Category: Successes

Seeking Environmental Justice in South Africa

by Michael Kramer-Duffield In the heavily industrialized area of South Durban, many communities have banded together over the last decade to bring attention to and find remedies for the great harm they have incurred from living in the midst of often careless and poisonous industries. The South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA) has been the […]

Ecuador: Altervia Helps Rural Communities Develop Alternative Energy

While many countries suffer from a lack of energy resources, Ecuador suffers, in a sense, from both the lack and the availability of energy. On the one hand, many rural villages simply do not have access to inexpensive energy sources that would allow them to improve their quality of life. According to a 2001 World […]

Highlights from the Greengrants Advisory Board Retreat

This past April, global and regional representatives of Greengrants’ network of advisors met in Amsterdam to share ideas, strategies and plans for the future.

Mexico: Indigenous Seri Turtle Program Wins Prize

Gabriel Hoeffer, a 24-year old member of the isolated Seri (Cocmaác) tribe of northwest Sonora, Mexico, recently won his countryís National Prize for Indigenous Youth. His efforts to rally the Seri community to protect sea turtles have gained the cooperation of local fishermen and brought international attention to his work. In 2003, Hoeffer and his […]

Nonette Royo Selected as Donella Meadows Leadership Fellow

Nonette Royo, Greengrants Southeast Asia Advisory Board Coordinator and founding member of the Samdhana Institute(Greengrants’ Alliance Fund member) was recently selected to participate in the 2005-2006 Donella Meadows Leadership Fellows Program at the Su

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