Category: Spotlights

Grassy Narrows Celebrates Canadian Government’s Commitment to Mercury Cleanup

On February 13, 2017, the government in Ontario, Canada announced that it is completely committed to identifying mercury contamination near Grassy Narrows and cleaning up the toxins, a big step for the local Canadian First Nations people who have been demanding action for 40 years. Between 1962 and 1970, a paper plant in the city of Dryden […]

From Durban to Denver: Acting Together for Environmental Justice

In September 2016, I traveled to Durban, South Africa to join grantmaking advisors working with Global Greengrants Fund around the world for several days of conversations about climate change, fossil fuels, the safety of environmental defenders, and our ongoing work together. While joining hundreds of thousands of people at the Women’s March on Colorado, I […]

Movements around the World: Highlights from January 2017

  Each year Global Greengrants Fund makes over 700 grants to environmental defenders around the world, helping to support grassroots initiatives to protect the planet and the rights of the people who call these natural places home. We wish we could share every single story with you. Here are three exciting projects we’ve supported recently. […]

Promoting Climate Justice Around the World

Climate change is the biggest environmental and rights threat of our time. But solutions to climate chaos exist on the front lines of the struggle to save our planet. Global Greengrants Fund supports projects to restore forests, resist bad development, and advocate for smart climate policies. We invest in the people who have the most […]

Movements around the World: Highlights from November 2016

Each year Global Greengrants Fund makes over 700 grants to environmental defenders around the world, helping to support grassroots initiatives to protect the planet and the rights of the people who call these natural places home. We wish we could share every single story with you. Here are three exciting projects we’ve supported recently. Indonesia: […]

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