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 […]
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 […]
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? […]
What comes to mind when you think of human rights? The right to life? Freedom? Fairness? By definition human rights belong to every person and include basic rights to air, water, and life, regardless of which country a person calls home. Out of the some 800 community projects Global Greengrants Fund supports annually, those defined […]
On February 13, 2017, the government in Ontario, Canada announced that it is completely committed to identifying mercury contamination near Grassy Narrows and cleaning up the toxins, a big step for the local Canadian First Nations people who have been demanding action for 40 years. Between 1962 and 1970, a paper plant in the city of Dryden […]
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