Tag: Latin America

A Tribute to a Brilliant LEADER: Remembering Glenn Switkes

Glenn Switkes, a longtime ally of Global Greengrants Fund and estimable activist, passed away last month. Glenn was passionately committed to defending the Amazon rainforest, rivers, and indigenous peoples, and is remembered fondly as “a river warrior with unbreakable passion.”

Help Needed in Haiti After Earthquake

Greengrants recognizes the critical importance of responding to the disastrous earthquake in Haiti that occurred on Tuesday, January 12th.

What’s at Stake in Copenhagen?

December 7, 2009, marks the beginning of two weeks of global climate change discussions in Copenhagen, Denmark. The 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Greengrants Grantee Vitae Civilis Prepares for Copenhagen

Vitae Civilis, a Greengrants Brazil grantee and organization of former advisor Rubens Born, is part of a larger coalition of environmental groups and humanitarian organizations calling for a strong agreement to come out of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this December.

How Brazil’s Grassroots Environmentalism is Making an Impact

The Center for Socio-Environmental Support (CASA), the Brazilian member of the Greengrants Alliance of Funds, is supporting effective action and ways of life that are already making a difference. Though often obscured by economies of scale, these movements are cooling the planet and building the foundation for a more sustainable economic model the world needs to survive the future.

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