Photos and words by Greg Miller, Donor Advised Fund Program Officer Baobab trees and lemurs. Vast parched deserts and wet, dense rainforests. What springs to mind when you think of Madagascar? For me, it’s water. The world’s fourth largest island is home to more than 21 million people, most of whom live on less than […]
For people living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, July 25 was a day to celebrate. The World Bank suspended support for a mega-dam called Inga 3, which had the potential to cause massive environmental degradation and threaten the social fabric of the local communities. Global Greengrants Fund, along with our partners at International […]
Oceans are home to over half of all life on earth. Yet, as oceans are mined, oil drilled, polluted, and overfished the negative impacts to people’s livelihoods and marine ecosystems are increasing. Here are a handful of ways Global Greengrants’ grantees are working to protect oceans and conserve marine life around the world. Protecting the […]
Each year Global Greengrants Fund makes over 700 grants to environmental activists around the world, helping to support grassroots initiatives to protect the planet and the rights of the people who call these natural places home. We wish we could share every single story with you. Here are three exciting projects we’ve supported recently. Ghana: […]
Climate change is arguably the most critical and far-reaching issue facing humanity and our planet. But you might not know it by looking at how much foundations on the whole spend to address it. Across the United States, United Kingdom, and Europe, philanthropy on climate change issues is just 0.8 percent to 2.2 percent of […]
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