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Impactfully No. 90: Universal Income

Seattle experiments with universal basic income to promising results, and the carbon credit economy faces criticism over conflicts of interest and insufficient rigor.

Impactfully No. 89: Résumé Rejection

Researchers submitted 80,000 resumes to 10,000 job opportunities over a three-year period, helping highlight discrimination – and the lack thereof – at 100 of the largest companies in the U.S.

Impactfully No. 88: Political Pedagogy

State legislatures are turning classrooms into red classrooms and blue classrooms, and scientists are testing moonshot ideas to protect the planet against climate change.

Impactfully No. 87: Activist Investors

Best Buy is beset on both sides by a foray into the DEI culture wars, and we dive into recommerce and other ways to make shopping more sustainable.

Impactfully No. 86: Climate Cafes

When climate change takes a toll on mental health, people are turning to climate cafes: group meetups where people can process their fears and anxieties.

Impactfully No. 85: Climate Tech Island

New York is sowing the seeds of a global climate center on Governor's Island, and Virginia takes steps to eliminate legacy admissions at public universities.

Impactfully No. 84: Toyota's Emissions Cop-Out

Toyota's CEO plans to use carbon credits, not electric vehicles, to meet the EPA's emissions targets, and the voter turnout gap among white and non-white voters is increasing.

Impactfully No. 83: Beyond Books

Your local library is creating impact in unexpected ways, and cities are depaving their streets and sidewalks to make way for green space.

Impactfully No. 82: Virtually Safe

GLAAD releases its first report on LGBT representation in video games, and natural asset companies turn conservation lands into investible assets.

Impactfully No. 81: Social Housing

Cities around the U.S. are adopting the role of real estate investor to stimulate a new form of affordable housing, and the Department of Justice faces scrutiny for funding predictive policing systems.

Impactfully No. 80: Back to Black

Bank of America rolls back its restrictions on funding coal projects, and scientists research ways to make urban farming more sustainable.

Impactfully No. 79: Lines Drawn

Havas is investigated for its new partnership with Shell, and capital punishment faces a new test in Alabama.

Impactfully No. 78: So Long, Subsidies

California's solar panel installations have plummeted after subsidies were reduced, and FEMA is cutting through the red tape to provide timely disaster aid.

Impactfully No. 77: Open Skies

Boeing's latest 737 MAX incident reopens a conversation about safety culture, and the FDA makes a landmark decision in memory care.

Impactfully No. 76: Biodiversity Bump

Some extinct animals are simply hard to find, and our sustainable living choices aren't as effective as we think they are.

Impactfully No. 75: Renewed Purpose

Solar energy finds its way to sidewalks, and wastewater goes positively potable.

Impactfully No. 74: Our Favorite Employers in 2023

It's our last newsletter of the year! We've compiled the best of the best from this year's newsletters: your favorite employers and ours.

Impactfully No. 73: Accelerating towards a climate-neutral car

This week, Polestar innovates on sustainability within the EV market, Roots Studio preserves world culture through digital licensing, and the United States Digital Service brings commercial expertise to government software development.

Impactfully No. 72: Empowering change one campaign at a time

This week, Rescue Agency develops marketing campaigns to inspire healthy behaviors, Project Canary detects greenhouse gases before they pose a threat to our atmosphere, and Jitasa helps nonprofits make the most of their finances.

Impactfully No. 71: Social impact upends an AI darling

This week, Checkerspot brings sustainability to snow sports, OpenClassrooms gives online learning the personal touch, and PCC improves the quality of pediatric care.

Impactfully No. 70: The next wave of nuclear energy

This week, a trifecta of companies are reviving nuclear energy as a climate action solution, United By Blue is cleaning up waterways one purchase at a time, and MIO dresses up the corporate office with sustainable decor.

Impactfully No. 69: Five ways to find a social impact job

This week, we're diving into the best ways to find a social impact job besides the One Work website. Finding a job that aligns with your values isn't easy, but these tips are sure to expand your options!

Impactfully No. 68: Viewing the world through a happiness lens

This week, APDS prepares every justice-impacted individual for a living wage job, Pearl Certification helps homeowners build more sustainable homes and reap the benefits, and 75F puts the internet of things to work reducing our climate footprint.

Impactfully No. 67: Giving good dogs a great home

This week, Good Dog helps families discover dog breeders and shelters with ethical practices, Unit Co. enables impact reporting for social enterprises everywhere, and Summer makes it easier to dig out of student loan debt.

Impactfully No. 66: Better care through connection

This week, PointClickCare connects healthcare services to improve patient care, Saxbys trains the next generation of leaders one coffee at a time, and United Launch Alliance delivers critical satellite infrastructure to orbit.

