Tag: Healthy Communities and Ecosystems

Clean Energy Solutions: Solar-Powered Transportation Through the Amazon Rainforest

Traditionally, the Achuar people in Ecuador were semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers, traveling by foot or by canoe. Since missionaries arrived in their territory 50 years ago, the lives of the Achuar have changed dramatically- moving into settled communities with access to radio, internet, and air travel. However, travel by boat is still a regular part of daily […]

Promoting Climate Justice Around the World

Climate change is the biggest environmental and rights threat of our time. But solutions to climate chaos exist on the front lines of the struggle to save our planet. Global Greengrants Fund supports projects to restore forests, resist bad development, and advocate for smart climate policies. We invest in the people who have the most […]

Standing Up to Hazardous Waste Dumping in South Africa

Words by Liziwe McDaid, Coordinator of the Southern Africa Advisory Board, and Allison Davis, Deputy Director of Programs Noxious fumes, contaminated water, sick children. For residents of the KwaZulu Natal Province of Durban, South Africa, the above are a regular part of daily life. Liquid that seeps through an industrial landfill near their homes produces […]

Our Changing Arctic: Indigenous Leaders on Life on the Front Lines of Climate Change

The Arctic Ocean and its seas are among the world’s most vulnerable ecosystems, facing multiple threats from climate change, increased commercial shipping and fishing, and expanded offshore drilling. These activities decimate the precious Arctic environment, and impact the whales, polar bears, seals, bird species, and fish who live there. They also threaten the existence of […]

Deconstructing Jargon: Capacity Building and Awareness Raising in Burkina Faso

Photos and words by Robert Riker, Grants Associate If you Google the phrases capacity building and awareness raising, you’ll be hard pressed to find a universally accepted definition—or any definition at all. I see these two phrases all the time in grant proposals at Global Greengrants,but even I’ve struggled to understand the full meaning of […]

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