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EGA Publications
EGA Journal Spring 2008
March 19, 2008 - EGA, EGA
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Briefing Books
Ecotourism: A Conservation Strategy for Funders
March 14, 2008 - Genevieve Biggs,, EGA
This report places U.S. foundation giving for ecotourism in the context of the broader tourism industry, details ecotourism’s promises and challenges, tracks its major sources of funding, and highlights needs and opportunities
for interested foundations.
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The Story of Stuff
December 7, 2007 - Sustainability Funders
The Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and Consumption (the Sustainability Funders), a funders-only working group within EGA, and the Tides Foundation recently collaborated to produce a short film about the environmental and social impacts of our current production and consumption systems.
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Green Beyond Grants: A Toolkit for Greening Foundation Operations
April 23, 2007 - EGA with SAFSF and Sustainability Funders, EGA
GREEN BEYOND GRANTS:
A Toolkit for Greening Foundation Operations.
Grantmaking isn’t the only way to support the environment!
There are easy ways to go “green” through your organizational
practices.
EGA’s "Green Beyond Grants" guide offers simple advice and
specific steps to start your foundation on the road to practicing
environmental sustainability.
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Audio Files
Green Revolution 2.0: New and Old Agendas for Poverty, Agriculture and Environment
December 5, 2007 - EGA
Both timely and controversial, we will hear different perspectives on the relationship between agricultural development and environmental issues. We will share some ways that institutions within and beyond the continent are thinking about how to integrate concerns for poverty eradication, agricultural production, environment and equity to address global, not just African, challenges. How can funders effectively think and engage globally in key issues of policy and practice around poverty and agricultural development for the environmental future of the planet?
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Featured Conversation: 20/20: Viewpoints in Environmental Philanthropy, 1987-2027
December 5, 2007 - EGA
It has been 20 years since the Environmental Grantmakers Association was founded. What has environmental philanthropy done right? Where were our mistakes? How can we make the most of the next 20 years? How is the context of our work, both in the US and globally, evolving and what is the best way to take action? How do the changes in environmental philanthropy dovetail with philanthropy as a whole? How do other movements affect ours? Join this dynamic, powerful panel for a provocative discussion and hard look in the mirror and into the future.
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Keynote Address: Regis Pecos
December 5, 2007 - EGA
Regis Pecos was born and raised at Cochiti Pueblo and is a lifetime member of the Traditional Tribal Council. He has spent his professional life advancing the interests of American Indian citizens at the tribal, state and national levels. In 1996, he became the first American Indian to be appointed to the Board of Trustees for Princeton University. He was also named New Mexico’s Distinguished Public Servant, the state’s highest honor. He is the director and co-founder of the New Mexico Leadership Institute.
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