Category: News

Global News: The US and China Ratify Paris Climate Agreement

On Saturday September 3, two of the world’s largest economies, the United States and China, formally ratified the Paris agreement.  Anticipating a snowball effect, the joint statement from the two influential countries will likely inspire other countries, such as Brazil and Canada, to ratify the agreement as well. At this rate, it’s anticipated that the […]

How Small Grants Can Make a Big Impact: Taking on Mining in Western Ghana

In 2004, local farmers in western Ghana didn’t exactly welcome an incoming gold mine with open arms, but they didn’t resist when Canadian company Kinross Mining offered them financial compensation in exchange for building the mine on their lands. But three years later, the farmers learned they had been swindled. By then, the underground and […]

Activism Around the World: Highlights from August 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. Bolivia: […]

Majandra Rodriguez Acha on the Power of Youth and Women in Achieving a Sustainable Future

Majandra Rodriguez Acha is one of six advisors to our Next Generation Climate Board, a group of twenty something climate leaders that recommend grants to youth-led climate initiatives all around the world. Majandra, native to Peru, is also a Global Greengrants grantee. A grant in 2015 helped kick-start her organization, TierrActiva Perú. The collective fosters […]

Water on the World’s Fourth Largest Island: Madagascar

Photos and words by Greg Miller, Donor Advised Fund Program Officer Baobab trees and lemurs. Vast parched deserts and wet, dense rainforests. What springs to mind when you think of Madagascar? For me, it’s water. The world’s fourth largest island is home to more than 21 million people, most of whom live on less than […]

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