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A chunk
of ice is shown drifting after it separated from the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf off
the coast of Ellesmere Island. (CNN
PHOTO) Se:kon/Greetings IFIP Friends, IFIP is in the midst of organizing for the upcoming fall months.
We are putting together a planning committee of donors for IFIP’s 2009 Annual
Conference to take place in early April, please let us know if you are
interesting in joining the committee. We have plans to have the conference
venue in a beautiful tribal resort in New Mexico. We also started organizing
for our second regional convening that will focus in Asia and will be held in
India. Please let us now if you are interested in joining the planning
committee. IFIP has joined the EGA host committee and is working on
organizing the opening address that will give thanks to the ancestors of the
territory, a lacrosse clinic, and a pre-site visit to a local Kanienkehaka
(Mohawk) Community. Click
here for more information on EGA’s Annual Retreat, registration is now
open. IFIP is working with several of its members to compile guides to
assist donors in their grantmaking. More info to come soon. In October, IFIP will be attending
the IUCN, World Conservation Congress and has organized a reception in the
Poble Dialogue Space on Tuesday, October 7th at 8:30 to
facilitate networking opportunities between donors and Indigenous
representatives. We will also have a booth that Yale University has
sponsored. IFIP will open the
booth to all Indigenous representatives and has plans to have several
sessions at the booth, click here
for more info. Our Members Listserve is now up and running and is one our
members benefits. Members can post articles, projects, highlight grantees,
ask for advice, share employment info or news. It is a wonderful vehicle to
share ideas and to collaborate with your other colleagues that are interested
in Indigenous concerns. To gain a deeper understanding of certain issues, IFIP has
started Working Groups on different issues, some that have been identified
are: Land Rights, Education, Women, Youth, and Climate Change. To gain a deeper understanding of regional issues, IFIP has
started Regional Working Committees for Mesoamerica, Amazon, Arctic and Asia. It is our hope that the IFIP member listserve, working groups
and regional working committees will provide a deeper understanding of
Indigenous Philanthropy. If you are not yet a member of IFIP, please begin or renew your membership today and support our
efforts to increase support for Indigenous Peoples around the world. Now more
than ever, it is important to be part of IFIP’s network, because this is your
network.
Texan energy companies are investing heavily to build wind turbines following a landmark ruling last week. REPORTS & ARTICLES A COMMUNITY GUIDE TO
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
This highly illustrated guide helps health promoters, development
workers, environmental activists, and community leaders take charge of their
environmental health. In small villages and large cities, A
Community Guide to Environmental Health can provide the tools,
knowledge, and inspiration to begin transforming the crisis in environmental
health. Download
this book in its entirety from Hesperian Books, Free Downloads page BOLIVIA’S NEW ORDER After 500
years, Indigenous people return to power in a restless land. Three years ago in Villa Tunari, a shabby
little tropical town at the center of Bolivia's province of Chapare, the
source and power of the ethnic revolution taking place in this Andean nation
was on full view. PERU:
RIGHTS GROUPS WARN OF AUTHORITAIRAN
TENDENCIES The government of Peruvian
President Alan García has demonstrated an authoritarian bent in its
intolerance of social protest or any form of criticism, and has sponsored
draft laws that treat demonstrations as criminal activity, say human rights
groups and academics. INDIA: RENEWABLE ENERGY
TRENDS The Centre
for Social Markets (CSM) released a report examining seven renewable
energy trends in India that could accelerate the country’s transition to a
more sustainable, low-carbon future. At a time when the world
is seized with the challenge of dealing simultaneously with climate change,
energy security and a global economic downturn, the report provides a hopeful
signpost to a future where renewable energy could play a significant role in
providing solutions. Conducted by American scholar, Alexis Ringwald, during a Fulbright research scholarship, the
research provides a detailed and original account of seven renewable energy
trends in India, ranging from the dramatic rise in renewable energy
investment to the leadership role taken by a number of Indian states. For a
free downloadable copy click here. Essential Skills and Strategies for Grantmakers Workshop Sheraton La Jolla Hotel August 18, 2008 9:00 AM-5:00 PM
Visit
the Essential Skills and Strategies website at www.cof.org/ess to learn more about this grantmaker
training and the upcoming workshop. Join a Study Tour for
Grantmakers From Guanajuato to North Carolina: A Tale of Two States The Challenges of Transnational Communities September 7-12, 2008 Raleigh, North Carolina to Guanajuato, Mexico You are invited to
join the Council on Foundations and Hispanics
in Philanthropy
for a transformative experience of communities across borders. This study
tour is the first in a series of unique tours for grantmakers focusing on
transnational communities in the United States and Latin America. These
tours are designed for executive-level funders and intended to spark a
dialogue among philanthropic leaders to increase understanding of the complex
dynamics of emigration/immigration by taking an up-close look at several
transnational communities. During the first
tour, a core group of philanthropic leaders will visit several Latino
communities in North Carolina and Guanajuato, Mexico, over a one-week period.
