Christina Maiia
@christinamaiia.bsky.social
#impact entrepreneur, free spirit, #writer, #scifi nerd, #photographer, #art #nature and #democracy lover, #tree and #dog hugger / Munich & Perpignon
For those interested in #WASH solutions and innovative #impinv, here‘s a piece that co-authored with Aqua for All. Enjoy! #water #sdg6
To Truly Innovate, WASH Funders Need to Get Their Hands Dirty: Key Learnings from Five Years of Pioneering Impact-Linked Finance in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
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#WASH #water #sanitation #hygiene #ImpactInvesting #impinv #ImpactInvestors #SDG6 #GlobalDevelopment
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#WASH #water #sanitation #hygiene #ImpactInvesting #impinv #ImpactInvestors #SDG6 #GlobalDevelopment
To Truly Innovate, WASH Funders Need to Get Their Hands Dirty: Key Learnings from Five Years of Pioneering Impact-Linked Finance in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Analysts explore the need for more hands-on WASH funding approaches, and share lessons from one such approach: Impact-Linked Finance.
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June 24, 2025 at 7:46 AM
June 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
‚Luxus‘ #FotoVorschlag
A trip to the amazing Cape of Good Hope with its breathtaking flora and fauna made me really hopeful in challenging times. Real luxury. #photography
A trip to the amazing Cape of Good Hope with its breathtaking flora and fauna made me really hopeful in challenging times. Real luxury. #photography
May 23, 2025 at 7:12 AM
‚Luxus‘ #FotoVorschlag
A trip to the amazing Cape of Good Hope with its breathtaking flora and fauna made me really hopeful in challenging times. Real luxury. #photography
A trip to the amazing Cape of Good Hope with its breathtaking flora and fauna made me really hopeful in challenging times. Real luxury. #photography
For those of you who are passionate about using finance for social good, here‘s a short piece by my own feather 🪶 @pioneerspost.bsky.social #impinv #impact #vc www.pioneerspost.com/news-views/2...
How to unlock VCs’ full impact potential
As Trump’s USA takes its eye off social impact, Europe’s venture capitalists stand at a decisive moment in history, concluded discussions at the latest FASE Impact Fire Talk. But capital strategies mu...
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May 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
For those of you who are passionate about using finance for social good, here‘s a short piece by my own feather 🪶 @pioneerspost.bsky.social #impinv #impact #vc www.pioneerspost.com/news-views/2...
Cool conference on #AI for Social Good! Day 1 hay been great so if you missed it, join tomorrow, it’s free: ssir.org/events/entry... #impact @ssir.org
Data on Purpose 2025 | SSIR
Join SSIR for Data on Purpose 2025, a two-day virtual conference on May 6-7, 2025.---> Under the theme “Reimagining the Digital Future: Harnessing AI for Social Good,” a world-class lineup...
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May 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Cool conference on #AI for Social Good! Day 1 hay been great so if you missed it, join tomorrow, it’s free: ssir.org/events/entry... #impact @ssir.org
Going to Kalk Bay for an #impact retreat soon and hoping to capture the magical #waves again 🌊 #photography #southafrica #impinv
May 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Going to Kalk Bay for an #impact retreat soon and hoping to capture the magical #waves again 🌊 #photography #southafrica #impinv
April 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Couldn‘t agree more on the recommendations. Without power shifts no real change (speaking as someone who‘s been in the #impinv market for 15 years and has wished to see reality prove otherwise)
NEW: How can impact investing claim to drive systemic change when its leadership mirrors the same patriarchal and exclusionary structures it seeks to dismantle?
Read more from NESsT's Nicole Etchart:
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Read more from NESsT's Nicole Etchart:
www.pioneerspost.com/news-views/2...
Why are impact investors still ignoring their diversity blind spots?
How can impact investing claim to drive systemic change when its leadership mirrors the same patriarchal and exclusionary structures it seeks to dismantle – and how can we start changing this?
