🐄Burping Cows, Purchase for Purpose, Lending, + Happy Holidays

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Hilary Callaghan
December 18, 2024

Hello Maslow Friend!

Welcome to our final wrap-up for the year. 

We have some exciting plans ahead: a film screening in Sydney, more podcasts, and potentially even a book (watch this space!). We've also heard your feedback about the frequency of this wrap-up. In 2025, we'll be shifting to fortnightly updates.

In case you missed it, we recently launched Maslow's Purchase for Purpose Gift Guide for 2024, you can view it here.

I'm also excited to celebrate the great results of Friends of Maslow, LendForGood. Since 2021 they've hosted 40 successful impact loan campaigns from 24 impact enterprises across Asia, Africa and Australia. There's three more campaigns where your money could make a difference:

Quick bits
State of Gender-wise Giving Survey
Australians Investing In Women released its second annual State of Gender-wise Giving Survey, highlighting philanthropy's progress and challenges in addressing gender equity, noting that it will take 134 years globally to achieve gender equality. Read the whole report here.

🐮Can Seaweed Save the Planet One Cow Burp at a Time?
Fremantle Seaweed is developing a groundbreaking solution to reduce methane emissions from livestock by using red seaweed (asparagopsis). By adding a small amount of this seaweed to cattle feed, they can potentially reduce methane emissions by up to 80%, offering a promising nature-based approach to mitigating greenhouse gas emissions in the agricultural sector.

🏝️Barbados Debt-for-Climate Conversion
Barbados has pioneered a groundbreaking Debt-for-Climate swap, partnering with the Inter-American Development Bank, European Investment Bank, and Green Climate Fund to finance water resource management and climate resilience without incurring additional debt. Watch Krystal Hoyte's find out more with Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados here. 

🪴Shaping the future of Impact Investing
Impact Investing Australia and UNSW Business School Centre for Social Impact have partnered to launch a critical national benchmarking survey. They're  inviting input from investors and advisors. Check your eligibility to participate here. 

A little longer...
📅18 December: Accelerating Change: A Conversation with Peter Singer and Nick Allardice
Pioneering thinkers Nick Allerdice from GiveDirectly and renowned philosopher Peter Singer explore innovative approaches to solving critical global challenges, bridging philosophical thought with technological solutions. Register here.

👩🏻‍🏫Post-Growth Entrepreneurship with Melanie Rieback
Melanie Rieback, a Friend of Maslow, was conducting her Post-Growth Entrepreneurship Roadshow at Manchester Metropolitan University, engaging diverse audiences through talks on sustainable, non-extractive business models. During her tour, which included a feature on the Denizen, she explored entrepreneurship as a form of social activism, collaborating with educators and researchers to launch a Special Interest Group (SIG) focused on Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education for a Sustainable Society, with plans for future events and continued advocacy for progressive business approaches. 

Catch the podcast here.

🖼️Image Economies: Art in the Digital Age
Monash University Museum of Art's newest exhibit explores the impact of digital technologies on image-making, identity, and cultural practices. Featuring works from 18 artists, it examines themes of self-representation, consumerism, and the accessibility of cultural knowledge within the digital age. The exhibition also includes a free community launch party. Exhibit opens February 8 2024. Find out more here. 

⏩Kane's not slowing down
Despite still actively recovering from surgery, Kane's been keeping busy, mostly on LinkedIn, although there was a quick trip to Sydney to admire a community garden, visit me and have some important meetings with friends of Maslow. 
Kane's most popular recent posts are:
- Helping Sydney musician Mark make a wonderful world.
- Celebrating Chasing Financial Equality on people's Spotify Wrapped
- Nominating Kirsten Hunter for an OAM

Wherever you are in the world, whatever your plans are for the next few weeks, thanks for joining the Maslow journey.

We'll be back in 2025, continuing to chase financial equality.

Hilary