Tag: Latin America

Activism Around the World: Highlights from February 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 recently. Costa […]

Activism around the World: Highlights from January 2017

  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. […]

Clean Energy Solutions: Solar-Powered Transportation Through the Amazon Rainforest

Traditionally, the Achuar people in Ecuador were semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers, traveling by foot or by canoe. Since missionaries arrived in their territory 50 years ago, the lives of the Achuar have changed dramatically- moving into settled communities with access to radio, internet, and air travel. However, travel by boat is still a regular part of daily […]

4 Grassroots Environmental Wins of 2016 – and 1 Miss

2016 was a big year for those standing up for the environment and human rights. Major victories were achieved, providing cause for celebration. There were also devastating failures, giving even more urgency to our efforts to protect the environment and the rights of local people who depend on it. Many of the stories below have […]

Standing Up to Hazardous Waste Dumping in South Africa

Words by Liziwe McDaid, Coordinator of the Southern Africa Advisory Board, and Allison Davis, Deputy Director of Programs Noxious fumes, contaminated water, sick children. For residents of the KwaZulu Natal Province of Durban, South Africa, the above are a regular part of daily life. Liquid that seeps through an industrial landfill near their homes produces […]

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