Sandra Stewart
@sandrastewart.bsky.social
Principal & co-founder of Thinkshift Communications #BCorp + #1FTP. Board member at SF Baykeeper. Policy nerd. City lover. Compulsive messaging analyzer.
Sell the Company for $400 Million? He’s Giving It Away Instead. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/b... Hope to see many more Eddies. It was a pleasure to help this story get told!
Sell the Company for $400 Million? He’s Giving It Away Instead.
After his sole heir died, Eddie Smith, the owner of Grady-White Boats, looked for a way to pass on his legacy. He was inspired by Patagonia to pledge future profits to charity.
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No wars of aggression. No terrorizing our communities or yours. No tyrants, no conquests, no kings. Please join us on March 28 for the world-historic day of protest that this moment demands: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
This piece seems on the money to me; good insights here: #philanthropy #systems
The Real Reason Gen Z Isn’t Interested in Nonprofit Jobs
Young people want large-scale systemic change but reject elite social-service pathways that manage inequity rather than challenging it.
philanthropy.com
Businesses have a real opportunity to manage their energy use for lower costs (and may even be able to make a few bucks) #climate #energy #sustainability
Massachusetts tries a market for distributed energy to tame grid costs
National Grid’s new marketplace seeks batteries, EV chargers, and other distributed energy resources to help relieve stressed grid circuits. Here’s how it…
canarymedia.com
Excellent points here from @mattwatkinspolicy.bsky.social on why #nonprofits should stop using distancing, academic language to talk about the problems they solve -- and how they can do better. www.philanthropy.com/opinion/ever...
philanthropy.com
Death by 1,000 cuts: Nearly 520 proposed solar and storage projects, representing half the US’s planned new power capacity, are at risk of being delayed by the Trump admin's "arbitrary and discriminatory" actions. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle... #climate #renewable #energy
22GW of renewables thwarted or in limbo under Trump ‘blockade’
An Interior Department memo is hampering wind and solar on public lands. It’s one of many federal actions slowing the build-out of cheap, clean energy.
canarymedia.com
Plus one for free buses @nextcity.org : nextcity.org/urbanist-new... #climate #sustainability
For This French City, Free Buses Changed Everything
New York’s new mayor Zohran Mamdani has promised to make every city bus free to ride. Dunkirk did so more than a decade ago — and is reaping the rewards.
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The EPA will only be accounting for costs, not benefits, of air quality regulations--i.e., it will abandon its reason for existence (guarding public and environmental health). Voters prioritize polluter profits over their own health, right? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
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Many purpose-driven businesses are horrified but paralyzed by this reactionary moment--I wrote about how they can become unstuck and build collective power for @impactentrepreneur.com #sustainablebusiness
Strengthening collective power in a volatile landscape | Impact Entrepreneur
M any purpose-driven businesses feel stuck — wedged between fear of being targeted by government actors who oppose “woke” practices and anxiety about turnin ...
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Sharp insights and calls to action in this @ssir.org article by Deb Nelson of the Just Economy Institute, Nwamaka Agbo of the Kataly Foundation, and Deborah Frieze of the Boston Impact Initiative and the Unlock Ownership Fund ssir.org/articles/ent...
Advancing Economic Justice in Reactionary Times (SSIR)
A conversation with leading funders on effective responses to crisis, getting unstuck, and whether philanthropy is doing enough.
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This isn’t about left vs. right. This is about fighting back vs. losing. The regime’s threats are too real and the stakes are too high to settle for the feckless, loser version of the Democratic Party we saw this week. In this moment when fascists are on the march, we need leadership with a spine.
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
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Love this! As @scottwiener.bsky.social says: “It’s horrifying and perplexing ... why any government would want to put an end to Alzheimer’s research. And cancer research. And diabetes research. But that’s what the Trump administration is doing. California needs to go in the other direction.”
San Francisco Chronicle@sfchronicle.com · 10mo agoA new “California Foundation for Science and Health Research” would become the state-run equivalent of the National Institutes of Health or the National Science Foundation.
"Americans will pay more at the pump if Donald Trump succeeds in tossing out tailpipe pollution regulations, a new analysis shows. That’s on top of job and GDP losses that could result from stifling innovation in cleaner transportation." Per @theverge.com www.theverge.com/news/789136/... #climate
Allowing more tailpipe pollution means higher fuel costs for Americans
The costs of Donald Trump’s climate sabotage
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“The U.S. military’s policy of opening the Pentagon to the press was never a favor to the journalists who cover the military, but rather an obligation to a country that asks its sons and daughters to volunteer for service.” Thanks Nancy Youssef: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Why Is the Pentagon Afraid of the Press?
