Author Archive:
Andrew Milner
If not now, when?
The power of networks was the official theme of AVPN’s virtual 2020 conference, but, inevitably there was another theme too – the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. It has torn up our intellectual maps and …
On climate justice, funders could do better
Philanthropy is falling short when it comes to supporting the climate justice movement that is rapidly growing across the globe Despite what he terms ‘amnesia and individualism’, Nathan Thanki of Global Campaign to Demand Climate …
Interview: Benjamin Bellegy, WINGS
The latest piece of research produced by the Worldwide Networks for Grantmaker Support (WINGS), designed to help philanthropy support organisations (PSOs) think through their role in changing circumstances has been overborne by the Covid-19 crisis…well, …
Gaúchos, guardians and global warming
‘Who was Rosas? An owner of land. What did he accumulate? Land. What did he give to his supporters? Land. What did he take from his enemies? Land.’ This crisp summary of the nineteenth century …
Interview: Harriet Lamb, Ashden
How can a prize make a difference to an abiding problem like climate change? Harriet Lamb, CEO of Ashden Sustainable Solutions, Sustainable Lives explains to Andrew Milner how the Ashden Awards are not all about …
Faster, but still not fast enough
There were a number of special guests at the 15th EVPA annual conference, Celebrating Impact, in the Hague last week. In no order of precedence they were the city’s mayor, four of the five founders …
A feature of the landscape: The European Foundation Centre turns 30
‘I would not have dreamed in November ’89 that it would still be there 30 years later!’ Many would echo the sentiments of Raymond Georis, founding chair and moving spirit of the European Foundation Centre …
European foundations commit $13 million to tackle planet and climate crisis
Four of Europe’s leading foundations tackling climate change have committed $13 million (€11.6 million) of funding to advance work to protect the ‘global commons’ – the areas and ecosystems of our planet on which we …
Science and philanthropy join forces to protect the Global Commons
Interview: Professor Johan Rockström, Global Commons Alliance If we are to arrest climate change, safeguarding the global commons – the areas and ecosystems of our planet on which we all depend – is an absolute …
The quest for collaboration in Asia
The potential advantages of far-reaching collaboration underpinned AVPN’s conference in Singapore. But it is a virtue more often preached than practised. Underlying all the themes at the recent AVPN conference in Singapore was the idea …
