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Connected, Creative, Central: The Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub Serves All
January 26, 2022
In late 2021, as the COVID-19 pandemic dragged on, conspiring to keep us from friends, family, and new opportunities, 26-year-old Melanie Leill bucked the trend. After learning about ceramics classes offered by the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub in North Little Rock, she signed up and set herself on a personal mission: to design and craft […]
USAID Uses a Collective Impact Approach to Help Vietnam Tackle Air Pollution
January 19, 2022
Every winter, northern Vietnam struggles with air pollution, with ten provinces experiencing unhealthy levels of air pollution. To help Vietnam develop effective solutions to improve air quality, on January 7th, USAID’s new Reducing Pollution project and the Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA) held a Scoping Workshop on “Collective Impact for Air Pollution Reduction” for the Northern Region of […]
PULASKI COUNTY AWARDS $289,000 TO INNOVATION HUB, EXPANDING ACCESS TO STEAM LEARNING
January 18, 2022
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Pulaski County announced today that it awarded $289,000 to the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub at Winrock International to bring STEAM (science, technology, engineering and math) hands-on field trips to students. “We are excited about what this grant can do to expose so many youths to STEAM and will continue to fund […]
The United States and Bangladesh Combat Human Trafficking
January 13, 2022
Dhaka, January 12, 2022 – Ambassador Miller and Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Anisul Huq, M.P., inaugurated a counter-human trafficking workshop for tribunal judges in Dhaka. The event was jointly organized by Judicial Administration Training Institute (JATI) and the Fight Slavery and Trafficking In-Persons (FSTIP) project and funded by the United States Agency […]
The Climate Q&A
January 10, 2022
What is an engineered solution for climate change? An engineered solution is a technological intervention to address a specific problem or challenge associated with climate change. Most engineered solutions usually focus on reducing or preventing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or removing GHGs already in our atmosphere. One good example is the methodology that the American Carbon […]
Preserving Peatlands: A Hidden Key to Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
January 5, 2022
For more than a decade, Winrock International has been delving into Indonesia’s dirt ─ or more specifically, into the fascinating ancient soil type known as peat. Comprising partially decomposed organic matter, peatlands form over centuries through the arrested decay of billions of plants, the breakdown of which is delayed by the absence of oxygen in […]
The World’s Forgotten Forests: Stable Forests as a Climate Solution
January 4, 2022
Forests truly are the lungs of our planet. They absorb massive amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) and release oxygen (O2). Their protection is vital to regulate our climate, but also to maintain biodiversity, filter and regulate water, and form the soil and clouds that feed our fields and pastures. At the U.N.’s 2021 Climate Change […]
A letter from the president
December 28, 2021
A new year is almost upon us. Though our team is spread out and working hard “remotely” from nearly every time zone on this beautiful planet, I’d like to pause for just a moment and thank each one of you, personally, wherever you are, for all you’ve done in 2021. The dedication and impact of […]
JDR3 Scholars Support Winrock-led Agriculture, Climate and Human Rights Projects Across Asia
December 10, 2021
For nearly two decades, the John D. Rockefeller III (JDR3) Scholars program has cultivated a cadre of exceptional young Asian scholars capable of conducting rigorous analytic research, using data and other evidence to help decisionmakers solve critical social and economic problems in their home countries. The issues they tackle range from helping rice farmers cope […]
Winrock and Cartwheel partnership will develop promising tech startups in Northwest Arkansas
December 9, 2021
A new business acceleration project funded by Walton Family Foundation creates a fast path from concept to commercial enterprise for software services firms with big potential December 9, 2021 ─ Winrock International and Cartwheel, an Arkansas-based startup studio, are collaborating on a $1.2 million project funded by the Walton Family Foundation to identify and validate […]