Category: Spotlights

VICTORY: Plans for Massive Coal Project in Kenya Canceled

On June 26, 2019, a Kenyan tribunal canceled plans to build the country’s first-ever coal fired power plant, citing environmental and public health risks. This immense, hard-fought victory would not have been possible without years of advocacy and resistance by a strong network of anti-coal activist groups across the region. One group that has been […]

Protecting the Heart and Soul of La Antigua Basin

Words by the staff of Fondo Acción Solidaria, A.C. (FASOL). On any given day in Jalcomulco, a small village in Veracruz, Mexico, locals and tourists alike raft and kayak down the Los Pescados River, the designated heart and soul of the local community. Home to Mexico’s national rafting team, the river draws adventure seekers from […]

Divers in Honduras: The Struggle for Disability Rights and Environmental Justice

Words by Ibis Colindres and Yolanda Muñoz People with disabilities are uniquely affected by the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation. And yet, they are routinely left out of efforts to protect rights to a clean and healthy environment. Global Greengrants Fund, in collaboration with the Ford Foundation, is seeding initiatives that recognize the […]

Celebrating the 2019 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners

Congratulations to the 2019 Goldman Environmental Prize Recipients for their incredible leadership to protect both people and our shared planet! The Goldman Environmental Prize is a true honor, the world’s largest award honoring grassroots environmental activists. This year, at Global Greengrants Fund, we are particularly thrilled to acknowledge Prize winners Ana Colovic Lesoska and Jacqui […]

Ogoni Women Seed Hope in Niger Delta

By Julia Woods, Communications Specialist Update: In September 2021, Martha Agbani’s story was featured in the New York Times. Read the spotlight here. A group of women who call Ogoniland, Nigeria home are determined to return their land and rivers to the beautiful, pristine landscape it once was – before decades of oils spills contaminated […]

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