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April 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Couldn‘t agree more on the recommendations. Without power shifts no real change (speaking as someone who‘s been in the #impinv market for 15 years and has wished to see reality prove otherwise)
For #democracy lovers: Can #impact #investors make democracy survive and thrive? As a participant of this event, I can honestly say that this read is worth your time: #impinv @pioneerspost.bsky.social www.pioneerspost.com/news-views/2...
How impact investors can support democracy to thrive
Autocracy is on the rise, freedom of speech is under threat and trust in institutions is declining. But impact investors could play a bigger role in defending democracy. This was the topic under discu...
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April 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
For #democracy lovers: Can #impact #investors make democracy survive and thrive? As a participant of this event, I can honestly say that this read is worth your time: #impinv @pioneerspost.bsky.social www.pioneerspost.com/news-views/2...
Reposted by Christina Maiia
A handbook to help get us out of this nightmare ongoing coup: It's been used around the world by many patriots to get out of authoritarian rule.
Please repost and share EVERYWHERE!
Rise, unite, resist, & fight!
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Please repost and share EVERYWHERE!
Rise, unite, resist, & fight!
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From Dictatorship to Democracy : Gene Sharp : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
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April 4, 2025 at 3:27 AM
A handbook to help get us out of this nightmare ongoing coup: It's been used around the world by many patriots to get out of authoritarian rule.
Please repost and share EVERYWHERE!
Rise, unite, resist, & fight!
archive.org/details/from...
Please repost and share EVERYWHERE!
Rise, unite, resist, & fight!
archive.org/details/from...
Reposted by Christina Maiia
NEW: Founder Jeff Skoll launches emergency fund in response to US government ‘efficiencies’, while MacArthur Foundation president urges other funders to follow its lead in releasing more funds during Donald Trump’s presidency.
More from this week's #SkollWF:
www.pioneerspost.com/news-views/2...
More from this week's #SkollWF:
www.pioneerspost.com/news-views/2...
Skoll Foundation commits $25m to compensate for Trump’s ‘inhumane’ spending cuts
Founder Jeff Skoll launches emergency fund in response to US government ‘efficiencies’, while MacArthur Foundation president urges other funders to follow its lead in releasing more funds during Donal...
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April 4, 2025 at 7:54 AM
NEW: Founder Jeff Skoll launches emergency fund in response to US government ‘efficiencies’, while MacArthur Foundation president urges other funders to follow its lead in releasing more funds during Donald Trump’s presidency.
More from this week's #SkollWF:
www.pioneerspost.com/news-views/2...
More from this week's #SkollWF:
www.pioneerspost.com/news-views/2...
Lightening up my otherwise serious #inpact and #sustainability day with this sweet guy #dogs #bnwphotography #labradors
April 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Lightening up my otherwise serious #inpact and #sustainability day with this sweet guy #dogs #bnwphotography #labradors
The amazing creativity and genius of #gaudi still awes me after my recent trip to #Barcelona #art #architecture #travelphotography
March 29, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The amazing creativity and genius of #gaudi still awes me after my recent trip to #Barcelona #art #architecture #travelphotography
I rarely do #photography of people on the street but this man in Sothern #france walking his #dog really caught my eye. #streetpgotography
March 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I rarely do #photography of people on the street but this man in Sothern #france walking his #dog really caught my eye. #streetpgotography
Is anyone of you in #impinv or #philanthropy? Then you may find this timely topic about #democracy as an #investment case exciting. Let’s strengthen independent #media and freedom of speech: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @nextbillion.bsky.social @pioneerspost.bsky.social @ssireview.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Is anyone of you in #impinv or #philanthropy? Then you may find this timely topic about #democracy as an #investment case exciting. Let’s strengthen independent #media and freedom of speech: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @nextbillion.bsky.social @pioneerspost.bsky.social @ssireview.bsky.social
Just heard Brian Cox talking about the eternal inflation theory and thought of this bubbles shot I made a while ago. #scifi #nerd #cosmology #photography #bnwphotography
March 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Just heard Brian Cox talking about the eternal inflation theory and thought of this bubbles shot I made a while ago. #scifi #nerd #cosmology #photography #bnwphotography
In my #impact work, I had the pleasure of meeting Patrice Schneider today, author of this truly inspiring @ssireview.bsky.social piece: ssir.org/articles/ent... Highly recommended for anyone who cares about the freedom of speech and how to counter those that try to weaponize it. #democracy #impinv
De-Risking Press Freedom (SSIR)
How to fund, protect, and grow public interest information.
