Jan 31 2023
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In the words of Lizzo: it’s about damn time. For the first time in 2022, food systems figured prominently at COP27, the world’s global convening on climate change, held last year …
Jan 27 2023
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The Periodic Table of Food Initiative (PTFI) is an effort to create comprehensive and standardized food composition data, and methods to collect it, that are shared openly and equitably as a global resource.
Dec 22 2022
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In 2012, Jake Porway had an idea. Coming from the tech world, he was curious about taking the skills he and his fellow data technicians were using every day and putting …
Dec 19 2022
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At a breathtaking rate of 2,000 boxes a day, members of The Rockefeller Foundation’s cafeteria team worked long hours with other volunteers for weeks at a time to pack up …
Dec 07 2022
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In November 2012, New York City fast-food workers walked off their jobs, demanding a $15 minimum wage and union rights. Since then, the struggle for higher wages has become one …
Nov 21 2022
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A bracing desert sun welcomed us on the Sharm el-Sheikh tarmac as we offboarded the plane against the backdrop of the sandy Sinai mountains. Inside the airport, walls were adorned …
Nov 10 2022
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When most people think of climate change, they envision melting icebergs and a rising sea level. While climate change is indeed warming the globe and causing the seas to rise, …
Nov 03 2022
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What GEAPP accomplished over 12 months—and what’s ahead.
Nov 02 2022
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Across the globe, over 20,000 highly experienced and exceptionally productive data scientists, AI engineers, designers, and thinkers make up the DataKind community. This base of pro bono volunteer experts is the …
Oct 27 2022
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Four urgent initial steps to speed up the adoption of climate-sustaining regenerative agriculture.