Founded by lisbet rausing and peter baldwin, arcadia supports charities and scholarly institutions to preserve cultural heritage, protect the environment, and promote open access. Since 2002, we have awarded more than $570 million in grants to projects around the world.
Planning a #staycation this #Easter/#Passover? #EarthDay on 22/4 is a perfect opportunity to explore wilderness in the #Cairngorms & #CambrianMountains! @EarthDayNetwork @CairngormsCo @RewildingB @EndangeredLands #Summit2sea 🦋 endangeredlandscapes.org/projects/cairn… endangeredlandscapes.org/projects/summi…
The largest collection of @creativecommons licensed material is now open for anyone to search, reuse, remix AND attribute! ccsearch.creativecommons.org
For years, the Peruvian timber sector has tried to weaken OSINFOR - the agency fighting illegal logging in the Amazon. After a 4-months campaign, the Peruvian government backed down and OSINFOR is independent again! @Global_Witness @OsinforPeru globalwitness.org/en/press-relea… twitter.com/ArcadiaFund/st…
Thanks to the work of the Nepal Heritage Documentation Project @UniHeidelberg you can now discover temples and monuments from the ancient city of #Patan (Lalitpur). The newly launched database will have records of more than 400 endangered sites. http://129.206.36.141/index.htm
Proposed EU legislation threatens whole collections of material at @internetarchive #ChillingEffect blog.archive.org/2019/04/10/off…
A very warm welcome to our new environmental grant managers, Emma @EmmaJMcIntosh and Francesca @McGrathFL!arcadiafund.org.uk/about-peter-ba…
The Directory of Open Access Journals @DOAJplus is an independent community-curated online directory of high quality, #openaccess, peer-reviewed journals. Yesterday, Volcanica (@WeAreVolcanica) became DOAJ's 13,001st indexed journal. Congratulations! 🌋 doaj.org/toc/2610-3540
The Center for Jewish History @cjewishhistory & partner collections comprise the world's most comprehensive archive of the modern Jewish experience outside Israel. Our new grant supports work to make this material accessible to audiences around the globe bit.ly/2G8fAGf
Robust local reporting is crucial to draw attention to threats to the environment and call for action. @earthjournalism members have written thousands of stories uncovering scandals from wildlife smuggling rings to illegally polluting factories. bit.ly/2CSlYz8
For centuries, Nupa Maibi #transgender shamanic priestesses, practiced healing rituals in Manipur, India. Today, they're marginalized & their sacred language, Meibi, is threatened. They worked w/ELDP grantee Karen Parker & @ELARarchive to document it bit.ly/2CKYImL #TDOV
LAST CHANCE to apply for our new Operations Assistant role. Join our busy team at an exciting time, and support all areas of our work. Deadline for applications is tomorrow at 12 noon. #grantmakingjobs bit.ly/2pPVR5b twitter.com/ArcadiaFund/st…