Indigenomics, founded in Canada, draws on ancient principles that have supported indigenous economies for thousands of years, and works to implement them as modern business practices. How might we embrace this type of dialogue interwoven with Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wisdom?https://indigenomicsinstitute.com/

Change is coming.  Foundations who once would have invested to maximise profits (under their fiduciary duty) even if would be counter to the mission of the Foundation are waking up to fact they are part of the problem (e.g. anti-cancer NFPs that would invest some of their corpus in Tobacco companies).This article articulates the challenge and suggests four steps to help Foundation Boards ensure they are not undermining their good work.https://nonprofitquarterly.org/trouble-in-paradigm-foundations-bargain-with-the-devil/

Australia ranks fifth in the World Giving Index which considers three measures of generosity: financial, volunteering, and willingness to help a stranger. But on financial measures of generosity, we are slipping. This report by Philanthropy Australia and SVA presents a compelling case for why structured giving (using a financial vehicle designed to enable giving) can turn this around.https://www.philanthropy.org.au/images/site/publications/Advocacy/Blueprint_to_Grow_Structured_Giving_Report_Final.pdf

Conscious-consumers take note.  Social Enterprise Council of NSW and ACT (SECNA) took their discussion about the future of social enterprises on an immersive tour to visit the social enterprises in the wild.Perhaps the we can reinvent the humble shopping tour to support retailers to do well and also do good?https://probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2021/05/all-aboard-the-sydney-social-enterprise-bus-tour/?

Change donations is an exciting donation platform that digitally connects charities and not for profits with spare change from donors.  Irish based donors link debit and credit cards to the platform, which rounds up their transaction to the next euro and donates the digital spare change to the causes they care about. Donors have complete control and can customise their giving plan by setting weekly or monthly round up limits, choosing to round up only on select purchases, and splitting roundups across multiple charities. Its free to use and 100% of the donation is passed through to the charity.

Tokens for Humanity has recently developed 64 non-fungible token (NFT) artwork collectibles. The NFTs are units of data that certify that a digital asset is unique (in this case digital artwork) and registered on the Ethereum blockchain making their ownership transparent.  Recently artists such as Beeple sold one of their digital artworks through NFTs for US$69.3m.  Tokens for Humanity sell the NFTs from around $150 to $35,000 with the proceeds donated to animal welfare charities. The major downside to NFTs being used more widely is the carbon-emissions arising from the proof-of-work blockchains. https://probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2021/04/aussie-charity-launches-non-fungible-token-artwork-