http://not-just-for-profit.com/blog by Bettina Grönblom Hammerich Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:55:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Climate change is a reality but apparently the Kyoto Protocol might not be the most cost-effective way of addressing it. Bjorn Lomborg argues that we are better of spending our funds on saving lives than on saving the planet. The Copenhagen Consensus 2008 aims to priorities a series of proposals ... http://not-just-for-profit.com/blog/2008/06/21/the-world%e2%80%99s-best-investment-vitamins-for-undernourished-children-according-to-top-economists/ I have just been reading “Just Another Emperor? – the Myths and Realities of Philanthrocapitalism” by Michael Edwards. Is philanthrocapitalism really all hype and with little hope of delivering real impact? Well it is still early days so in that case I suppose claiming victory or failure is simply too ... http://not-just-for-profit.com/blog/2008/06/17/is-philanthrocapitalism-blinded-by-hype/ Tom Hunter is a well known Scottish businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Apart from supporting initiatives such as Band Aid, Live 8 and Make Poverty History, he and his wife Marion established the Hunter Foundation in 1998. He is now well known for wanting to give away £1bn to initiatives in Scotland ... http://not-just-for-profit.com/blog/2008/06/10/tom-hunter-is-strategic-about-his-giving/ It is now proven that not only does giving make you richer in that it makes you feel good/ i.e. emotionally richer, but scientifically it can now be proven that giving makes you rich financially as well. Apparently increases in personal income and giving mutually reinforce each other, and this ... http://not-just-for-profit.com/blog/2008/04/22/giving-makes-you-rich/ Strategic giving is about values, efficiency, results and impact but it should also be about matching these values with societal needs. Sometimes the latter is missed and this is has on occasion given rise to the question of the “democracy” of philanthropy.  One definition of democracy reads as follows: “government by ... http://not-just-for-profit.com/blog/2008/04/03/is-giving-away-your-money-democratic/ Jeffrey Sachs, who is chums with Bono and former adviser to the United Nations secretary-general, Kofi Annan – when complaining about the failure of governments to keep their aid promises - said that the new wave of philanthropic giving by wealthy individuals and corporations had the potential to do much ... http://not-just-for-profit.com/blog/2008/03/12/new-philanthropy-to-take-on-g8/ When managing our wealth we might consider the question “what is wealth for?”. For wealth to accomplish its purposes there are many issues to consider including individualised investment portfolios that meet financial objectives, governance structures and taxation. But the creation and preservation of wealth is usually not the only purpose. ... http://not-just-for-profit.com/blog/2008/02/04/what-is-wealth-for/ Yesterday I stumbled upon an online film by Peter Brock, undergraduate student from Skidmore College (thanks to Peter Dietz who posting it on his blog on micro-philanthropy http://www.socialactions.com/about-micro-philanthropy). Peter’s film no doubt correctly identifies some of the main issues in philanthropy and international development.  The film is an interview with ... http://not-just-for-profit.com/blog/2008/02/01/they-come-in-the-name-of-helping/ "It is more difficult to give money away intelligently than it is to earn it in the first place."-          Andrew Carnegie, Scots American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie’s well know quote is something that many philanthropists today would agree on. There is also the emerging trend that increasingly people are judged ... http://not-just-for-profit.com/blog/2008/01/25/hello-world/