Category: Spotlights

Shop Sustainably This Season to Support Greengrants

Green Elements teams up with Chartreuse Products to fundraise for grassroots groups. Owner Suzie Blodgett blogs about why she chose Greengrants and how you, too, can support worthy causes by mindfully choosing how and where to spend money.

Victory in Chile! Court Blocks Power Plant

A proposed thermoelectric plant in northern Chile threatened to contaminate coastal ecosystems and local communities. On Monday, an appeals court shot down the proposal.

Global Greengrants Fund Advisor Wins ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’

Our West Africa Board Advisor, Nnimmo Bassey, has been awarded the 2010 Right Livelihood Award for his work defending communities in the Niger Delta against the exploitative practices of oil and gas corporations. Congratulations on the well-deserved recognition!

Indigenous Rights Leader, Grantee, Faces Unfair Deportation from Peru

Paul McAuley, a British missionary who has worked tirelessly on behalf of Amazonian communities facing invasive oil and gas development, has been accused of ‘inciting unrest’ by the Peruvian government – an offense that has threatened expulsion from his home of more than 20 years.

A New Ally to Push for Justice in ‘Africa’s Most Toxic Place’

Peter Sinkamba is a passionate and accomplished advocate for social and environmental justice in mining-affected communities. He joined the Southern Africa Advisory Board in May 2010.

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