Change. Why Are Donors So Afraid of It?

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Lawsuits are not as risky or costly as many grant makers believe — and are one of the best strategies for achieving lasting effects on a wide range of environmental issues. By Bruce Reznik Mel Melcon, Los Angeles Times, Getty Images A lawsuit against Los Angeles County helped spur efforts to stop polluting the Los Angeles River.

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What Michael Bloomberg's Plan to Transfer His Company to Charity Could Mean for Philanthropy

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Maria Di Mento Alastair Grant, PA Wire, AP Michael Bloomberg has given extensively to education and to nonprofits focused on arts and culture, the environmental, public health, and improving city governments around the world.

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How Corporate Philanthropy Continues to Evolve in 2023

NonProfit PRO

Corporate philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, and environmental, social and governance have become an essential ingredient in organizational culture and purpose. So what does this shift mean for the current state and near-term future of corporate philanthropy?

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From Microfinance to Mutual Aid—Moving Resources to People, Not Banks

NonProfit Quarterly

The Need for Community-Governed Alternatives Unlike usurious payday lending, community-led models build economies rooted in collective strength, reciprocity, and resilience. Building on Indigenous forms of governance, Kelluwn aligns with the growing global movement to reimagine local economies as spaces for building life.

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From Uprooted to Uplifted: The Movement to Restore Indigenous Land Rights

Stanford Social Innovation Review

A Collective, People-Centered Approach to Conservation Until the early 2000s, fortress conservationsetting up private conservation areas, displacing local and Indigenous groups, and violating their human rightswas the predominant strategy in the environmental field. This short film by If Not Us Then Who?

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An Opportunity to Build, In the Crisis

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Certainly, because many nonprofits are being hamstrung by frozen or withdrawn government grants and must respond to many other policy challenges, philanthropy can play an exceedingly valuable role by investing counter-cyclically to ameliorate these headwinds. Funding for environmental and climate advocates provides a vivid example.