The group will meet with local leaders and visit community projects to
witness firsthand the challenges that both immigrant-receiving and
immigrant-sending communities are facing and what they’re doing about it. Additional travel
tours are tentatively scheduled for Guatemala in 2009 and the Dominican
Republic in 2010. For additional
information click
here. EGA’s Fall Retreat 2008 Mohonk
Mountain House September 21- 24, 2008 New
Paltz, New York EGA’s Fall Retreat will be held at the Mohonk
Mountain House in the historic and beautiful Hudson Valley. This is the time
to examine the past while planning for the future of environmental
philanthropy and the larger community. Click here for
more information. Philanthropy Roundtable's 2008 Annual Meeting Strengthening Our Free Society November 6-8, 2008 Naples,
Florida The
Annual Meeting is The Philanthropy Roundtable's flagship event. The meeting
provides donors with extensive opportunities to network among fellow
philanthropists and to explore new ideas, strategies, and best practices with
leading experts. A broad range of topics are presented in small,
intimate breakout sessions, discussion groups, and plenary sessions,
providing attendees with the opportunity to create a unique experience
tailored to their specific interests. Click
here for more information.
Indigenous Peoples Day
Kaufmann Theater, First Floor August 9, 2008 12 Noon-5:00 PM
This program is cosponsored with the
Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the
NGO Committee on the United Nations International Decade of the World’s
Indigenous Peoples, the Tribal Link Foundation and the United Confederation
of Taino People. More complete information click
here Changing Asia: Forging Partnerships, Building
Sustaniability An International Conference August 29-30th,
2008 Manila, Philipines Over
the past decades, Asia has realized significant achievements in tackling
issues of poverty. It has produced some of the most rapidly growing economies
of the world, now accounting for a third of global economic output. The
experience of development across Asia, while creating opportunities for some,
has also spawned greater problems for many others. Home to 60% of the world's
population, six out of ten Asian households today still live on an average of
$2 a day. Age-old inequities continue to exist, fueling social conflicts that
are destroying the social fiber of Asia and its people. Increasingly, the
environment in many Asian societies is being damaged at an alarming rate, as
the region pursues its drive towards economic growth. For
full description click
here. 3rd Americas Social Forum University
of San Carlos, Guatemala City October 7-12, 2008 Guatemala Civil society organizations, movements and groups
that adhere to the standpoints of the WSF Charter of Principles, are called
to register their self-managed events for the 3rd Americas Social Forum. Click
here for more information. Grantmakers For Education 12th
Annual Conference Pathways to Opportunity: Redesigning Education, Revitalizing Community,
Restoring Hope October 20-22, 2008 Baltimore, Maryland What
can grantmakers do to break the poverty cycle and help all of the nation’s
students find pathways to a prosperous future? How can we link our focused
efforts in education to complementary change efforts in community
revitalization, workforce training and youth development? Baltimore—where new
leaders are bringing momentum to efforts to shrug off its industrial past and
help its inner-city neighborhoods with unique partnerships between community
builders and education reformers—is an ideal place to learn from your peers
by reflecting on promising practices for improving educational outcomes and
expanding economic opportunities. For
more information and to register click here. Unite For Sight 6th Annual Global Health & Development Conference Unite For Sight's conference convenes a committed
vanguard of thousands from more than 60 countries. The conference challenges students,
professionals, educators, doctors, scientists, lawyers, universities,
corporations, nonprofits, and others, to develop innovative solutions to
achieve global goals. 200
Speakers, Including Keynote Addresses by Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Dr. Sonia Sachs,
Dr. Susan Blumenthal, and Dr. Harold Varmus. NOW OPEN: Registration and Abstract Submission http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference
(First abstract deadline is August 15 (oral presentation deadline and early
bird poster presentation deadline) Fire and Ice Ceremony for the Earth July 18-20, 2009 The
Fire and Ice Ceremony for the Earth will be a powerful three-day cross-cultural
gathering of deliberation, ceremony, and celebration, the objective of which
touches the welfare of the world. A principal objective is the return of the
sacred fire in fulfillment of prophetic tradition. For the first time in
memory the sacred fire will be home. The ceremony will revolve around the
physical fire but the most important element will be the spiritual fire, the
spirit of which the physical fire is a symbol. It is a symbol of countless
generations of indigenous people who have met around it to consider how to
live well on the land given to them and how to relate well to the Creator and
to one another. The lessons of the ice will also be prominent, both in
helping us all recognize our common humanity, and in developing common
perspectives raised by the melting ice and global climate change. For
more information, click
here. We'd like to thank the following foundations for their support
of our work in the past year:
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LATIN AMERICA: Ingenuity at the Service of Sustainable Business A company will
extract silver from the same contaminants it proposes to clean up; a
cooperative of the formerly unemployed will export designer clothing; some
small farmers are planting new varieties of manioc that double the yield with
fewer agro-toxins; others are linking agriculture in the Amazon with
protection of the forest. |
