Tag: Equity

Funding Youth-Led Grassroots Movements Fosters Relentless Hope

By Joshua Amponsem, B de Gersigny, Laura García, and Nathan Méténier ‘‘Irrespective of the powers that create climate challenges, youth create space for hope. We continue to prove these powers wrong when we show up, and we continue to create change within our communities.’’ — Jhannel Tomlinson, Global Greengrants Next Generation Climate Board Advisor and […]

Ancestral Knowledge of the Nasa People in Colombia: Protecting Culture and Biodiversity

Article by Júlia de Marins, Learning Coordinator for the Next Generation Climate Advisory Board In the heart of the Colombian Massif, in Tierradentro (Cauca), the Nasa people maintain a deep relationship between spirituality, music, and territory. Yet in recent years, they have witnessed a rapid disappearance of the jaw—an endemic cane used to craft ceremonial […]

From the Ground Up: Accompanying Grassroots Movements Leading Systemic Change

Co-written by Global Greengrants Fund and Grassroots International When hundreds of farmers, fishers, Indigenous leaders, feminists, and workers from 102 countries gathered in Kandy, Sri Lanka, in September 2025 for the Third Nyéléni Global Forum, they carried with them a powerful truth: that solutions to the intertwined crises of climate, hunger, and inequality already exist in […]

Building Youth Media Influence Capacity in Tanzania

Article by Júlia de Marins, Learning Coordinator for the Next Generation Climate Advisory Board The media plays a crucial role in expanding climate education and driving action. Just as important is the work of shifting dominant narratives—moving beyond technical reporting to center justice, lived experience, and community-led solutions. It is fundamental that the perspectives, needs, […]

Simple, Not Easy: Meaningful and lasting gender justice through learning and relationship building

Article by Ursula Miniszewski, Global Greengrants Fund Director of Gender and Equity “It’s important for us to ‘walk the talk’—and this type of learning helps us do that.” – Program manager from Fundo Casa Sociambiental, Global Greengrants regional partner fund in Brazil In honor of International Women’s Day 2024, Global Greengrants Fund launched a working […]

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