Bulletins from Bolivia: A Community Rallies to Protect Their Land
A gold mine threatens a farming town in western Bolivia. Grassroots groups are pulling out all the stops to keep it from happening. Public opinion is shifting…and there is hope.
Grantee’s Film Featured in International Online Film Festival
The film Blue Gold changed the course of a proposed mining project in British Columbia. Now you can celebrate this production by watching and voting for it in the Green Unplugged online film festival.
A Community of Action in the High Plains of Bolivia
Three groups in Bolivia are changing the face of the local environmental movement. On a most basic level, they share office space. But it’s the dynamic of a centralized community of activists that seems to hold promise in “the fight for our future.”
Undermining Access to Land by Mining and Oil Extraction
In Western Africa, most people are in rural areas, where they live completely from their land. The global hunger for oil, minerals, and other of Africa’s resources is pushing millions off their land.
Water Warriors: Champions of the Mekong River
Over 60 million people depend on the Mekong River and its tributaries for water, food, transport, and income. The proposed Xayaburi Dam would forever change the Lower Mekong. Thankfully, these grassroots activists aren’t sitting quietly.