Charting a Greener Path: Rheda-Wiedenbrück Community Foundation’s Climate Commitment
Charting a Greener Path explores how the Rheda-Wiedenbrück Community Foundation integrates climate action into its core strategy. Triggered by local demand, new funding opportunities, and peer learning through ECFI, the foundation moved from reflection to action by adapting its statute, engaging the community, and defining priorities such as climate adaptation, species protection, and education. Positioned as a flexible local actor, it complements public funding by supporting grassroots initiatives, convening stakeholders, and enabling faster, community-driven responses to climate challenges.
Sowing Seeds of Change: Kent Community Foundation’s inspiring Climate Journey
A practical example of how a community foundation can start and advance its climate journey. Kent Community Foundation shares how internal leadership, peer learning, and sector initiatives helped shape its approach—from funding grassroots environmental projects to shifting investment strategies and convening local actors around climate action.
