--- title: How to Invest for a Better World description: Why investing is just as important as giving to improve the world, how Africa can lead on HIV/AIDS, and more. canonical: https://time.com/4132576/invest-for-better-world/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-02T16:40:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:00:49.930Z article:section: Ideas og:title: How to Invest for a Better World og:description: These are today's best ideas og:url: https://time.com/4132576/invest-for-better-world/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How to Invest for a Better World twitter:description: These are today's best ideas twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # How to Invest for a Better World by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Dec 2, 2015 4:40 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Dec 2, 2015 4:40 PM CUT **1\.** [**Don’t just donate for a better world. Invest for one, too.**](http://fortune.com/2015/12/01/giving-tuesday-investors-northwestern-university/ "undefined") By Sally Blount in Fortune **2\.** [**Have we lost sight of what a university should be?**](http://www.wsj.com/articles/closed-minds-on-campus-1448634626 "undefined") By John H. McWhorter in the Wall Street Journal **3\.** [**To end HIV/AIDS, look to Africa.**](https://medium.com/ones-space/why-africa-holds-the-key-to-ending-hiv-aids-8342630122a7#.jszwl4ckd "undefined") By Erin Hohlfelder at the ONE Campaign **4\.** [**Women are the key to a successful climate strategy.**](http://time.com/4131575/women-leadership-climate-strategy/ "undefined") By Helen Clark in Time **5\.** [**South Indians are crowdsourcing survival amid the worst rains in a century.**](http://mashable.com/2015/12/02/chennai-floods/ "undefined") By Sonam Joshi in Mashable  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4132576/invest-for-better-world/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4132576/invest-for-better-world/"},"headline":"How to Invest for a Better World","datePublished":"2015-12-02T16:40:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:00:49.930Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4132576/invest-for-better-world/","keywords":["Innovation","women","climate","India","Race","Aids","University","philanthropy"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4132576/invest-for-better-world/","name":"How to Invest for a Better World"}}]}] ```