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Video: Innovations Addressing Our Most Pressing Environmental ChallengesIn the battle against climate change, success requires global collaboration and big, bold, new ideas – together, we can save the planet.
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Earth Day 2020: COVID-19, Climate and Collective ActionOn the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the continued climate ambition of cities, states, businesses and other non-federal organizations gives us reason to be hopeful. Non-federal climate action has led to tangible progress against the climate crisis -- including groundbreaking expansion of renewable energy, millions of square miles of protected ocea...
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Explore the Outdoors While Indoors This WeekendWhile facing unprecedented closures, museums and public gardens across the country are meeting challenges head-on by bringing the natural world straight to you. Digital visitors can get up close with spring foliage, watch animals and natural landscapes in real time, and traverse lands where dinosaurs roamed billions of years ago.
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Follow the Data Podcast: Mike Bloomberg 2019 NAACP Convention RemarksThe mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination. The 110th Annual Convention brought together over 10,000 people and under the theme, “When We Fight, We Win,” the group set...
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Gary’s Investments in the Arts Drive Economic GrowthBy Anita Contini, Bloomberg Philanthropies Arts Team ArtHouse opened in 2016, after Bloomberg Philanthropies selected Gary as one of four winners of our national Public Art Challenge. The center has quickly become a hub of community activity through exhibitions, concerts, and the culinary arts. So far, it has provided more than 3,000 free meals for...
BlogPublic Health
Follow the Data Podcast: Why Data is So Vital to Public HealthThis week, we revisit an episode featuring a conversation with Dr. Tom Frieden, one of the world’s leading public health experts, and President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, and Allison Jaffin of Bloomberg Philanthropies as they discuss noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and what it takes to protect the world.
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2015 Through Our Instagram LensIn 2015, our work spanned the globe and the spectrum of opportunities, from safeguarding public health on the roads and encouraging local climate action to boosting the arts and empowering women entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Take an Instagram tour through some of the moments and milestones that made up our year.
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Statement by Dr. Kelly Henning on CVS Health’s Announcement on the Impacts of its Tobacco Sale Ban“Bloomberg Philanthropies commends CVS Health for taking the bold move to end tobacco sales and use data to evaluate the effects of that decision. As a metrics-driven foundation, we believe data is vital to help identify, address and help overcome public health challenges. The data released by CVS, including information on how its move to end tobac...
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CollegePoint Insight: A first-generation college student’s path to YaleFernando Garcia is a high school senior from Los Angeles, California and a participant in Bloomberg Philanthropies’ College Access and Success initiative, CollegePoint. Through the initiative, Fernando was paired with a one-on-one virtual advisor Chloe Collins, from partner organization College Possible, to identify best fit schools and financial a...