Spoken word artist and master composter Marvin Hayes, Director of the Baltimore Compost Collective, performs one of his pieces of work around the importance of composting and environmental justice.
Matt Burke, Founder and Executive Director of Food Rescue Baltimore, talks about the environmental impacts of food waste and why food rescue work is important.
Listen to voices from the Building Bridges convening, discussing climate change impacts and the importance of engaging communities in climate resilience and adaptation.
Professor Avishek Datta of the Asia Institute of Technology discusses a new project supported by The Rockefeller Foundation to identify the most carbon-efficient methods of rice cultivation.
Prof. Dr. Niramon Serisakul, director and co-founder of the The Rockefeller Foundation grantee the Urban Development and Design Center, describes how the local community participated in developing the idea for the Chao Phraya Sky Park, which spans the river and links central Bangkok to an historic neighborhood.
Micah Fisher of the East-West Center discusses the advantages of gathering frontline communities to visit climate-sensitive sights as part of “Building Bridges for Community-Centered Climate Security,” a multi-part convening led by the East-West Center and supported by The Rockefeller Foundation.
This October, Dr. Rajiv Shah, President of The Rockefeller Foundation, will publish a new book with stories—from his own career, the 110-year history of the Foundation, and leaders around the world—that reveal it is realistic to be optimistic about our capacity to make large-scale change.
The rights of women and girls around the world are rolled back by widespread democratic recession and rising autocracy, the existential threat of climate change, and failing international frameworks.
Youth climate activist Ayisha Siddiqa shared inspired audiences about the reality of climate change’s impact on island countries and recommendations on how to stay hopeful during the fight against the climate crisis.