Category: Analysis

The Sogamoso and Chucurí Rivers in Colombia Flow with Arpillería

Words by Tatiana Rodríguez Maldonado of the Global Greengrants Fund Andes Advisory Board. Tatiana is a political scientist and a researcher on the environment, security, armed conflict, human rights and communication. She has worked in CENSAT Agua Viva – Friends of the Earth Colombia, as the coordinator of the Mining Area, supporting communities in the […]

Five Reasons to Fund Women and the Environment

Solutions to climate change exist on the frontlines of the battle to save our planet. Grassroots women leaders are already stepping up to the challenge. Global Greengrants stands in solidarity with these leaders and promotes their rights to, and solutions for a safe, healthy, and clean environment. Global Greengrants supports over 300 women-led projects per year to protect […]

Climate justice is possible when…we listen to the grandmothers

This is part one of a four part series written by the Executive Directors of the Grassroots Climate Solutions Fund’s member organizations. The Grassroots Climate Solutions Fund is a partnership of four grantmakers – Global Greengrants Fund, Thousand Currents, Grassroots International, and Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights –  which helps large funders to […]

Weaving Struggles for Life and the Earth in Colombia

Words by Majandra Rodriguez Acha and the TierrActiva Colombia team with special input from Jorge Jimenez Castro. In 2017, TierrActiva Latin America received a $7,500 grant to organize a climate justice gathering in Machetá, Colombia as the first official activity of the network. Over three days, the group welcomed 80 youth climate leaders of various […]

Reflections on Participatory Grantmaking at Global Greengrants Fund

By Allison Davis, Deputy Director of Programs, Global Greengrants Fund An article was recently published in The Chronicle of Philanthropy, asking the question, has the time come for foundations to explore the use of participatory grantmaking? In it, Chris Cardona from the Ford Foundation and Cynthia Gibson from the Case Foundation, explore the idea that […]

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