Stanford Social Innovation Review : Informing and inspiring leaders of social change

Getting companies to reduce their use of plastic is the focus of the Plastic Disclosure Project.

Environmental accidents force putting a price on nature.

New York’s Center for Economic Opportunity tests new antipoverty programs from the mayor’s office.

The Chinese government's new five-year plan calls for increasing the energy efficiency of new buildings.

An EU Fisheries Commission Project pays fisherman to remove plastic debris from the Mediterranean Sea.

EMBARQ, a network of sustainable transportation experts, has grown quickly,
thanks to impressive fundraising and the design of a model program.

Under the EPA’s Audit Policy, violators who voluntarily report themselves can get certain penalties reduced or waived if they commit to ongoing self-regulation.

Unless clean tech follows well-established rules of innovation and commercialization, the industry’s promise to provide sustainable sources of energy will fail.

Manish Bapna, managing director of World Resources Institute, is helping China manage its environmental problems.

CLIMATOPOLIS: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future by Matthew E. Kahn

Exploring open spaces, parks, gardens, and trails as tools for social impact.

A social change leader's greatest challenge is disinterest.

Carolina for Kiberia's community focus promises to effect change that will stick.

I set out to see if the organizational models of two successful Vietnamese nonprofits were location-specific.

In Indonesia, the issue of customary land rights is in debate.

Projects like Carbon for Water is a loopy funding scheme paired with a lousy public health solution.

A unique sales strategy puts more environmentally friendly cookstoves into the hands of more cooks.

Social enterprises have taken up the challenge of developing markets for newly designed cook stoves in India.

Daniel Kreeger, Executive Director of the Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO), outlines the relatively new position of Climate Change Officer.

In this panel discussion we hear from senior government energy and technology officials on what’s up and coming with respect to environmental responsibility.

Haas School professor Severin Borenstein argues that to have a significant impact in the energy market, any renewable alternative must be scalable.

Marcia McNutt talks about the leadership lessons learned from the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

UCLA professor Matt Kahn talks about the scope of serious environmental sustainability issues.