Pete Hegseth’s department is imposing restrictions that threaten to limit media scrutiny.
theatlantic.com
In @fortune.com's AI newsletter: #AI in the workplace may actually be dragging down productivity. Per research from BetterUp Labs and Stanford University’s Social Media Lab, "some employees are using AI to create low-effort 'workslop,' which is time-consuming to clean up." Huh. Who'd've thought?
“It’s easy to stand up and speak out when there’s nothing at risk. The real test of values is when times are challenging and you have something to lose.” --Jerry Greenfield, on resigning from Ben & Jerry's
Devin Culbertson of @groundedsolutions.bsky.social and Integrated Purposes Devin Murphy outline a three step approach to build a sustainable financing market for community ownership housing models. Could it deliver a new wave of community wealth generation? impactalpha.com/financing-th...
Financing the future of community ownership
Financing community ownership: Scaling models that build wealth and expand affordable housing.
impactalpha.com
Many American politicians are learning from Vienna, which is combatting housing scarcity+climate change-- all at the same time. This group from Portland is another example. To go on a podcast jaunt and read more about Vienna's green social housing, check out our feature from June on @npr.org 📻🎧🌍
Could this city be the model for how to tackle the housing crisis and climate change?
Vienna has a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in, and they're building their own green housing.
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Portland City Councilor Jamie Dunphy@councilordunphy.bsky.social · 12mo agoPortland has spent billions on housing, with very little to show for it. Let's stop reinventing the wheel and instead learn from the successes and failures of other cities around the world to create something that actually works for Portland.
What will it take to realize the potential of community ownership housing? Devin Culbertson @groundedsolutions.bsky.social and Devin Murphy have action-ready ideas, vetted by investors. @impactalpha.com
Financing the future of community ownership
Financing community ownership: Scaling models that build wealth and expand affordable housing.
impactalpha.com
This is such a fantastic idea. I want one in my city! #sustainability #circularity #urbanism nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
Sweden’s ‘Secondhand Only’ Shopping Mall Is Changing Retail
Op-ed: Circular retail is not just about what we buy, but how and where we buy it.
nextcity.org
Joe Rogan is spreading climate misinformation on one of the country’s most popular podcasts, scientists say—and he’s not the only one.
Climate Scientist Cited By Joe Rogan Slams Podcaster For Spreading 'Dumb' Misinformation
Joe Rogan is spreading climate misinformation on one of the country’s most popular podcasts, scientists say—and he’s not the only one.
forbes.com
I wrote this article for the #BCorp publication B The Change, but it applies to all impact-driven businesses: The way we thrive in difficult times is not by pulling back on our values, but by doubling down on them! #sustainablebusiness
Purpose-driven businesses unite! A thriving ecosystem is in our hands
We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.
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We’re advancing SB 627 to ban extreme masking by law enforcement in CA, including federal agents. Masked policing is terrifying, destroys trust & leads to violence. In this powerful piece, Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of Berkeley Law, explains why our proposal is legally defensible as to federal agents:
California law targets ICE agents’ use of masks. Is the practice constitutional? | Opinion
“Wearing masks is not necessary for ICE to perform its functions,” writes UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky.
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Choice quote in this by @jeffstjohn.bsky.social: “If operators of coal plants could make more money by running coal plants more often, they would. Running them more will only distort market prices and drive up costs for families and small businesses.” Sigh. #cleanenergy #climate
Trump’s push to keep coal plants running could cost consumers billions
The DOE’s emergency stay-open orders for aging fossil-fuel plants are forcing unexpected costs onto utility customers. Additional orders would deepen the…
canarymedia.com
First Mahmoud Khalil now this (and so many more stories that don't get press). Along with how unnecessary all these detentions are, it is just so cruel to put these pregnant people through this. My heart goes out to this woman, her husband, and their baby.
NBC News@nbcnews.com · last yr.Guilherme Lemes Cardoso E Silva, an artist known for painting murals across the Bay Area, was taken into custody by ICE agents. His wife is now pleading for his release before their baby is born.
