For 25 years, Global Greengrants Fund has awarded funding to grassroots-level organizations around the world utilizing a process and model that is the opposite of most funders. Tapping into a network of global advisors – experts with connections on the ground – to source groups, Global Greengrants Fund finds grassroots groups on the frontlines, working […]
Words by Jodie Stempel, GGF UK Intern. Meet Shamiso Mupara: local environmental defender with a vision for change for her village in Zimbabwe. Shamiso and her family grew up in Marange, an area affected by large-scale diamond operations. The village has experienced many political and environmental consequences as a result of diamond mining – including polluted […]
Words by Tatiana Rodríguez Maldonado of the Global Greengrants Fund Andes Advisory Board. Tatiana is a political scientist and a researcher on the environment, security, armed conflict, human rights and communication. She has worked in CENSAT Agua Viva – Friends of the Earth Colombia, as the coordinator of the Mining Area, supporting communities in the […]
Solutions to climate change exist on the frontlines of the battle to save our planet. Grassroots women leaders are already stepping up to the challenge. Global Greengrants stands in solidarity with these leaders and promotes their rights to, and solutions for a safe, healthy, and clean environment. Global Greengrants supports over 300 women-led projects per year to protect […]
By Julia Woods, Communications Specialist Located in the South Pacific, the small, low-lying islands of Vanuatu are home to immense cultural and ecological diversity. However, these beautiful islands and the locals who call them home are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, natural disasters, population growth, and the threat of a growing tourism […]
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