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The Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) and Middlebury College have announced the creation of the Sustainable Investments Initiative, a co-mingled fiscal vehicle seeking investments that generate long-term social, environmental, and economic value.

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has updated its Pivotal Place: New York City and Democratic Practice guidelines.

The RBF, in collaboration with Cave Canem Foundation, North America's premier home for Black poetry, has selected by lottery Cave Canem fellows LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs and Duriel E. Harris to receive a cohort residency at the historic Marcel Breuer House at Pocantico.

RBF grantees Demos, the World Resources Institute (WRI), and the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) co-hosted a strategy session called "Dethroning GDP," featuring RBF trustee and WRI founder Gus Speth.

Brian Keane, president of SmartPower, an RBF grantee, commemorates the 40th anniversary of Earth Day by sharing his top ten list of solar energy facts on The Huffington Post.

Dan Newman, executive director of RBF grantee MAPLight, responds to the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision passed on January 21 by the U.S. Supreme Court in The Sacramento Bee.

Youth activists, representatives from member states, institutions, the EU Presidency, and human rights advocates from the Western Balkans and around the globe gathered in Serbia from December 4–6 to review critical challenges in the region and possible solutions.

As world leaders will soon gather in Copenhagen to negotiate a new global climate action, climate change advocates of all ages are rallying to support strong U.S. climate policy.

Through RBF grantee the Prometheus Institute for Sustainable Development, the Global Observatory Project offers informed and accessible analysis and commentary.

On October 24, 2009, thousands of ordinary citizens around the globe united for an international Day of Action on climate change.