Impactfully No. 65: Philanthropic impact

This week, Arabella Advisors helps nonprofits, foundations, and philanthropists make the most of their money to drive social impact, Alleyoop designs beauty product that do double duty, and Terra Education gives students the educational trip of a lifetime.

Impactfully No. 64: Maximizing every teacher's impact

This week, Ello uses AI to personalize reading instruction, Possible upends the payday loan industry, and The Sunrise Project assembles a global coalition to transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

Impactfully No. 63: Collaborating for the cause

This week, Bonterra collaborates across businesses to advance social impact, Creature Comforts Brewing Co. turns beer into community service, and Workit Health makes it easier to get help for substance abuse disorders.

Impactfully No. 62: A career change written in code

This week, Codecademy makes it easy for anyone to learn to code, Wolf & Badger helps consumers shop their values with confidence, and Xwing pushes the boundaries of autonomous flight.

Impactfully No. 61: Elevating earth to art

This week, Heath Ceramics raises the bar on sustainable manufacturing, Rip Curl helps surfers catch the big wave while protecting the environment, and Vayda advances regenerative agriculture across the Mississippi Delta.

Impactfully No. 60: The seeds of economic impact

This week, Techstars expands access to startup capital for underrepresented founders, Voyager pushes the final frontier of sustainable space exploration, and Ellipsis Health uncovers the mental health conditions hiding in our speech.

Impactfully No. 59: Your job search just got easier

Our job board and talent pool launch this week! Discover more than 3,000(!) job opportunities at companies making the world a better place.

Impactfully No. 58: Getting ahead of the climate crisis

This week, ClimateAI builds resilience in agriculture and energy infrastructure, Rightfoot makes it easier for consumers to pay down debt, and Carbonwave transforms seaweed waste from methane polluter into purposeful product.

Impactfully No. 57: Keeping social impact impactful

This week, B Lab sets the standard for responsible business, Trove finds new homes for unwanted garments to create a more sustainable supply chain, and Good Party helps independent candidates find their way in a two-party system.

Impactfully No. 56: Texting a path to mental health

This week, the Crisis Text Line supports better mental health one text message at a time, Meow Wolf astounds audiences with art and impact alike, and Solstice introduces community solar to homeowners who want clean energy minus the equipment.

Impactfully No. 55: Giving employees a voice in social impact

This week, Submittable helps social enterprises make the most of their charitable donations, Dr. B makes routine medical care and prescriptions more affordable, and LifeStraw expands access to safe drinking water.

Impactfully No. 54: Banking your way to social impact

This week, Second Front Systems accelerates software development for government systems, Alvéole brings beehives to the big city, and Classy gives nonprofits the tools they need to build sustainable income.

Impactfully No. 53: The one about the burping cows

This week, Blue Ocean Barns tackles climate change one cow at a time, Ignite! Reading helps kids become thriving, independent readers, and World Centric turns compostable products into global impact.

Impactfully No. 52: Government embraces the digital now

This week, Nava develops equitable digital services for government stakeholders, Anthropic builds safety into the AI revolution, and findhelp connects social services to the people who need them most.

Impactfully No. 51: Brewing up social impact

This week, New Belgium Brewing adds social causes to the brewery lineup, Watershed makes it easy to account for climate impacts, and SeaVees turns a pair of shoes into social progress.

Impactfully No. 50: Destigmatized

This week, OLLY takes the stigma out of seeking mental health support, HAYVN creates a coworking space to empower female entrepreneurs and small business owners, and the Rescue Agency helps healthy habits spread.

Impactfully No. 49: Greener gases

This week, Project Canary helps monitor greenhouse gases in real time, Small Door brings telehealth to pet care, and Verdical Group drives the adoption of net zero architecture.

Impactfully No. 48: Pass the produce

This week, Misfits Market diverts perfectly good food from landfills, Guild helps companies invest in their employees' career development, and Avocado Green Brands helps customers sleep soundly and sustainably.

Impactfully No. 47: Finding the words

This week, EnGen helps non-English speakers overcome barriers to employment, Locus FS tackles climate change and deforestation with fermentation, and AE Works creates sustainable spaces for working and living.

Impactfully No. 46: Connect the dots

This week, NationSwell connects social impact leaders to drive global change, OluKai preserves Hawaiian culture one shoe at a time, and Wefunder turns the everyday consumer into a startup investor.

Impactfully No. 45: Global collaboration

This week, the Atlantic Council builds a coalition to tackle international challenges, Next Street drives investments to small businesses with underrepresented owners, and Solectrac electrifies the agricultural industry.