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March 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In my #impact work, I had the pleasure of meeting Patrice Schneider today, author of this truly inspiring @ssireview.bsky.social piece: ssir.org/articles/ent... Highly recommended for anyone who cares about the freedom of speech and how to counter those that try to weaponize it. #democracy #impinv
I confess to be a treehugger 🌳Currently I’m reading #richardpowers genius „The Overstory“ and this inspired me to share one of my tree shots from #munich. Aren’t #trees the most fascinating beings?! #photography #naturephotography
March 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I confess to be a treehugger 🌳Currently I’m reading #richardpowers genius „The Overstory“ and this inspired me to share one of my tree shots from #munich. Aren’t #trees the most fascinating beings?! #photography #naturephotography
Who would have thought 😉: « 97% of funds do not regularly check the quality of their impact data. » impact-investor.com/new-study-hi...
#impinv #walkthetalk #impact
#impinv #walkthetalk #impact
New study highlights widespread impact transparency gaps | Impact Investor
The report evaluated 37 impact funds managing $326bn in combined assets, and found that 97% of funds do not regularly check the quality of their impact data.
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March 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Who would have thought 😉: « 97% of funds do not regularly check the quality of their impact data. » impact-investor.com/new-study-hi...
#impinv #walkthetalk #impact
#impinv #walkthetalk #impact
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Glad to see @calpers.bsky.social stand firm in its commitment to investing as if workers and workplace diversity matter.
#ESG #DEI #ImpactInvesting
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#ESG #DEI #ImpactInvesting
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CalPERS adds commitment to labor issues to proxy-voting guidelines, including DEI
Related:
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March 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Glad to see @calpers.bsky.social stand firm in its commitment to investing as if workers and workplace diversity matter.
#ESG #DEI #ImpactInvesting
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#ESG #DEI #ImpactInvesting
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March 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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'“You look around — who else is doing it? No one,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said of Sanders’ efforts. “My hope is that the dam will break in terms of Democrats going on the offense ... We need to take the argument directly to the people.”'
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Drawing huge crowds, Bernie Sanders steps into leadership of the anti-Trump resistance
At 83 years old, Bernie Sanders has emerged as an unlikely leader of the Democratic resistance to Donald Trump.
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March 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
'“You look around — who else is doing it? No one,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said of Sanders’ efforts. “My hope is that the dam will break in terms of Democrats going on the offense ... We need to take the argument directly to the people.”'
apnews.com/article/bern...
apnews.com/article/bern...
I love the play of shadow and light in #photography. Here are some of my humble pieces of #bnw #artwork
March 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I love the play of shadow and light in #photography. Here are some of my humble pieces of #bnw #artwork
An interesting opinion piece that compares the #USAID dissolution and global #aid system with Lehman and the financial crisis. What do you think? nextbillion.net/global-aid-i...
The Global Aid Industry is Repeating the Mistakes that Caused the 2008 Financial Crisis: A Warning from a Former Leader at Lehman Brothers
Why the collapse of USAID threatens to bring down the entire global aid system — and why philanthropists and impact investors must step up.
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March 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
An interesting opinion piece that compares the #USAID dissolution and global #aid system with Lehman and the financial crisis. What do you think? nextbillion.net/global-aid-i...
Nothing like going out in #nature to soothe your soul in challenging times. Keep going, #changemakers, #artists and #impact creators for a healthier world!
March 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Nothing like going out in #nature to soothe your soul in challenging times. Keep going, #changemakers, #artists and #impact creators for a healthier world!