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Activism around the World: Highlights from November 2016

Each year Global Greengrants Fund makes over 700 grants to environmental activists around the world, helping to support grassroots initiatives to protect the planet and the rights of the people who call these natural places home. We wish we could share every single story with you. Here are three exciting projects we’ve supported recently. Indonesia: […]

Our Changing Arctic: Indigenous Leaders on Life on the Front Lines of Climate Change

The Arctic Ocean and its seas are among the world’s most vulnerable ecosystems, facing multiple threats from climate change, increased commercial shipping and fishing, and expanded offshore drilling. These activities decimate the precious Arctic environment, and impact the whales, polar bears, seals, bird species, and fish who live there. They also threaten the existence of […]

Beyond the Vote: Tomorrow We Rise

By Katy Neusteter, Director of Communications Today, the phone calls from friends and family are starting to trickle in. My email is still quieter than usual. I am struggling to organize my thoughts. To paraphrase the novelist Attica Locke: “I am not crushed. I am awake.” I am awake to the fact that freedom, empathy, and […]

Update from Vanuatu: Rebuilding After Cyclone Pam

On March 14, 2015, Cyclone Pam pummeled the small island nation of Vanuatu in the South Pacific. The worst cyclone on record left thousands of people without shelter, food, or drinkable water. The Red Cross estimated that at least half of the country’s population was left without housing, and the cost of a new house […]

What to Read Before Marrakech

As seas continue to rise, temperatures increase, and life-changing storms become more commonplace, the need to take drastic action on climate change becomes more urgent. While Global Greengrants Fund continues to support those on the front lines implement localized solutions, the world prepares for continued conversations about action at a global level. The 22nd session […]

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