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Aveda and Global Greengrants Fund: Lighting the Way to Corporate Philanthropy

It’s becoming more popular – and lucrative – for corporations to jump on the ‘fair trade’, ‘organic’ bandwagon, even if they ride on it only for a short while. As profit-driven jargon becomes more ubiquitous, it’s hard to recognize who is adopting new behaviors for the common good and who is riding the coat-tails of market whims. For a non-profit, the ability to distinguish between fact and facade is crucial. Read about how Greengrants went through a partnership process to work with Aveda.

 

 
Global

  • Aveda and Global Greengrants Fund: Lighting the Way to Corporate Philanthropy
    (June 30th, 2008)
    It’s becoming more popular – and lucrative – for corporations to jump on the ‘fair trade’, ‘organic’ bandwagon, even if they ride on it only for a short while. As profit-driven jargon becomes more ubiquitous, it’s hard to recognize who is adopting new beh

     
    Africa

  • Small Ugandan NGO Has Far-Reaching Goals
    (July 1st, 2008)
    AFIEGO takes on Uganda’s energy crisis from the grassroots up

     
    Asia

  • Buyat Bay, Indonesia: Newmont Mining Acquitted of Pollution Charges
    (May 21st, 2007)
    In a setback for environmental accountability in Indonesia, Newmont Mining Corporation was acquitted last month by an Indonesian court of pollution charges and endangering peoples’ health in Buyat Bay.

     
    Brazil

  • Bishop Cappio Ends Three-Week Hunger Strike
    (January 4th, 2008)
    January 4, 2008 UPDATE: Bishop Luis Flavio Cappio ended hunger strike after three weeks of fasting in opposition to a planned diversion of the Sao Francisco Reiver in northeast Brazil.

     
    Central America & The Caribbean

  • Honduras: Promoting Community-Based Tourism
    (October 8th, 2007)
    Community-managed ecotourism project hopes to attract tourists to El Cacao lagoon.

     
    China

  • Wen Bo: Environmentalism growing in China
    (July 1st, 2008)
    From his base in Beijing, China Advisory Board Coordinator, Wen Bo recently discussed by telephone his projects in China and elsewhere around the world with CNN.com/Asia.

     
    Europe

  • Greengrants Featured in the New York Times
    (January 3rd, 2007)
    Romanian grantee Alburnus Maior and Global Greengrants Fund featured on the front page of the Business Section of the New York Times on January 3, 2007, regarding the struggle of gold mining in a Transylvanian village.

     
    India

  • Protecting Displaced Slum Populations
    (March 27th, 2008)
    Since May 2006, more than 150 slums in Delhi, India have been demolished under government pretenses of transforming India’s capital into a clean and more cosmopolitan “world city.” Learn about our grantee the Hazards Centre.

     
    North America

  • Protest Prompts Logging Company to Pullout of Ontario
    (June 30th, 2008)
    An interesting development in the Grassy Narrows indigenous community in Canada that has been struggling to control its own territory. Greengrants has made nearly $20,000 to this group since 2001 through our Global Advisor, Rainforest Action Network. The

     
    Pacific Islands and Australia

  • Update: Another Victory in New Caledonia
    (December 22nd, 2006)
    Environmental activists gained a further victory in New Caledonia when a French court ordered a halt to construction of the multi-billion dollar Goro nickel mine.

     
    Russia

  • Grantee Wins Conde Nast 2006 Environmental Award
    (March 15th, 2007)
    We are pleased to announce that Marina Rikhvanova, co-chair of Baikal Environmental Wave, is the winner of the 2006 Conde Nast Environmental Award. Congratulations Marina!

     
    South America

  • Two Ecuadoreans are among 7 awarded 2008 Goldman Prize
    (June 30th, 2008)
    This year’s Goldman Prize was awarded to Ecuadoran activists Pablo Fajardo Mendoza and community organizer Luis Yanza for their efforts in fighting Chevron Corp. Greengrants has supported their grassroots organization Frente de Defensa de la Amazonia sinc

     

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