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The most impactful ways to give back this holiday season
The season of giving upon us — but what are the best, and most impactful, ways to bestow your generosity?
By Jonathan Bastian • • 51m ListenThe season of giving upon us — but what are the best, and most impactful, ways to bestow your generosity? Jonathan Bastian talks with professor Roland Geyer about the best types of sustainable and environmentally friendly holiday gifts, and with Luke Freeman, director of charitable community “Giving What We Can,” about the most effective ways of giving.
In this episode
2 storiesWhat to give, when the planet is in peril?
Industrial ecology professor Roland Geyer shares ways to reduce consumption while keeping the holiday magical.
Read the story24 minEffective giving: The best ways to donate time and money
Luke Freeman, executive director of “Giving What We Can,” a community of effective givers, discusses the act of giving and what it means to be intentionally altruistic.
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