Energy
Renewable Energy Won’t Change the World
Changing the composition of the world’s energy supply is important, but it’s only half the battle against climate change.
Tag: Democracy
Advocacy
Persuasion in a “Post-Truth” World
To make progress on ideologically or politically sticky issues, social sector organizations must reshape their messaging to do more than cite facts; they must use smart storytelling and craft solutions that don’t require those they want to reach to sacrifice their values.
Cities
Unlocking the Potential of Tactical Urbanism
Many small-scale (but scalable) creative efforts to foster tangible urban change, inspired by the burgeoning “tactical urbanism” movement, have met with success—and yet the movement itself faces limitations. How might this approach continue to evolve so as to effect inclusive, sustainable, and meaningful social and political change at the local level?
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Philanthropy & Funding
Contributory or Disruptive: Do New Forms of Philanthropy Erode Democracy?
Modified from an excerpt of Philanthropy in Democratic Societies: History, Institutions, Values, edited by Rob Reich, Chiara Cordelli, and Lucy Bernholz.
Civic Engagement
Fortifying Civic Participation Worldwide
How civil society organizations can come together in the defense of civic space.
Economic Development
Facts Over Factions
How technology and data can form the basis for common-sense, bi-partisan policy reforms amid new uncertainties.
Government
Advocating and Giving During the Trump Administration: Five History Lessons for the Social Sector
As funders, providers, and advocates pivot to face a dramatically different funding and political environment, some lessons from history may be instructive.
Arts & Culture
Building Cultural Prosperity
What we can learn from cultural innovators, and why it’s important.
Video
Philanthropy & Funding
Book Launch of “Philanthropy in Democratic Societies”
Stanford's Lucy Bernholz, Paul Brest, Woody Powell, and Rob Reich, along with Leif Wenar of King's College London, discuss their new volume of essays.