Author Archive:
Terry Odendahl
Why we need collaborations to tackle climate change
In the current political moment, one where we can no longer trust politicians and international actors to have human compassion and protect our rights to a healthy planet, who do we trust? Over the past …
Climate justice: the spectre at the Paris feast
Michael Donoghue writes in this issue that Pacific Islanders are responsible for only a tiny fraction of GHG emissions, yet they are suffering the worst effects of global warming. This unjust situation should be at …
Paris: a stop on the journey, not its end
We hope that readers of the essays in this issue see renewed commitment, hope and determination about philanthropy and civil society’s role in addressing the profound threat that we face. While each of us brought …
Grantmaking with a Gender Lens
For the second year at the EFC AGA, I joined a meeting of the Thematic Network on Gender Equality, co-chaired by Francois Pissart of the King Baudouin Foundation, Debbie Pippard of the Barrow Cadbury Trust, …
EFC Conference 2014: Organized by Friends
In an effort to show I could be a good blogger, I attended two unrelated, but actually interrelated sessions on the first full day of EFC. Full disclosure. They were each organized by friends. What …
Bold ideas for global philanthropy, the Brazilian Way, Broken Windows: Council on Foundations Conference 2013
The Council on Foundations annual conference began its programme in Chicago with a packed pre-conference day of ‘Bold Ideas for Global Philanthropy’. Having attended CoF at least 20 times over the last 30 years, it …
Why environmental funders should support women’s rights
Ask Global Greengrants Fund’s Executive Director Terry Odendahl what women’s rights have to do with the environment, and she’ll say, ‘Everything!’ A passionate advocate for women’s leadership, Terry has been at the helm of Global …
Supporting women, youth and indigenous people to turn global warming around: announcing the Next Generation Climate Board
Trucks shovelling sand from main streets; children wading through the sludge that used to be their living rooms – as I took in the reports from friends and news media on Hurricane Sandy, I realized …
Thoughts on the peace through social justice conference
This is my third consecutive EFC conference and each one is getting better, perhaps because: I know more people who are welcoming; the theme of ‘Peace Through Social Justice’ resonates; the sessions relate to the …
Thoughts on the peace through social justice conference
This is my third consecutive EFC conference and each one is getting better, perhaps because: I know more people who are welcoming; the theme of ‘Peace Through Social Justice’ resonates; the sessions relate to the …
