Philanthropy UK's regular column on ‘Green Giving’ for 2010 is a response to the superordinate challenge that climate change and other environmental issues present to us all. Though Philanthropy UK is cause neutral, we believe the environmental issue to be one that could impact every cause. Nick Perks, Harriet Williams and Jon Cracknell, of the Environmental Funders Network, an informal network of trusts, foundations and individuals making grants on environmental and conservation issues, will also offer analysis, news and insight of ‘enviro philanthropy’, including what other branches of philanthropy can learn from green giving.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Rebecca Symington, executive director of Mlinda, a private foundation based in Paris that works to inspire and enable custodianship of our planet, reports on the 4th annual Environmental Funder's Network retreat.
The 4th annual Environmental Funder's Network retreat that took place on the 19th and 20th of January at Trafford Hall near Chester, was the largest ever, with 54 participants, including representatives from Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland a
Thursday, January 26, 2012
New donors are helping to boost environmental philanthropy by UK-based trusts and foundations, finds a report published by the Environmental Funders Network (EFN) today (Friday, January 27th).
The report, Where The Green Grants Went 5 (WTGGW5), records a big increase in the proportion of environmental philanthropy going to tackle climate change, averaging 21% of green spend over the three years to 2009/10 - up from less than 9% in 2005/06 to 2006/07.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Philanthropy UK's regular column on ‘Green Giving’ is a response to the superordinate challenge that climate change and other environmental issues present to us all. Though Philanthropy UK is cause neutral, we believe the environmental issue to be one that could impact every cause.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
At the time of writing (10 February) there are nearly half a million signatures on the 38 degrees petition, no less than 41 separate blog postings on the Guardian website, and coverage across papers of every other political persuasion and format. There have been two Early Day Motions and an opposition day vote in parliament.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Any philanthropist who wants to change the world, wants to know how change happens. Great change is going to be needed to create a low-carbon, sustainable world, and ‘How Change Happens’ was the theme of the 3rd annual environmental funders retreat, held in the Cotswolds this January. Thirty-seven delegates including individual philanthropists, and staff and trustees of grant-giving foundations, attended.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Philanthropy UK's regular column on ‘Green Giving’ for 2010 is a response to the superordinate challenge that climate change and other environmental issues present to us all. Though Philanthropy UK is cause neutral, we believe the environmental issue to be one that could impact every cause.
