It's evening in Bara, a small village in the Araria district of Bihar, a time where most people return from work and retire for the day. But it is not …
At this year's Aspen Ideas Festival, the Washington Post's Philip Kennicott sat down with Rockefeller Foundation president Judith Rodin about the resilience dividend—the idea that investments in resilience can minimize …
A version of this post also appeared on ACCCRN.org. By 2050, 75 percent of the global population will live in cities, and Asian cities are likely to account for more than …
The Rockefeller Foundation recently concluded a multi-year project supporting a network of foresight organizations. The Searchlight Network was an international community of practice that utilized pro-poor foresight activities to identify …
As written for The Power of Impact Investing: Putting Markets to Work for Profit and Global Good by Judith Rodin and Margot Brandenburg. "It's time for a fresh approach to our …
A version of this post originally appeared on 100 Resilient Cities. 1. Your commute options aren't limited to a car. You can take advantage of bike sharing... Bike share programs make short-term …
A version of this post also appears on ACCCRN.org. "While catastrophe is not always preventable, the degree of destruction and devastation can be reduced."
Over 55 percent of the population in Asia …
Last Sunday at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Brian Chesky and Jennifer Bradley sat down to discuss Airbnb: How the Sharing Economy is Redefining the Marketplace and Our Sense of Community. …
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The evening Superstorm Sandy came ashore in New York, I watched the flood waters rush into lower Manhattan from my hotel room in Beijing, where I was speaking at a …