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Dickinson College
March 6, 2017

Dickinson College, a leader and innovator in sustainability education, will present Rare president & CEO Brett Jenks with The Sam Rose ’58 and Julie Walters Prize. The $100,000 prize was created to focus attention on the need to reduce the impact of human lives on the planet, particularly given the rising population predictions for this century. In accepting this award, Jenks joins the ranks of environmental leaders like Mark Ruffalo, Lisa Jackson, Elizabeth Kolbert and Bill McKibben. The prize money will help Rare launch a major initiative on behavioral insights for conservation and advance our mission of inspiring change so people and nature thrive. Read more >

SeafoodSource 
December 20, 2016
Cliff White

Following the development of The Meloy Fund for Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in Southeast Asia earlier this year, Rare’s Sustainable Markets Group announced the fund's first investment of a US$1 million dollars in Philippines-based seafood company, Meliomar Inc. This investment marks the beginning of a five-year partnership to help strengthen supply chain connections for coastal fishers in Indonesia and the Philippines. In this article for SeafoodSource, editor Cliff White highlights the details of the Meloy Fund's initial investment and the fund's opportunities for long-term impact. Read more >

Green Initiatives
October 26, 2016
Winnie Leung

Rare is expanding organic agriculture in China by training farmers to grow organic crops and helping these farmers clean up the chemical residues in their farmland so that they can have healthy soil for organic farming. In this Q&A Senior Technical Director of Rare’s agriculture program Shangbai Shi highlights the importance of soil restoration in scaling China’s organic agriculture movement. See how the importance of soil restoration fits into the equation. Read more >

University of California
September 13, 2016
Alec Rosenberg

With the global demand for animal protein set to double over the next 40 years, the need for new solutions in food production is great. Fisheries scientist Steve Gaines examines the value of aquaculture as a solution for feeding the world's growing population, and how, working in tandem with programs like Fish Forever, fish farms could support a more sustainable future for the world's fisheries and those that depend on them. Read more >

NPR's The Salt
June 30, 2016
Claire Leschin-Hoar

In addition to the impact on climate and ocean biodiversity, the rapid decline of the world’s fisheries means an increasing threat of malnutrition for coastal communities who depend on fish for protein and key nutrients. Rare talks with Clare Leschin-Hoar for NPR’s The Salt about the connection between fish catch, food security and livelihoods for coastal communities – and why protecting this resource is so critical. Read more >

NGO Advisor 
June 24, 2016

NGO Advisor, a Geneva-based independent media organization committed to highlighting innovation, impact, and governance in the nonprofit sector, ranked Rare 22nd in its 2016 list of Top 500 NGOs. This is the fourth year in a row Rare made the list. Read more >

Great Day Washington
April 22, 2016

In observance of Earth Day, Rare offers up three easy ways you can be a catalyst for global change.  The strain on the Earth’s natural resources poses an increasing threat to the well-being of both people and nature. Though people are often the source of these pressures, they also hold the solutions – and it all starts with behavior. Read more > 

Bloomberg Philanthropies
November, 2015
Susan Ruffo

Bloomberg Philanthropies visits the Philippines for a firsthand look at how the Vibrant Oceans Initiative, which includes partners Rare and Oceana, is working with local communities to ensure the sustainability and longevity of their fisheries. Read more > 

John P. McNulty Prize
July 29, 2015

It is an honor to announce Fish Forever founder Brett Jenks as a 2015 laureate for the John P. McNulty Prize, celebrating innovative solutions for positive change.  Through the Fish Forever alliance, Rare and partners UC Santa Barbara and the Environmental Defense Fund seek to reverse the global decline of small-scale fisheries and tropical marine habitats by empowering local communities to protect and manage the resources they depend on, so that both people and nature can thrive.  Read more > 

Bloomberg Philanthropies
March 10, 2015
Brett Jenks

Bloomberg Philanthropies interviews Brett Jenks to learn about Rare’s impact in the Philippines, as part of their innovative Vibrant Oceans Initiative to simultaneously reform both local and industrial fishing. Read more > 

The Huffington Post
Carl Safina and Brett Jenks
January 26, 2015  

A new study in Science magazine forecasts human-induced mass extinction in the sea.  Rare CEO Brett Jenks and author/conservationist Carl Safina write a recipe in The Huffington Post to sustain coastal fisheries and the habitat on which they depend. Read more >

The Guardian
Marc Gunther
December 11, 2014

In this Guardian article Marc Gunther shows how Fish Forever is a good example of how sustainable business practices can be developed in places that are beyond the reach of corporate initiatives. The program aligns human needs with environmental needs.  Read more >

National Geographic NewsWatch
Brett Jenks
January 2014

Michael Bloomberg, in his first big philanthropic act since stepping down as mayor of New York City, announced a five-year, $53 million investment called the Vibrant Oceans Initiative. Rare CEO Brett Jenks writes about it on National Geographic’s blog >

Forbes
Robert Olsen
May 14, 2012

Forbes announces a new partnership between Rare and the Yao Ming Foundation. The alliance will engage youth in conservation activities throughout China.  Read the full story here >

The Global Journal
January 2012

The Global Journal's inaugural ranking of the Top 100 Best NGOs in the world today features Rare as #56.  Read Rare's page here >

Stanford Social Innovation Review
Peter Kim, Gail Perreault & William Foster
Fall 2011

A case study performed by Stanford Social Innovation features an in-depth look at Rare's - and other nonprofit organization’s - funding models. Read the full story here >

Asia Tatler magazine
Lili Tan, photo by Edmon Leong
July 2011

Hong Kong’s luxury lifestyle publication interviewed Rare’s Chair Emerita Wendy Paulson about her love of the outdoors, interests in conservation and involvement with Rare. Read the full story here >

National Geographic Weekend
Boyd Matson
February 2011

Cheryl Calaustro, who ran a Rare campaign in 2009 to protect the Guam rail, recently helped re-introduce 16 of these endemic species. Listen to her story featured on National Geographic Weekend here >

Voice of America
Joe DeCapua
October 2010

Steve Watkins, vice president of Rare's English program, talks about the need to establish marine protected areas and an innovative project in Madagascar focused on changing destructive fishing practices. Listen to the interview and read the article here >

The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Richard White
June 2010

Dan Heath, Rare trustee and co-author of the bestselling business book Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard, and Rare CEO Brett Jenks were recently interviewed by The Chronicle of Philanthropy as part of its Ideas and Advice series. Watch a video of their conversation here >

The Washington Post
Kevin Huffman
February 2010

Former Rare Trustee Dan Heath and his brother Chip wrote the best-selling book Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard, in which an entire chapter is dedicated to Rare's campaign in St. Lucia. This article links the book's topic, and Rare’s approach, with the health-care battle. Read the article here >

Stanford Social Innovation Review
Suzie Boss
Fall 2008

A case study performed by Stanford Social Innovation on Rare's methods in behavior change among local communities throughout the world. Read the full study here >

The Nature Conservancy magazine
Tristram Korten, photos by Hal Brindley
Winter 2007

Luis Olmedo Sánchez Samudio changed the way farmers practice sustainable agriculture in Cerro Punta, Panama. Read the full article here >