Tag: Latin America

Activism around the World: Highlights from March 2017

Each year Global Greengrants Fund makes over 800 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 this month. […]

Improving Access to Clean Water Worldwide $12 at a Time

Over 700 million people around the world lack access to the one thing all people need to survive – water. Today, on World Water Day, the world is recognizing efforts to tackle the water access crisis. Today also marks the beginning of Aveda Earth Month. For more than a decade, Aveda and Global Greengrants Fund have partnered […]

Supporting Local Women as Agents of Change

At Global Greengrants Fund we partner with select responsible businesses to create lasting sustainability in communities around the world. We are excited about our most recent corporate partnership with the Avery Dennison Foundation as we work together to support local change with a global impact. Together, Avery Dennison and Global Greengrants Fund are supporting seven women-led grantee groups […]

4 Female Environmental Defenders Who Inspire Us

On International Women’s Day we celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities. Here at Global Greengrants Fund, over half of our grantmaking dollars help women advance their rights to a clean environment. Below are four women leaders we’ve supported in […]

Berta, Presente! How We Support Environmental Activists On the Frontlines

  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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