Author: Global Greengrants Fund

Meet an Advisor: 4 Questions with Lalaina Rakotoson

An advisor on Global Greengrants’ East Africa Advisory Board, Lalaina Rakotoson is also the founder and Vice President of the Development and Environmental Law Center in Madagascar. She is an environmental justice lawyer and Fulbright scholar with a broad range of experience working on environmental issues that impact communities, including climate change, marine and coastal […]

Supporting Local Women as Agents of Change

At Global Greengrants Fund we partner with select responsible businesses to create lasting sustainability in communities around the world. We are excited about our most recent corporate partnership with the Avery Dennison Foundation as we work together to support local change with a global impact. Together, Avery Dennison and Global Greengrants Fund are supporting seven women-led grantee groups […]

Why Fund Youth Action on Climate in the Pacific Islands

The Pacific region is home to hundreds of small islands, over 500 languages, and incredible ecological and cultural diversity. Indigenous communities and fragile ecosystems in the region are enormously threatened by the impacts of climate change, industrial logging, palm oil expansion, and a lack of corporate accountability. But local people in the Pacific Islands have […]

4 Female Environmental Defenders Who Inspire Us

On International Women’s Day we celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities. Here at Global Greengrants Fund, over half of our grantmaking dollars help women advance their rights to a clean environment. Below are four women leaders we’ve supported in […]

Berta, Presente! How We Support Environmental Activists On the Frontlines

  Update: Investors who had been supporting the Agua Zarca dam project withdrew funding in June 2017 after international outrage and pressure to pull out of the project as a result of Berta’s murder. Find out more here.  A year ago, our dear friend and grantee Berta Cáceres was gunned down in her home. Her crime? […]

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