How do we respond to ecological limits on economic growth? Is it beneficial for children to be exposed to technology at a young age? We address these questions below, and also bring you our 2010 Seed Fund grantees!
“Allocate Your Risk Response: Ostrich, Musical Chairs, or Plan B?” by Leslie Christian
In my previous two pieces, I stated that ecological limits pose a death threat to the most sacred of the premises underlying investment asset allocation—the presumption of everlasting economic growth. I invited you to think about how you currently deal with (or would deal with) the possibility that average annual growth in our global economy will cease. Today we will look at various types of responses to this possibility, and, by extension, to the financial risks posed by ecological limits… Read the full post on the Reimagine Money blog.
“Coming to Our Senses: A Perspective on Childhood and Technology” by John Bloom
The young child is a gift to the world, a vulnerable and joyful work in progress so to speak. These days, the young child is also subject to intensive marketing, and is often viewed by the commercial world as a marketplace commodity, a once and future consumer. Modern media technology provides an effective delivery system for the latter while engaging the child’s natural interactive curiosity… Read the full post on the Reimagine Money blog.
Announcing the 2010 RSF Seed Fund Grantees!
You know the saying: “a little goes a long way”? From our perspective at RSF, that could not be truer for the grantees of our Seed Fund. Every April, the Philanthropic Services department at RSF invites fellow staff members to participate in an in-house discretionary grant-making program. This fund provides small grants ($500 to $5,000) to help support new initiatives that align with RSF’s mission and address issues… Read the full post on the Reimagine Money blog.
Guayakí and the Rainforest: The Business of Giving and Receiving
“Each person that drinks two servings per day of Guayakí Yerba Mate helps protect approximately one acre of rainforest every year,” says Chris Mann, CEO of G uayaki. The mate (pronounced “mah-tay”) tree is native to the South American Atlantic forest, is environmentally sustainable in the long term, and provides more income per acre than cattle or agricultural products such as corn, soy, or wheat… Read the full post on the Reimagine Money blog.
A Celebration of World Fair Trade Day
RSF borrower and grantee Green America provocatively asked the question: “Is there a sweatshop in your home?” to stimulate thought, conversation, and action in advance of World Fair Trade Day on May 8th. For years at RSF, we have been quietly supporting the movement for fairly traded food and goods on the producer side through our borrowers and grantees. We believe the responsibility for ensuring that people receive fair wages and working conditions falls not only to the consumer, but also to the enterprises… Read the full post on the Reimagine Money blog.
Odegard Rug Featured in National Design Triennial Exhibit
The Cooper-Hewitt, which is the National Design Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, has on display in New York City from now until January 2011 the National Design Triennial exhibit: “Why Design Now?” Featured in this exhibit is RSF borrower Odegard Inc.’s Indian Mughal jewelry-inspired Navaratna rug. The rug carries the GoodWeave label from RugMark International (an RSF grantee), which means it has been certified child-labor-free. Sales of Odegard carpets (all of which carry the G oodWeave label) support educational opportunities for children rescued from the handmade carpet industry… Read more in the RSF Newsroom.
Visit the Mondragón Cooperatives in Spain
At last fall’s Economics of Peace conference in Sonoma , attendees were treated to a presentation by Fred Freundlich and Mikel Lezamiz from the Mondragón Cooperatives Corporation, which is the largest consortium of worker-owned businesses in the world. Praxis Peace Institute (which co-hosted the Economics of Peace with RSF) is now organizing a 5-day seminar/tour at the Mondragón Cooperatives in the Basque country of Spain … Read more in the RSF Newsroom.
Recent RSF G rant-Making Activity
The month of April saw RSF donor-advisors recommend 35 grants amounting to $1,377,200 in our three different focus areas—Ecological Stewardship, Education & the Arts, and Food & Agriculture—as well as for support of work in the field of social finance. The following organizations received grants… Read the full post on the Reimagine Money blog.
