The idea that nonprofits should develop a theory of change has been widely embraced in recent years, and funders have helped drive the momentum. In fact, many funders now require that nonprofits ...

Thirty-five years ago, one of us (Edgar S. Cahn) started to experiment with a new way to link untapped social capacity to unmet social needs. He created a practice known as “time banking”—a mode of ...

Ruta Azul, the sustainability and climate action plan of the Mexican university Tecnológico de Monterrey, has integrated ...

For many landlords and property managers, this data-driven process has an appealing aura of objectivity, consistency, and ...

The agricultural city of Fundão, Portugal, is integrating foreign migrants to help with fire mitigation, climate resiliency, ...

When communities are praised for their resilience in times of crisis, we often hear stories about people showing up for one another, neighbors helping neighbors, and organizations stepping forward.

Imagine building a university from the ground up, and doing it specifically with 21st-century students in mind. It would mean no baggage, no legacy systems, and no outdated curricula. It would also ...

In the summer of 2018, Mayor Naheed Nenshi of Calgary, Canada, decided to make mental health and addiction the cornerstone of his third term. Like many cities in North America, Calgary was ...

In 2018, a California house cleaner named Patricia Cris arrived for an appointment to clean an apartment in San Jose. No one was supposed to be home and she’d been given a key to get in. But when she ...

One evening in the early 1970s, Michael Pachovas and a few friends wheeled themselves to a curb in Berkeley, Calif., poured cement into the form of a crude ramp, and rolled off into the night. 1 For ...