Category: Spotlights

Inside the Battle to Protect Peru’s Coastline

By Julia Woods, Communications Specialist Under the billowing gray clouds a few hours outside of Lima, Peru sits a coastal community called Chancay. Formerly a pre-Colombian architectural civilization, Chancay has transformed into a modernized port town as a result of sweeping urbanization from Lima. The Santa Rosa wetland, located along the coast of Chancay, is […]

Behind the Scenes: Promoting Healthy Food Systems in Croatia

Words by Natalija Svrtan, President of Zemljane Staze (Earth Trek) The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light the importance of maintaining health and boosting the body’s immune system. Similarly, the pandemic has demonstrated how fragile the global food supply system can be in times of crisis. With closed borders, the residents of many countries worldwide […]

Action on Climate Change: The Power of Collaboration

The threat of climate change worldwide is growing, and women are impacted uniquely and disproportionately. To elevate their voices, mobilize resources to female frontline activists, and enact change now, we need collaboration across sectors. In other words, a new kind of partnership. Meet the Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action, GAGGA for short. GAGGA […]

Five Ways Environmental Activists are Responding to COVID-19

Across the world, our grantees are acting today for a brighter tomorrow. At Global Greengrants Fund, we trust the instincts of local people. The current pandemic is no different, and we continue to give money to communities and individuals to be used in the ways they deem fit. In response to COVID-19, our grantees are […]

Deadly Dunes: The Risks of Standing Up for Justice in Pondoland, South Africa

Welcome to Pondoland, South Africa’s least economically developed region. What the region lacks in infrastructure, it makes up for in natural resources. Ecologists have named the region the Pondoland Center for Plant Endemism, home to many species found nowhere else in the world. While beautiful, Pondoland is also home to violence and strife. Transworld Mining, […]

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