Impactfully No. 44: Creative crowdfunding

This week, Kickstarter helps creatives find fans and funding, Allagash Brewing Company raises a glass to social impact, and Lemonade transforms insurance premiums into charitable donations.

Impactfully No. 43: Sight for sore eyes

This week, Warby Parker expands vision care around the world, Geek Girl Tech helps social impact companies with cybersecurity, and RALLY mobilizes change through marketing.

Impactfully No. 42: Big data

This week, Posit helps democratize data, Lovevery applies puts childhood development first with a line of toys, and Home Leasing develops housing communities designed to meet diverse socioeconomic backgrounds.

Impactfully No. 41: Urban farming

This week, Gotham Greens makes sustainable farming in cities a reality, Sunrise Treatment Center tackles the opioid epidemic in Ohio, and P.L.A.Y. ensures shelter animals have a comfortable place to sleep.

Impactfully No. 40: Environmental justice community

This week, Resonant Energy helps ensure an equitable clean energy revolution, Mango Materials transforms methane into a plastics substitute, and Harness helps nonprofits manage their fundraising operations.

Impactfully No. 39: Direct trade

This week, Stumptown Coffee redefines the coffee farmer relationship, Parker Clay tackles exploitation in Ethiopia, and Hallam-ICS advances workplace safety.

Impactfully No. 38: Global lending

This week, Kiva connects lenders to underserved communities around the world, New Story tackles homelessness to powerful economic effect, and Rubicon envisions a world without waste.

Impactfully No. 37: People v. profit

This week, Atticus helps sick and injured people find justice, Modern Energy builds a greener energy future, and Equalize Digital ensures the web is accessible to all.

Impactfully No. 36: The danger of glamorizing overworking

Social media can be an interesting space when you are having conversations about career paths. In the last few years, "Day in the Life" vlogs have taken over our video platforms where creators are sharing what they do and how they do it. ⁠

Impactfully No. 35: Co-op

This week, Tillamook brings farmer-owners together to deliver delicious dairy products, MiaDonna offers an ethical solution to a jewelry concern, and Rachio makes lawns more sustainable.

Impactfully No. 34: Socks with purpose

This week, Bombas brings dignity to homeless shelters, PowerSchool brings education into the online era, and Waymo gets you to your destination without a driver.

Impactfully No. 33: Clean water everywhere

This week, SOURCE pulls water from thin air, Dandelion Energy leads the transition to geothermal heating and cooling, and Dataquest educates the next generation of data scientists.

Impactfully No. 32: Sustainable cities

This week, Arup tackles some of the most challenging sustainability issues, SkyHive helps reskill underserved populations, and the National Park Foundation preserves America's National Parks.

Impactfully No. 31: Universal computing

This week, Revivn gives your work computer another life, Marmoset brings a community of musicians together, and The Trevor Project helps end LGBTQ suicide.

Impactfully No. 30: Green refills

This week, Blueland reduces single-use plastics around the home, CNote drives capital to BIPOC- and women-owned businesses, and Indigenous PACT improves Tribal healthcare outcomes.

Impactfully No. 29: Net zero

This week, an engineering firm reinvents the built world for sustainability, a startup accelerator advances entrepreneurship worldwide, and a cookie dough manufacturer leaves a delicious local impact.

Impactfully No. 28: Patient capital

This week, a nonprofit invests its way to a poverty breakthrough, banking gets personal with a focus on customer values, and a consulting firm helps utilities supercharge their energy efficiency to combat climate change.

Impactfully No. 27: Clean beauty

This week, a beauty company ups the ante on personal care, fashion resolves to stand the test of time, and plastics get super squeaky clean to support reuse.

Impactfully No. 26: Change management

If we're going to solve the toughest problems on the planet, we need to drive to the root cause and surround ourselves with fantastic teammates. Will you work on the front lines or provide the necessary support to enable those efforts? Both are powerful ways to make a difference.

Impactfully No. 25: Independent publishing

Welcome to our weekly jobs roundup in a new format! This week, we wanted to celebrate our new digs at Ghost with job opportunities from some of the companies that inspire us the most.

Impactfully No. 24: Fighting climate change at the dinner table

This week, Ohio makes inroads on reducing food waste, a new NASA satellite helps detect climate change hot spots, and water access joins the mental health conversation. I'm getting serious Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs vibes.

Impactfully No. 23: Literacy seeks justice

This week, the right to read becomes a social justice issue, technology adopts modular components for sustainability, and your child's next field trip could be on an electric bus.

