Category: Spotlights

Whose Knowledge Shapes the Future?

  At Global Greengrants Fund, we have learned through decades of partnership with grassroots movements that the most important knowledge rarely fits neatly into predetermined frameworks. It lives in relationships, in memory, in cultural practice, and in deep, place-based understanding. Sometimes, it takes a different kind of map to make that visible. In Ecuador’s Yasuní […]

Our Power, Our Planet: Rooting Climate Action in Communities

  “Our work is long-term. It is not about projects—it is about movements. When donors provide flexible support, communities respond with creativity and appropriateness that no outside expert could prescribe.” – Cristi Nozawa, Samdhana Institute People power fuels profound climate and environmental transformation. When communities cultivate justice, care, and resilience globally, their efforts weave together […]

From One River to Many: What the 2026 Goldman Prize Teaches About Movement Power

For over three decades, the Goldman Environmental Prize has recognized grassroots environmental justice activists for their work to challenge corporate environmental harms, strengthen community-led conservation, and set powerful legal precedents that shift the needle towards global care, healing, and justice. The awards remind the world what real climate leadership looks like: courageous, community-rooted, and often […]

When Rivers Speak: Funding the Frontlines of River Protection

Across the world, rivers move like living memory through landscapes—carrying water, culture, and the lifeblood of communities. They connect forests to oceans, glaciers to farms, and people to place. For many Indigenous Peoples and riverine communities, rivers are not simply resources to be managed, but living relatives. At Global Greengrants Fund, we see this truth […]

Seeds of Change: Women Farmers Cultivating Just and Climate-Resilient Futures

For 30 years, Global Greengrants Fund has stood alongside women and gender-diverse people leading agricultural change in their communities. We know that growing food is about more than planting seeds—it’s about shifting power. We provide sustained, flexible support that helps women farmers thrive and strengthen their communities. Decades of movement solidarity have shown us that […]

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