{"id":2365,"date":"2022-08-24T11:47:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T15:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/?p=2365"},"modified":"2025-05-02T10:58:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T14:58:16","slug":"celebrating-philanthropy-mpnl-community-discusses-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/2022\/celebrating-philanthropy-mpnl-community-discusses-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Celebrating Philanthropy&#8221; panel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        &quot;Celebrating Philanthropy&quot; panel\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/Haggart_Laura_400x300px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/Haggart_Laura_400x300px.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Laura Haggart, a Carleton University Philanthropy student.\" class=\"wp-image-122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/Haggart_Laura_400x300px.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/Haggart_Laura_400x300px-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By Laura Haggart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In July, 2022, the \u201cCelebrating Philanthropy\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/about\/\">MPNL<\/a> event, held in person at Carleton University, centered around climate change and was titled \u201cWhat should philanthropy do for the climate?\u201d Hosted by Professor Susan Phillips, Graduate Supervisor of the Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership program, the 2.5-hour panel featured four speakers from the charitable sector (and is available for viewing below):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Devika Shah, Executive Director of Environment Funders Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nhattan Nguyen, Operations Coordinator at Indigenous Climate Action (and an MPNL student)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aatif Baskanderi, CEO of Northpine Foundation and Fellow at Energy Futures Lab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>James Meadowcroft, Professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration and Department of Political Science at Carleton University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"July 28, 2022, Celebrating Philanthropy, What should philanthropy do for the climate, from the MPNL\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ekGjslkpPio?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The speakers shared their experiences about climate change, and warned of the current reality of climate change today. They each spoke independently before discussing, as a group, how to push the charitable sector to do more, the role foundations have, and the much-needed collaboration between philanthropy and government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shah began by saying the state of climate change is \u201cdepressing\u201d and encouraged the audience to make an emotional shift to challenge the current systems. We must embrace the prioritization of collectivism, she said, and get philanthropic dollars into every aspect of the ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea of collectivism was touched on throughout the panel, with Nguyen posing the question \u201cHow do we show up as a community to survive?\u201d Climate change is a justice issue, too, he says, as it affects communities and displaces people from their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baskanderi focused on the financial aspect of philanthropy, calling for foundations to do more with their funding to create a new economy \u201cbeyond money.\u201d He spoke of the importance of being kind, being authentic and building relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last, Meadowcroft focused on what we can change now, rather than waiting for future opportunities. He pointed to two sectors that he referred to as ripe for change: electricity and transportation. \u201cIt\u2019s better to act today than tomorrow,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/10th9thCohortsGroupShot1-closeup-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/10th9thCohortsGroupShot1-closeup-400x239.jpeg\" alt=\"10th &amp; 9th cohorts, group shot\" class=\"wp-image-2375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/10th9thCohortsGroupShot1-closeup-400x239.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/10th9thCohortsGroupShot1-closeup-300x180.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/10th9thCohortsGroupShot1-closeup-768x460.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/10th9thCohortsGroupShot1-closeup-1400x838.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/10th9thCohortsGroupShot1-closeup-1536x919.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/10th9thCohortsGroupShot1-closeup-2048x1225.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/10th9thCohortsGroupShot1-closeup-700x419.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Some of the members of ninth and tenth classes of the MPNL program, Carleton University (2022).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The event capped off a two-week intensive learning experience for MPNL students called the Summer Institute. Approximately fifty students, from both the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/students-and-alumni\/\">9<sup>th<\/sup> and 10<sup>th<\/sup> MPNL cohorts<\/a>, gathered in Ottawa for the first time to attend classes, meet faculty members and classmates, and to experience MPNL in person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Laura Haggart. 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