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Seaweed solution making waves in the quest to reverse global warming

Wendy Williams, Tuesday, 4th June 2019 - Nearly all the kelp growing along the east coast of Tasmania has been wiped out due to the rising temperatures of the world’s oceans. But scientists have discovered a way to regenerate the seaweed, and reverse global warming in the process.

What can we do to combat the damaging effects of air pollution?

Luke Michael, Tuesday, 4th June 2019 - Around 7 million people die every year because of the effects of air pollution, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. This equates to 800 people every hour or 13 people a minute.

The age of ‘business on purpose’

Contributor, Tuesday, 4th June 2019 - The upcoming Shared Value Summit promises to unpack the connection between purpose and shared value, and looks at how profit with purpose is set to become the norm.

Opinion

Case study: Using matched-control groups to evaluate a volunteering scheme

Geoff Mulgan, Monday, 3rd June 2019 - Do volunteers in hospitals make a difference? This programme used matched control groups in adjacent hospital wards to capture the impact of hospital volunteers, writes Geoff Mulgan, as part of a series of case studies highlighting different approach

Analysis

New Zealand’s ‘well-being budget’: How it hopes to improve people’s lives

Contributor, Monday, 3rd June 2019 - Christoph Schumacher, professor of innovation and economics at Massey University, looks at whether the latest New Zealand budget earns the government’s well-being title, in this article first published in The Conversation.

Opinion

Case study: Capturing the impact of a challenge prize

Geoff Mulgan, Thursday, 30th May 2019 - Can a challenge prize improve farming in Nepal? The Data-Driven Farming Prize developed an impact framework to capture its effects on problem-solving, building capabilities and wider knowledge and awareness, writes Geoff Mugan, in the first of eight

Opinion

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What is new leadership?

Mike Davis, Tuesday, 28th May 2019 - With a dearth of leadership in the political sphere and trust in our major societal institutions waning, it is a good time to ask what does the new leadership we want look like today, and how might this be effectuated in the for-purpose sector, write

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Good Business

Seaweed solution making waves in the quest to reverse global warming

Case study: Using matched-control groups to evaluate a volunteering scheme

New Zealand’s ‘well-being budget’: How it hopes to improve people’s lives

Case study: Capturing the impact of a challenge prize

What is new leadership?

We’re not your average jobs board