Category: Spotlights

Congratulations to the 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners

Congratulations to the 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winners! The Goldman Environmental Prize is the world’s foremost award honoring grassroots environmental activists and their extraordinary efforts to protect and enhance the natural world. This year, we are especially thrilled to see three Global Greengrants Fund grantees on the list: Chibeze Ezekiel, Nemonte Nenquimo, and Paul Sein […]

To Listen is to Learn: What We Can Learn from Indigenous Peoples Across the African Continent

At Global Greengrants Fund, our mission is to mobilize resources worldwide to protect our shared planet and work towards a more equitable world. One of the ways in which we do this is by awarding grants to activists on the frontlines of environmental and social injustices, often to those who lack access to resources through […]

Strength in Adaptation: Lessons from the Grassroots

No matter who you are, or where you live, the past six months have forced everyone on earth to adapt to a world changed by the COVID-19 pandemic. For our grantees, new challenges have arisen along with the virus, including access to food, education around sanitation, and increased risks associated with continued resource extraction by […]

Greengrants’ Grantee Named to the TIME 100 List

  For nearly 20 years, TIME Magazine has been compiling and sharing a list of the year’s 100 most influential people. In creating the 2020 list, TIME acknowledged the fact that 2020 has been a year of multiple crises taking place across the world, all at once. Therefore, the 2020 list includes the heads of […]

Victory in Lebanon: Bisri Valley Dam Canceled

By Julia Woods, Communications Specialist The beautiful Bisri Valley near Beirut is considered one of the most biodiverse and culturally significant landscapes in Lebanon, and many local farmers depend on the land for survival. Unfortunately, the valley is threatened by the proposed construction of a $617 million mega-dam project, approved by the World Bank back […]

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