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This is the third in a sequence of posts taken from my recent report: Why Did Environmentalism Become Partisan?
Summary
Rising partisanship did not make environmentalism more popular or politically effective. Instead, it saw flat or falling overall public opinion, fewer major legislative achievements, and fluctuating executive actions.
Public Opinion...
I think right now EAs might be making a significant mistake by paying insufficient attention to the political realm. As EAs we tend to figure out what’s most impactful for us to work on and focus hard. That’s great! But there are various actions that are ‘non-delegatable’ - the extent to which an individual can do the action is limited (like voting, going to a protest, making hard money contributions to particular campaigns). It might be useful if we were all more in the habit of doing variou...
This post presents the executive summary from Giving What We Can’s impact evaluation for 2025. At the end of this post we share links to more information, including the full report and...
Recent opportunities to take action
It is great that Hack4Impact Cornell, a student-run nonprofit, offers custom software development services for nonprofits and socially responsible organizations, delivering impactful solutions at no cost. From creating data visualization dashboards for prison monitoring to developing tools like PDF-to-Form converters and tracking xenophobic sentiment on social media, they tackle diverse societal challenges. Currently sourcing projects for Spring 2022, they aim to identify problems and deliver tailored technical solutions that support nonprofit missions and create positive change in communities.