Teaching Resources

It turns out that the single most significant way to reduce CO2 emissions is to change the way we...

Most journalism is about what’s wrong in the world, with very little focus or reporting on what...

Creating solutions to social problems using human-centered design means customizing solutions to...

"The wind industry is marked by a proliferation of turbines, dropping costs, and heightened...

Achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of ending hunger by 2030 will require...

The stories in this collection (one of three about Discovering What Works), provide an overview...

In a world of 7.5 billion people, there are innumerable scenarios where individual ownership of a...

"A third of the food raised or prepared does not make it from farm or factory to fork. Producing...

This is the second of three teaching collections on Discovering What Works in the field of social...

According to national statistics, the U.S. incarcerates a higher percentage of its population...

"Shifting to a diet rich in plants is a demand-side solution to global warming that runs counter...

This is the third of three teaching collections on Discovering What Works in the field of social...

Creative thinking, managing risk, having fresh perspective and overcoming concerns about failure...

"In recent decades, tropical forests have suffered extensive clearing, fragmentation,...

Human-centered design is a social change strategy that emphasizes understanding a social...

Sometimes what seems like a great idea to solve a social or environmental problem fails, or even...

The stories in this collection are about programs to help people  overcome depression;...

"Education lays a foundation for vibrant lives for girls and women, their families, and their...

The stories in this collection are about approaches to problems that go beyond "Band-Aid"...

The readings in this collection explore two concepts that proponents believe create the greatest...

"225 million women in lower-income countries say they want the ability to choose whether and when...

The stories in this collection illustrate how cultivating collaborations can lead to successful...

Microfinance - or creating financial products such as savings plans, small loans, or insurance to...

Ten years ago, a book called "The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid," introduced the idea that...

"Solar farms can be found in deserts, on military bases, atop closed landfills, and even floating...

Trust fosters confidence, particularly with marginalized communities that have little faith in...

Last mile delivery focuses on building the last step in a delivery model to make sure people...

Focusing on assets, not needs explores programs that take advantage of pre-existing assets and...

"Silvopasture is an ancient practice that integrates trees and pasture into a single system for...

Success factors are the tactics that are critical to a response’s success or failure. The success...

More than 13% of the U.S. population is made up of immigrants. In 2016, the U.S. welcomed 96,874...

In an age of economic globalization and rapidly-increasing access to technology, new avenues are...

"In grid-connected areas, rooftop panels can put electricity production in the hands of...

This collection contains stories about efforts to improve school lunches. Several of them deal...

This broad collection highlights the various ways agencies, cities, governments, and entire...

There are very few (if any) "silver bullet" solutions for the myriad of complex problems society...

When communities have reached solutions that deviate from cultural norms, they have overcome a...

Sometimes the underlying causes of a social challenge are so large or complex that uniting...

The root causes of familiar social challenges such as poverty or violence are often difficult to...

Data is a powerful tool that can be put to use in a myriad of ways.  Advances in the way it...

The stories in this collection illustrate how real-world businesses are innovating and remaining...

America's healthcare is by far the most expensive in the world, and in 2014 there were still 33...

Here we could write up a description for each collection - something along these lines:

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Expanding access is often about getting products and services to new people, in new markets, in...

Healthcare workers are often the first people an addict consciously interacts with after an...

Certain challenges — questions of scaling and impact measurement and evaluation — are endemic to...

While much of folklore surrounding the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States may not be...

With all the rhetoric coming out of Washington about illegal immigration,  this might be a...