Category: Spotlights

Taking on ExxonMobil Around the World

As former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson has his confirmation hearing today for Secretary of State, we want to spotlight some local groups Global Greengrants Fund has supported that are dealing with the company’s global mess of spills, the resulting health impacts, and environmental degradation. These groups provide us with hope that no matter who is […]

Promoting Climate Justice Around the World

Climate change is the biggest environmental and rights threat of our time. But solutions to climate chaos exist on the front lines of the struggle to save our planet. Global Greengrants Fund supports projects to restore forests, resist bad development, and advocate for smart climate policies. We invest in the people who have the most […]

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 […]

The Quiet Dehumanization of the Canadian First Nations People

Words and Photos by Dana Dallavalle, Donor Relationship Manager When will there be a campaign to bring back the Canadian First Nations people, just as they have done for the wolves and the moose? Recently, I spent a long weekend at the Bioneers Conference in California, where Global Greengrants Fund grantee Judy Da Silva spoke about […]

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