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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.

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) is pleased to announce the election of Marsha Simms to the Fund's board of trustees, effective March 10, 2010.

The Center for a New American Security (CNAS), an RBF grantee, has released a working paper, "Promoting the Dialogue: Climate Change and the Quadrennial Defense Review."

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.

Hundreds of students, their families, teachers, and neighbors from Nanmen Primary School in Doumen, Guangdong Province, attended an educational workshop on community-based energy efficiency and sustainable development on November 13, 2009.

Advancing the Civic and Political Participation of Immigrant Communities presents the rationale for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund to focus more attention on advancing the civic and political engagement of New York immigrant communities.