Briefing No. 36
What we’re reading
Our Holiday Reading List
Every Summer, Greenwood Place closes its doors for two weeks of dedicated reading and strategic thinking. We dive deep into the issues that we are working on with our clients as well as those facing society more broadly. If you’d like to see our collective reading list to get inspiration for your own holiday reading.
Greenwood Place’s Annual Review
Each year, we carry out a survey of our clients and our grantee partners and we publish the results. These results, together with stories from a few of our grantee partners, form the heart of our annual review. We hope you enjoy it.
An Economy of Abundance
Dana Bezerra from Greater Share recommended this article to us. What would it take for us to move to a model of abundance and reciprocity?
The World’s Indigenous Peoples: Map
Indigenous Peoples make up one third of the world’s poor, their territories overlap with all the significant biodiverse regions of the world and they have long been at the front line of resistance against deforestation. They operate at the front line of climate protection and biodiversity preservation.
The Rungs
Youth, risk, and vulnerability are often balled up together in a way that sees young people as the problem (or the solution) - rather than as participants in a society with many problems. Young people are vulnerable not just because they are young. Perhaps more fundamentally, they are vulnerable because they are people who live in an unequal world where the social values and institutions that permit opportunities and possibilities of all kinds are not available to everyone.
Benjamin Gucciardi’s poem brought these issues - which we often work on at Greenwood Place - alive for us.
Funding Small Organisations
“If funders want ‘less talk and more walk’ in the field of systems change, it’s time they started funding small, locally led organisations.” We enjoyed Lior Ipp’s recent article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review.
How To Explore A European Paradise
Here's a glimpse of the incredible, diverse nature that still exists in pockets of Europe, and the work that needs to be done to protect it. A team of 70 scientists from 17 countries, accompanied by journalists, photographers, activists, and artists, came together to explore, document and contribute to the conservation of the Neretva River system.
Things You Need To Know
James May uses bizarre analogies and whimsical imagery to explore everyday questions in these little animated films. Do you know how many fully-laden double-decker buses it takes to outweigh a single commercial aeroplane? Or why ice cream makes your head hurt?
Upcoming Events
The next Greenwood Place roundtable is on 20th September. We’ll be joined by Nicole Rycroft, Bren Smith and Silvia Gomez Echeverri to talk innovative approaches to conservation. Do let us know if you’d like to join us.
CAN WE HELP YOU?
Greenwood Place provides philanthropy support, advice and execution for a small group of strategic philanthropists. We take an entrepreneurial approach to tackling tough social and environmental problems. We work closely with our clients to find the places where they can make most difference, we support their learning and we partner with them to achieve real, lasting change.
The Greenwood is the place in Shakespeare's plays where characters go to grow, change and learn.