By Alex Grossman, Director of Communications On June 20, 2019, members of Grassy Narrows First Nation marched through downtown Toronto demanding that the Canadian government uphold their promise to clean up the mercury contaminating the Wabigoon River. Between 1962 and 1970, a paper mill upstream from Grassy Narrows dumped 20,000 pounds of mercury into the […]
By Alex Grossman, Director of Communications In March 2019, Cyclone Idai made landfall in Southern Africa, wreaking havoc across Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe. It has been named one of the worst natural disasters to hit the Southern hemisphere ever in recorded human history. The cyclone caused flooding and landslides, ruined crops and roads, killed hundreds, […]
By Julia Woods, Communications Specialist Update: In September 2021, Martha Agbani’s story was featured in the New York Times. Read the spotlight here. A group of women who call Ogoniland, Nigeria home are determined to return their land and rivers to the beautiful, pristine landscape it once was – before decades of oils spills contaminated […]
Protecting Indigenous rights to land, water, and resources is a long-term investment in Planet Earth. And yet, Indigenous voices are often excluded when it comes to decision-making around their own ancestral lands. In the Kahuzi Biega Forest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, one community fought to overcome huge hurdles to continue to live […]
Words by Jodie Stempel, GGF UK Intern. Meet Shamiso Mupara: local environmental defender with a vision for change for her village in Zimbabwe. Shamiso and her family grew up in Marange, an area affected by large-scale diamond operations. The village has experienced many political and environmental consequences as a result of diamond mining – including polluted […]
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