Tag: Healthy Communities and Ecosystems

From One River to Many: What the 2026 Goldman Prize Teaches About Movement Power

For over three decades, the Goldman Environmental Prize has recognized grassroots environmental justice activists for their work to challenge corporate environmental harms, strengthen community-led conservation, and set powerful legal precedents that shift the needle towards global care, healing, and justice. The awards remind the world what real climate leadership looks like: courageous, community-rooted, and often […]

When Rivers Speak: Funding the Frontlines of River Protection

Across the world, rivers move like living memory through landscapes—carrying water, culture, and the lifeblood of communities. They connect forests to oceans, glaciers to farms, and people to place. For many Indigenous Peoples and riverine communities, rivers are not simply resources to be managed, but living relatives. At Global Greengrants Fund, we see this truth […]

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 […]

Sea the Change: Youth-led Community Engagement for Climate Resilience in Coastal Jamaica

Article by Júlia de Marins, Learning Coordinator for the Next Generation Climate Advisory Board As the world faces escalating climate challenges, local communities hold the power to make big impacts, especially when led by the passion and innovation of young people. In the vibrant coastal town of Falmouth, in Jamaica, Global Greengrants Next Generation Climate […]

Indigenous Women Championing Climate-Resilient Greenhouse Nursery Initiatives in Fiji

Article by Davila Talemaimaleya, Learning Coordinator for the Pacific Islands Advisory Board   Indigenous women in Fiji play a multifaceted and vital role in addressing the impacts of climate change, reflecting their profound connection to land, ocean, culture, and traditional knowledge, as well as their fundamental role within Indigenous communities. Because of this, it is […]

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