{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/648b0389591f1a001102ada4/64f999d3178f310011789974?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Vedantha Kumar - Climate Philanthropy","description":"<p>In this episode, I talk with Vedantha Kumar. Following a degree in philosophy, several years in the UK civil service, and a law conversion, Vedantha now works in the third sector. Based at the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, he manages a portfolio of grants to address climate change.&nbsp;For our conversation, he is speaking in a personal capacity</p><p><br></p><p>More about Vedantha:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/vedantha-kumar/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Vedantha’s LinkedIn</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Links to further reading and viewing:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.japan.go.jp/kizuna/2022/03/ikigai_japanese_secret_to_a_joyful_life.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">An explanation of Ikigai</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw_720iQDss\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Loretta J. Ross’s TED Talk: ‘Don’t call people out – call them in’</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.krisdemeyer.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The research of Kris De Meyer</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.bayoakomolafe.net/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">This foreword</a>, which Vedantha was recently inspired by</li></ul><p><br></p><p>If you’d like to support The Climate Pivot, please consider <a href=\"https://ko-fi.com/benwh\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">making a contribution</a> or get in touch at theclimatepivot@benweaverhincks.co.uk</p>","author_name":"Ben Weaver-Hincks"}