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Hannah Butler

10 reasons the world needs carbon markets

Nov 27 2023

This story was originally published on ACRcarbon.org. The world is not on track to meet Paris Agreement goals and current policies put us on the path for 2.7°C of warming, well beyond what climate scientists say is safe for humanity. Even if every country met its current commitments, the world would still be 24 gigatons of emissions short of […]

Innovation Hub hosts Make48 national competition in North Little Rock

Nov 27 2023

Eight teams from across the country faced off at Winrock’s Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub for a soon-to-be-televised competition aimed at tackling one of the most complex social challenges in the U.S.: How to help members of the nation’s vast unhoused population successfully transition into new homes. Make48 is a national invention competition, recorded for future […]

Transforming livelihoods through improved access to finance and aquaculture

Nov 27 2023

Arlene Lim spent years laboring at a shipyard in Subic, Philippines, putting in grueling hours with frequent overtime shifts. But life changed when the COVID pandemic forced the shipyard’s closure. With little savings, the 31-year-old Lim and her family left Subic, returning to their hometown of Dagupan City, known as the “Milkfish Capital of the […]

Private-led agricultural extension key to sustainable food systems in Africa

Nov 16 2023

The work of the Feed the Future Nigeria Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services Activity implemented by Winrock featured prominently at the 6th Africa-Wide Agricultural Extension Week – a major continental conference that occurs every two years.  Hosted this year in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, the event kicked […]

Statement from ACR and ART on Mary Grady’s appointment to the ICVCM board

Oct 23 2023

Mary Grady, the Executive Director of ACR and the Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART), has been appointed to the governing board of the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM). ICVCM is an independent body setting thresholds for the voluntary carbon market, which is working to promote positive, scalable climate impact. The ICVCM board […]

“It’s time to give back:” Winrock’s Volunteer of the Year supports locally-driven farming solutions in West Africa

Oct 19 2023

How does an information technology auditor with a law degree and a doctorate in developmental studies become an expert on using maggots to transform organic waste into food-boosting compost?  For the answer to that question, you must meet Winrock’s 2023 Farmer to Farmer Volunteer of the Year, Dr. Isaac Zama of Fairfax, Virginia.    He […]

Winrock International’s Multicultural Business Xcellerator (MBX) champions inclusive innovation and entrepreneurship in Arkansas

Oct 19 2023

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. ─ Winrock International is excited to introduce the Multicultural Business Xcellerator (MBX), an initiative supported by the Walton Family Foundation aimed at promoting inclusive innovation and entrepreneurship in Arkansas. MBX will target ten companies in its first cohort – five from Arkansas and five from outside the state. Cohort members will participate […]
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