By Jenna Daucunas, Development Database Associate I recently had the opportunity to speak with Violet Matiru, an advisor on our East Africa Advisory Board, who was visiting the Boulder office from Kenya. Violet has worked with Global Greengrants Fund recommending grantees for over 16 years, and has a wealth of knowledge about the overall impact […]
Congratulations to the winners of the 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize for their efforts to safeguard the environment and their communities. We’re especially proud to acknowledge Rodrigo Tot, the 2017 prizewinner from Guatemala, who helped lead his community to a landmark court decision protecting local indigenous land rights and preventing the expansion of an environmentally destructive […]
By Terry Odendahl, President and CEO Late last month, President Trump signed an executive order to reverse President Obama’s climate change efforts and revive the coal industry, pulling back American leadership in international efforts to take action on global warming. On Saturday, April 29th, 100 days into the new U.S. administration, hundreds of thousands around […]
The Pacific region is home to hundreds of small islands, over 500 languages, and incredible ecological and cultural diversity. Indigenous communities and fragile ecosystems in the region are enormously threatened by the impacts of climate change, industrial logging, palm oil expansion, and a lack of corporate accountability. But local people in the Pacific Islands have […]
Update: Investors who had been supporting the Agua Zarca dam project withdrew funding in June 2017 after international outrage and pressure to pull out of the project as a result of Berta’s murder. Find out more here. A year ago, our dear friend and grantee Berta Cáceres was gunned down in her home. Her crime? […]
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