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News - 11 January 2019

Human-animal relations increase collaboration between humanities, social sciences and environmental sciences

Kone Foundation, based In Helsinki, Finland, funds research in humanities, social sciences, environmental sciences, as well as artistic research, but since we appreciate crossdisciplinarity, we consider…
News - 23 October 2018

The EFFIO Group autumn meeting advances investment peer-learning and topical exchanges on current issues

The European Foundation Financial and Investment Officer Group (EFFIO) met in Hilversum, the Netherlands, on the 4th-5th of October to delve into a variety of issues and topical debates. Hosted…
News - 5 October 2018

Climate change is an ‘everything’ problem – philanthropists can make it an ‘everyone’ solution

Jules Kortenhorst is the former CEO of the European Climate Foundation, and current CEO of the Rocky Mountain Institute Ten years ago, Europe’s first philanthropic organisation devoted solely to cutting planet-warming…
News - 16 April 2018

The role of foundations in the implementation of the World Urban Forum’s New Urban Agenda

When it comes to urban development, there is a clear proponent in the ranks: Latin America, which continues to be the most urbanised region in the world. Although this is…
News - 20 March 2018

The coast is clear … and my office is here! Outreach and advice on the beach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXLHj3ZIoEs   This year Nordea-fonden, a Danish philanthropic foundation, decided to earmark 6.7 million euro to support activities along the Danish coastline. Here’s a brief description of…
News - 5 February 2018

Cross-sector Partnerships Pursuing Transformative Change in Transatlantic Cities

Since 2008, over half of the global population lives in cities. In Europe and North America this number is closer to 80 percent. If we look at economic activity from…
News - 18 September 2017

Weighing Less on Our Future: Our Food Choices Count!

The exhibition ”Weighing Less on Our Future: Our Food Choices Count!” came to Philanthropy House from the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition, as a…
News - 7 September 2017

Linking global citizenship to food for a better future

What does it mean to be a global citizen in today’s world? How can food be considered a key factor in a cutting-edge approach to such a topic? Global citizenship…
News - 29 August 2017

UNLEASH: One thousand millennial disruptors tackle the planet’s most pressing problems

Young global thought leaders gathered from 13 – 21 August 2017 for the UNLEASH Innovation Lab, to co-create solutions related to the Sustainable Development Goals. From 13-21 August 2017, Denmark hosted…
News - 18 August 2017

Can Sustainable Development be a stimulus for expanded civil society space?

One of the mounting concerns for philanthropy – especially for giving across international borders – is restrictions, large and small, placed by governments on civil society’s activities. Sometimes the concern…