The Alliance Funds are Making Their Mark
In Brazil and Southeast Asia, advisors for Global Greengrants Fund have been pioneering the creation of local environmental grantmaking organizations for grassroots and community action.
Interview with Chip Fay, Executive Director of the Samdhana Institute
Paul C. Fay Jr, more popularly known as Chip, is a Senior Policy Analyst at The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), and Executive Director Samdhana, one of the Greengrants Alliance Funds.
Kenya: Local Fishermen Unite Against Environmentally Destructive Trawlers
The Malindi Marine Association (MaMa) began its existence in 1999 in a donated office space, with borrowed furniture and a budget which extended only as far as two volunteers could contribute from their personal bank accounts. However, thanks in part to funds from Greengrants, MaMa has been able to make a real difference in preserving […]
Papua New Guinea: Kimbe Bay Community Sets Aside Marine Protection Areas
With the help of Greengrants funding, Mahonia Na Dari, a community-based organization in Papua New Guinea’s Kimbe Bay, has brought together community members, educators and international researchers to establish 23 protected marine areas. They have also started an education program so successful that Papua New Guineaís government integrated it into the national school curriculum. In […]
New York Times Explores the Real Cost of Gold
A recent New York Times series explored the environmental and other costs of gold mining around the world.