Jan 9, 2019 | Climate & Planet Stewardship, Health & Human Security
Walking to the Pittsburgh Convention Center along the Allegheny River in early October, I crossed the span of the Rachel Carson Bridge. Alone on the quiet riverfront I heard the distinctive honking of geese in flight and turned to see a small flock in v-formation...
Jan 25, 2018 | Climate & Planet Stewardship, Health & Human Security
Drought-hit Cape Town, South Africa, prepares to turn off the water taps as soon as April, while cities around the world confront water risks of many kinds.according to a report by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), two thirds of the globes cities are seeking...
Jan 12, 2018 | Cities, Health & Human Security, Health & Wellbeing, Peace & Conflict
The number of people displaced from their homes has reached a grim milestone. In their Global Trends 2015 report, the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, counted 65.3 million people forcibly displaced worldwide. The Syrian conflict has become the largest displacement...
Jan 5, 2018 | At Work, Blog, Employment & Prosperity, Health & Human Security
Last September, experts from 21 countries with experience in soil, water and land management and agriculture met to work on solutions for the scaling up of organic and regenerative agriculture, land management and livestock grazing. The solutions will address global...
Dec 22, 2017 | Blockchain Governance, Blog, Health & Human Security
Stateless Rohingya who fled Myanmar are set to receive digital ID cards using blockchain technology in a pilot project seeking to help them access services like banking and education. It will also begin a process of restoring their dignity, the project’s founders...
Dec 8, 2017 | Blog, Health & Human Security
In 2015, 100,000 girls ages 15-24 were infected with HIV in South Africa, compared with 42,000 boys. Soul City Institute for Social Justice created RISE Young Women’s Clubs to help shrink these catastrophic numbers, but calls for more funding and programming for...
