Category: Analysis

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 beh

The Struggle Between Sustainable Development in Agriculture and Large-Scale Mining

A social dynamic emerged in the Intag communities of Ecuador. People of the same area were concerned with the impact that the mining would have, both socially and environmentally. So a process of assemblies and workshops began to transform this community.

Protecting Displaced Slum Populations

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.

Bishop Cappio Ends Three-Week Hunger Strike

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.

Two Thumbs Up — Story of Stuff

Annie Leonard’s The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute; fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns.

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