Over 700 million people around the world lack access to the one thing all people need to survive – water. Today, on World Water Day, the world is recognizing efforts to tackle the water access crisis. Today also marks the beginning of Aveda Earth Month. For more than a decade, Aveda and Global Greengrants Fund have partnered […]
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? […]
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. We wish we could share every single story with you. Here are three exciting projects we’ve supported recently. Costa […]
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 […]
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