Category: Spotlights

How Women Light the Way in Uganda

Around the world, 700 million people live without access to something none of us can live without – water. Aveda and Global Greengrants Fund come together each April for Aveda Earth Month to protect clean water, raising money to support locally-led projects worldwide. As part of Earth Month, Aveda donates 100% of the purchase price […]

Justice for Grassy Narrows

  Meet Judy DaSilva – mother, indigenous woman, water defender. Judy is 55 years old, mother to five children, and a resident of Grassy Narrows in Ontario, Canada. She and the other First Nations people have built their way of life around the Wabigoon River, a breathtaking body of water which sweeps through the forested […]

Three Ways to Celebrate International Women’s Day

Today, March 8, is International Women’s Day, and the theme this year is: “Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives”. This year, we’re calling for more equality and justice worldwide, supporting those who are leading movements for action. And we’re not alone. People worldwide are mobilizing for a future that is more […]

Activism around the World: Highlights from February 2018

Each year Global Greengrants Fund makes over 800 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. Here are three exciting projects we’ve supported this month. Peru: Indigenous Women Lead a Fight against Overexploitation In the […]

Taking on Asbestos in Chile

By Julia Woods, Communications Specialist Pizarreño is a very well-known roofing company in the cultural history of Chile. Similarly to how tissues are colloquially referred to as “Kleenex” in the United States, in Chile, roofs are referred to as “Pizarreños.” What’s less well known? The impact the company has had on the health and lives […]

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