We live in a fast-changing world. Every two years, the amount of digital information more than doubles. What is novel today may become quickly outdated. Experts predict that nearly two-thirds of elementary school students will one day hold a job that hasn’t been created yet. But our schools look the same as they did in…
Hannah Yasharoff is a student at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism. She participated in a cybersecurity workshop at the college that was supported by the Hewlett Foundation. With the help of a hacker, reporters and editors inside a computer lab at the University of Maryland this summer witnessed for themselves just …
Collective impact occurs when organizations from different sectors agree to solve a specific social problem using a shared agenda, aligning their efforts and using common measures of success. Watch the video from Hewlett Foundation grantee FSG, and find additional resources on their website: http://www.fsg.org/ideas-in-action/collective-impact.
Recently, leading thinkers gathered to discuss what cybersecurity could look like in 2020 and beyond. Among them was Steven Weber, a professor in the Department of Political Science and the School of Information at UC Berkeley, where he serves as faculty director of the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (founded in 2015 with a grant from the …
Micha Rosenoer is West Slope Field Manager for Conservation Colorado, an organization dedicated to protecting Colorado’s public lands. This is the seventh Q&A in a weeklong series celebrating Earth Day 2016. How did you become involved with the environment cause? I grew up in coastal California surrounded by public lands and reveled in the opportunities to trail run, …
Proposed area for Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. (Photo Credit: Adriel Heisey) Natasha Hale is Native America Program manager for the Grand Canyon Trust, which works to protect the air, water, and wildlife of the Grand Canyon. This is the sixth Q&A in a weeklong series celebrating Earth Day 2016. How did you become involved with …
Brazil is working on reducing air pollution. (Photo Credit: Daniel Hardman, CC By 2.0) Walter Figueiredo De Simoni is program officer at the Institute for Climate and Society, which funds nonprofits working on climate policies in the power, transport and waste sectors in Latin America. This is the fifth Q&A in a weeklong series celebrating Earth Day 2016. …
Outdoor Afro’s 2016 leadership team in Yosemite National Park. (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Outdoor Afro) Rue Mapp is founder and CEO of Outdoor Afro, an organization that promotes African-American leadership and participation in nature. This is the fourth Q&A in a weeklong series celebrating Earth Day 2016. How did you become involved with the environment cause? I …
Raahgiri Day in Gurgaon, India. (Photo Credit: Courtesy of EMBARQ India) Tahira Thekaekara is Strategy Head-Institutional Development of EMBARQ India, a project of the World Resources Institute that helps cities achieve sustainable urban mobility. This is the third Q&A in a weeklong series celebrating Earth Day 2016. How did you become involved with the environment cause? I …
Jeffrey Schub is executive director of the Coalition for Green Capital, a nonprofit that works at the state, federal and international levels to create clean energy finance initiatives known as green banks. This is the second Q&A in a weeklong series celebrating Earth Day 2016. How did you become involved with the environment cause? I …