Kilimanjaro. The highest peak on the African continent is a place of breathtaking beauty that ascends through a variety of climates and ecosystems to over 19,000 feet of elevation. As I landed in Tanzania in early September, I was one of few people on the plane who was not preparing for the strenuous climb up […]
In 2004, local farmers in western Ghana didn’t exactly welcome an incoming gold mine with open arms, but they didn’t resist when Canadian company Kinross Mining offered them financial compensation in exchange for building the mine on their lands. But three years later, the farmers learned they had been swindled. By then, the underground and […]
Majandra Rodriguez Acha is one of six advisors to our Next Generation Climate Board, a group of twenty something climate leaders that recommend grants to youth-led climate initiatives all around the world. Majandra, native to Peru, is also a Global Greengrants grantee. A grant in 2015 helped kick-start her organization, TierrActiva Perú. The collective fosters […]
Just four days before the 2016 Summer Olympics are to kick off in Rio, injustice and corruption in Brazil seems to have gone from bad to worse to horrendous. Government kickbacks. The systematic eviction of families from the city’s favelas, or slums, which are home to 1 in 7 people. And billions of dollars in […]
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. Ghana: […]
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