Throwing a Lifeline
Why the UN’s SDGs are a blueprint to support small-scale tuna fisheries and the communities that depend on them. With a global market value that’s well in excess of $40 billion, tuna is a universally popular food. The quite considerable volume
The Importance of a Good Value Proposition
One of the elements overlooked in the non-profit sector is the value proposition. The leaders of social organizations are great at identifying needs but are not often finely tuned to the granular needs of their target. There is a distinction
Virtual Island Summit 2019 Roundup
The first-ever Virtual Island Summit hosted by Island Innovation was held, remotely, between October 6th and 11th and included almost 4,000 participants from over 250 island communities participating from places as diverse as the Caribbean, Pacific, Arctic, Patagonia, Europe, Asia,
The 2019 SDG Finance Geneva Summit Roundup
Last month, we wrote about this year's SDG Finance Summit in Geneva, referring to the initiative, by the UNDP, as an innovation springboard with the core aim of "bring[ing] together high-level decision makers to forge partnerships for the implementation of
Silicon Valley Insider: Self-Funded Headline Solar Hits $4.5 M in Revenue
Could a self-funded company hit the market and be successful? This is the very inspiring story of Headline Solar Past articles of Silicon Valley Insider have focused on sustainability and clean energy companies finishing up their Series A-E financing rounds, often
Shape Your Future with Hayden Dansky
Hayden Dansky is Executive Director of Boulder Food Rescue (BFR). BFR is committed to a juster and less wasteful food system. Hayden works on redistributing healthy food to low-income communities, and educating people about food justice. In the past 7
The Innovation Springboard — SDG Finance Summit in Geneva
An initiative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the SDG Finance Geneva Summit (SGSGeneva) is an annual, one-day-long event that gathers some 250 participants at the Forum Geneve with the aim of providing these various stakeholders with the infrastructure
Engaging the ‘Unusual Suspects’: An Interview With Azzedine Downes
Fifty years ago, activist Brian Davies founded the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) in hopes of ending the commercial hunt for seals in Canada. Fifteen years later, in 1983 and in partnership with IFAW, Europe banned the importation of “whitecoat”
Shape Your Future With Dr. Charles Owubah, CEO of Action Against Hunger
Earlier this year, Dr. Charles Owubah became CEO of Action Against Hunger — a global NGO that aims to "end life-threatening hunger for good within our lifetimes." Throughout the 40 years of its existence, Dr. Owubah's new organization has treated and
Empowerment Through Electricity: An Interview With Africa GreenTec
With just above two-fifths of its population having access to electricity (over 600 million people), sub-Saharan Africa is a region assessed to have the lowest electricity access rates in the world — lower not only than the global rates, but
Shape Your Future With Nikhil Seth
Having began in 1993, Nikhil Seth's career with the United Nations involved a number of positions, responsibilities and of course, achievements. For instance, he served as Director of the Division for Sustainable Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) at
The Pacific Paradise Plagued by Plastic: An Interview with Brett W. Howell
Henderson Island is a sunny, uninhabited Pacific paradise surrounded by endless blue water stretching for thousands of miles in every direction. It is one of the few atolls in the world whose ecology is virtually untouched by human presence. The