Tag: Latin America

What Unequal Access to Vaccines Worldwide Means for Environmental Movements

By Alex Grossman, Director of Communications In 2020, the world faced a new challenge, the coronavirus pandemic. A virus that originated in China quickly spread to the most remote corners of the globe, changing the way each and every one of us has lived for the past year. Just one year later, highly effective vaccines […]

Challenging Monoculture in Brazil: COVID-19 Sparks Return to Traditional Cassava

Words by Eduardo Alfredo Moraes Guimarães of The Institute for Human and Integrated Development (ITC), an organization supported by CASA Socio-Environmental Fund (CASA). CASA is Global Greengrants Fund’s grantmaking arm in Brazil. It is a revolutionary act to oppose the monoculture of colonial export agriculture and, at the same time, to revitalize traditional crops such […]

A Changing Climate: The Youth Response in Jamaica

As an island nation, Jamaica is highly vulnerable to the impacts of extreme weather and global climate change. Many young Jamaicans are being left out of climate change conversations, and as a result they are unaware of how climate change will directly impact the future of their communities. Jamaica faces a number of environmental issues, […]

5 Ways Environmental Defenders Show Love for the Planet

At Global Greengrants Fund, we believe that the best solutions to environmental harm and social injustice come from those most impacted. That’s why we invest in the people who eat from the land, who drink the water, and who want to see a better life for their children and generations to come. We are inspired […]

Five Grassroots Environmental Victories of 2020

2020 is a year that will go down in history. From the COVID-19 pandemic to a global reckoning on racial justice, ongoing natural disasters to mass political mobilizations worldwide, there’s no question that it’s been a tough year for the world. Yet, despite it all, the ongoing efforts of grassroots groups on the frontlines of […]

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