Stories from the Grassroots: The Greengrants Blog
Executive Director Terry Odendahl reports from India
Feb 14, 2013 | No Comments
Global Greengrants Fund’s Executive Director meets women and men affected by industrialization, mining, violence, and development in India. Here, she shares some thoughts and photos.
Read moreFiring up Canada’s indigenous rights movement
Jan 29, 2013 | No Comments
We talk about Canada’s indigenous rights and environmental justice movement with Corvin Russell, an indigenous rights activist in Toronto and an original organizer for Defenders of the Land, a Global Greengrants Fund grantee.
Read more12 Top Global Greegrants Successes of 2012
Dec 18, 2012 | No Comments
You know we always say your support makes a difference? As 2012 comes to a close, we’d like to share 12 of Global Greengrants Fund’s top success stories from the past year. Here are just some of the victories we celebrated in 2012.
Read moreChina Bans Deadly Herbicide Paraquat
Dec 14, 2012 | One Comment
Several years ago, Sun Jing and other members of the Pesticide Eco-Alternatives Center in China learned that local farmers were mysteriously falling ill and dying. They suspected this had something to do with an herbicide called paraquat that farmers were using. The farmers had no idea what a deadly chemical they were handling every day. There was little research and no warning label.
Read moreHow Ecuador’s Sarayaku People Kept Big Oil Out
Dec 14, 2012 | One Comment
Some 1,200 indigenous people make up the Sarayaku community in the Ecuadorian Amazon. In 1996, the Ecuadorian government allowed a foreign company to begin prospecting their lands for oil. The government never consulted the local people. >>Keep reading.
Read moreSandy, Climate, and Youth: Announcing the Next Generation Climate Board
Nov 28, 2012 | 2 Comments
Trucks shoveling sand from main streets. Children wading through the sludge that used to be their living rooms. As I took in the reports from friends and news media on Hurricane Sandy, I began to realize that we have entered a new era. This is not Indonesia, or the island of Tuvalu. This is New York City.
What can we learn from this? What do we need to know about this new era? Listen closely, and you might hear Sandy speak. Keep reading.>>
Read moreUntiring Defender of Victims of Climate Change: Board Member & Advisor Awarded Rafto Prize
Sep 27, 2012 | One Comment
“Nnimmo Bassey links human rights to the climate by demonstrating how climate change has the greatest effect on the world’s most vulnerable people, the very people who have contributed least to the problem in the first place. By awarding its annual prize to Nnimmo Bassey, the Rafto Foundation underlines how the challenges we face regarding climate and the environment also have a human rights aspect.”
Read moreA 250-mile Paddling Trek for the Wild Farm River Watershed
Aug 23, 2012 | One Comment
From August 24 to September 7, a team of paddlers from the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) Indigenous Nation will venture 250 mi from their remote fly-in community to Hudson’s Bay. The message: “Respect our protection before this sacred landscape is poisoned by the diamond, gold, and metals mining companies who have set their sights on it.”
Read moreHow Green is your Garden? Organic Agriculture in Rural India
Aug 21, 2012 | No Comments
“Of all the delicious Indian cuisine I sampled throughout my travels in India, the home-cooked organic meals prepared by the women of Bidhichandrapur are the ones that I will always remember, as a symbol of a bright and very tasty future.”
Read moreHonduras: Building Resilience Against Climate Disasters
Jul 31, 2012 | No Comments
When Hurricane Felix struck the Moskitia coast of Central America in 2007, flooding and mudslides devastated the region. With a $3,000 grant, a local women’s group created three seed banks to safeguard subsistence farmers from the risks of losing everything again.
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