China’s Emerging Environmental Movement
Article featuring Green Camel Bell, Greengrants Grantee in China who has been receiving grants since 2004.
To Go Green is Glorious
China is not a country where ordinary people have much chance to influence government, and being an activist can be risky. But when it comes to environmental lobbying, there are signs the system may be changing, reports Mukul Devichand in this BBC article.
Big, Bad Hydro
In this Forbes Magazine article on the problems of hydro power, Peter Hartmann of Comité Nacional Pro Defensa de La Fauna y Flora (CODEFF) a Greengrants grantee, is featured. CODEFF has received nearly $15,000 in grants since 2005 on the Patagonia dam issue.
An Interview with Basilwizi Trust, Zimbabwe
Since 2002, Greengrants has been made nearly $15,000 in small grants to the Basilwizi Trust in Zimbabwe. These grants have helped support the Tonga people who have been displaced by the Kariba Dam project. Read an interview with Boniface Mutale, director of Basilwizi Trust.
Aveda and Global Greengrants Fund: Lighting the Way to Corporate Philanthropy
It’s becoming more popular – and lucrative – for corporations to jump on the “fair trade”, “organic” bandwagon, even if they ride on it only for a short while. As profit-driven jargon becomes more ubiquitous, it’s hard to recognize who is adopting new beh