ImpactWarming is going to push farming North, releasing huge swaths of carbon stored in the soilDirt that has been sequestering carbon for years could suddenly be chewed up by farmers.
ImpactApple is working to restore African grasslands to curb climate change (and save the elephants)It’s the company’s latest push to help conservation organizations use nature itself to fight climate change.
ImpactThis environmental nonprofit just started a venture fund to put $200 million into conservation businesses“Conservation is really about investing in businesses and people growing economies, providing livelihoods like any other sector—but typically that’s not the way that conservation has been positioned.”
ImpactInside Apple’s plan to protect a 27,000-acre forest in ColombiaTo help achieve its emission-reduction goals, Apple is putting money into one of the best carbon-removal devices on earth: mangrove forests.
ImpactThese indigenous women are recording videos to document their traditional knowledge before it disappearsAs new people move in and generations leave, a Peru community is making sure knowledge about things like medicinal plants and edible fruits will survive.
ImpactCompanies are vastly underestimating how badly they’ll be hurt by climate changeCorporate projections of the changes to the bottom line focus mostly on their own services, but don’t wrestle with the fact that whole supply chains and economies could be disrupted.
ImpactThe Largest Ever Tropical Reforestation Is Planting 73 Million TreesThe project in the Brazilian Amazon is using a new technique for planting trees that results in more, stronger plants–and hopes to cover 70,000 acres in new forests.
ImpactThis Site Calculates Your Carbon Footprint, Then Helps You Offset ItThe new carbon calculator from Conservation International gives you a sense of what your impact is, so you can work on making it smaller. But the real changes need to be systemic, not personal.
CreativityLee Pace Is An Angry Mountain For Conservation InternationalThe Guardians of the Galaxy, The Hobbit, and Halt and Catch Fire actor lends his voice to long-running PSA campaign.
CreativityAnna Kendrick’s Jedi Mind Trick, The Oatmeal Goes Running: Top 5 Ads Of The WeekAdidas breaks a sweat with inspiring girls, Liam Neeson is cool as ice, and Red Bull gets trippy with BMX.
CreativityHarrison Ford Gets Mad, Sarah Silverman Gets A Penis, And A 12-Year-Old Norwegian Gets Married: The Top 5 Ads Of The WeekThe BBC gets pop stars to cover the Beach Boys, some idiots Rock the Vote, Harrison Ford is the ocean, a child bride in Norway gets attention for a global issue, and Sarah Silverman makes a trade for equal pay.
CreativityNature Is Speaking Through Harrison Ford, Julia Roberts, And Kevin Spacey, And She Is PissedThis new Conservation International campaign changes the typical tone to say nature doesn’t need us, but we really need nature.
ImpactGiving The Ocean A Checkup By Measuring Its HealthThe world’s oceans are a vast and complicated–but vital–part of the planet. Scientists are now working on a way to give us a simple indication of how healthy they are. The answer, sadly, may be: not so good.
Fast Company MagazineSupersizing McDonald’s Eco-CredAn insider’s bold plan to supersize the eco-cred of McDonald’s. Can it become the Wal-Mart of fast food?
ImpactA nationwide halt to evictions and utilities shutoffs could have lowered the COVID-19 death count
Fast Company MagazineHow LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s SpringHill Company became the envy of Hollywood
Co.DesignBurger King incites rage for tweeting ‘Women belong in the kitchen’ on International Women’s Day
Co.DesignMalala Yousafzai launches her own production studio: ‘Entertainment can help us see what society should look like’
Work LifeA primer on the history of sexual harassment—and why it deserves a place in diversity training