Tag: Asia

Food sovereignty for persons with disabilities in Sinduadi, Indonesia

The Disability Rights and Climate Justice (DRCJ) Advisory Board at Global Greengrants Fund is a global board founded in 2022 that encourages intersectional connections between disability rights and climate justice movements. In this blog series, we hear directly from those grantee partners, digging deeper into their contexts, their strategies for supporting disability rights and environmental justice, and […]

Celebrating the 2023 Goldman Prize winners

Congratulations to the 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize winners! Since 1989, the Goldman Prize has awarded an annual prize to grassroots environmental defenders from all over the world for their work to protect and enhance the natural environment. Each year, we are honored to see that many of the Goldman Prize winners are connected to Global […]

Earth Day Around the World

Photo credit: Elizabeth Weber At Global Greengrants Fund, Earth Day is every day. From Indigenous communities protecting the Amazon from deforestation to local communities in Ghana opposing the expansion of mining projects to groups in the Pacific educating their communities about climate resilience, we are supporting those who are on the frontlines of defending and […]

Two Global Greengrants Fund Grantees are Mentioned in The New York Times

Recently two Global Greengrants Fund grantees were profiled in The New York Times for their outstanding work protecting both people and planet. Protecting Orangutans in the Leuser Ecosystem The article, “Fleeting Glimpses of Indonesia’s Endangered Orangutans”, features Greengrants grantee, Panut Hadisiswoyo, founder of the Orangutan Information Centre (OIC) in Sumatra. The OIC works to protect […]

Congratulations to the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners

Congratulations to the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize winners! The Goldman Environmental Prize is the world’s foremost award honoring grassroots environmental activists and their extraordinary efforts to protect and enhance the natural world. This year, we’re pleased to see two Global Greengrants Fund grantees on the list: Maida Bilal and Kimiko Hirata. Maida Bilal, Bosnia and […]

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