Cross-posted with special permission from Foundation grantee CityLab. Just ten years ago, living in Chicago without an automobile was considered eccentric behavior. In 2002, a food writer friend moved there from …
A version of this post also appeared on Stanford Social Innovation Review. In the United States today, many companies are in a "talent war," struggling to find skilled workers to …
Vietnam's Mekong Delta region has long been considered a climate hot spot. With its low elevation, rapidly urbanizing population, and central role in global rice production, flooding alone could easily …
From vaccines that prevent childhood diseases to antiretroviral drugs that treat HIV, we're better equipped than ever to take on the world's greatest public health challenges. In the past two …
Despite the economic recovery, young Americans continue to face significant challenges to gaining a foothold in the labor market. As of early 2015, the unemployment rate for youth ages 16-24 …
Last week, the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) was officially launched at the Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific Conference in Bangkok. Created in 2008, this Rockefeller Foundation-supported initiative has focused on building capacity, …
Content publishing—the production of articles, blog items, photos, and features—has become a core activity for organizations of all kinds: non-profits, think tanks, institutions, and expert practitioners with knowledge to share. These …
The overflow of information generated during disasters can be as paralyzing to humanitarian response efforts as the lack of information. Computers, mobile phones, social media, mainstream news, earth-based sensors, humanitarian …
I'm often asked what we at The Rockefeller Foundation mean when we talk about the intersection of resilience and innovation. One way to understand that relationship might be to imagine …
In December 2013, I attended a workshop organized by the Global Knowledge Initiative (GKI), a grantee in The Rockefeller Foundation's Waste and Spoilage Initiative. At one point, a workshop participant arrived …