Impactfully No. 22: Cleaner, greener aviation marks a milestone

This week, hydrogen jets take aviation to a greener future, Cambridge advances new sustainable agriculture efforts, and researchers produce the first fusion reaction with net positive energy.

Impactfully No. 21: Inspiring conservation

This week, zoos lead the charge on animal conservation and sustainability, quantum computing drives a reckoning in online security, and a Dallas nonprofit acts at the intersection of homelessness and HIV.

Impactfully No. 20: Food bank footprint

This week, a supermarket innovates on charitable giving, self-driving cars map microclimates in cities, and banks get bullish on the climate economy.

Impactfully No. 19: Peer support

This week, peer support helps improve healthcare outcomes, modern slavery gets the United Nations spotlight, and video games advance their inclusion efforts.

Impactfully No. 18: Beat the heat

COP27 is well underway in Egypt, so we're dedicating this issue to some of the stories coming out of the annual climate change conference.

Impactfully No. 17: Fighting abuse

This week, the National Women's Soccer League speaks up against poor wages and abuse, we explore the furthest reaches of our planet and beyond, and nonprofits tackle food resiliency in the face of climate change.

Impactfully No. 16: Doing nothing

Maybe the best thing you could do for your mental health right now is...nothing? This week, students learn the benefits of slowing down, two brothers rescue raptors from the polluted skies of Delhi, and we learn about the mental health impacts of conflicting values.

Impactfully No. 15: Energy economy, reinvented

Change is on the horizon. Renewable energy makes record inroads in 2022, Denver sets a new standard for transparency in public safety, and museums embark on a journey to broaden their perspectives. Let's get into it!

Impactfully No. 14: Equitable innovation

This week AR/VR intersects with the digital divide, self-driving cars go googly-eyed for safety, and the global community innovates on food waste.

Impactfully No. 13: Poverty meets its match

This week we're investigating the impacts of pandemic aid, celebrating the first cobalt mine in the United States in decades, and finding hope for those living with long COVID. Let's hop to it!

Impactfully No. 12: To a vote

Do you feel it? The gentle fall breeze, the smell of pumpkin spice, the flannel in your closet yearning to breathe free? You know what's even better than all of that? Elections!

Impactfully No. 11: Putting out fires

We've talked a lot in the past about ways we contribute to climate change, but we haven't spent much time talking about the consequences. Today, we're focusing on wildfires and highlighting companies that are addressing impacts from natural disasters.

Impactfully No. 10: Upstream for oceans

Plastics and other debris ride the currents out to the Pacific Ocean until they become trapped in the vortex. Do we work on cleaning up the mess that's there, or do we look upstream to address how plastic ended up in the ocean in the first place?

Impactfully No. 9: Every child left behind

Public schools and the teachers who enable their success have often been the target of politicians and parents, but it seems more toxic of late. That toxicity is just one of the many reasons teachers are leaving the workforce.

Impactfully No. 8: Fusion energy

This summer is hot, but you know what's even hotter? Nuclear fusion. In the world of clean and renewable energy, nothing rides the cutting edge like fusing hydrogen isotopes at millions of degrees Celsius.

Impactfully No. 7: The end of meat

If you want to be on the cutting edge of food science and use food as a way to combat climate change, check out the job opportunities in this week's issue.

Impactfully No. 6: Liberty and justice

Today we're discussing the school to prison pipeline, wherein students are pushed into the criminal justice system – disproportionally students of color, students with disabilities, or students struggling with difficult circumstances at home.

Impactfully No. 5: Get your (electric) motor runnin'

There are new tax credits coming to incentivize the purchase of more electric vehicles, the U.S. Postal Service is investing in a new electric fleet, and more and more automakers are committing to net-zero production in the coming decades.

Impactfully No. 4: Advancing women's health

People tend to be dismissive of women’s health, regarding it as something that only affects one group: women. The reality is that it affects all of us: old, young, men, women, non-binary folks...everyone.

Impactfully No. 3: Living for a sustainable future

I don't know about you, but I didn't wake up today thinking boy howdy, I hope I get to burn some fossil fuels! Here's today's mind-boggling statistic: around 40% of our carbon dioxide emissions actually comes from buildings.

Impactfully No. 2: There's a pill for that

This week, we're taking a look at some key updates in the mental health space. Notably, the crisis hotline has a new number, 988, which will make it easier for people to get support when they need it.

Impactfully No. 1: Social impact celebrity

Introducing our inaugural newsletter dedicated to meaningful work! With any number of challenges facing the world today, we need more people than ever to step up and take responsibility for the change they'd like to see.