Many of our grantees are in locations where there is little inclination to switch from outdated, dirty fossil fuel generators to cleaner, alternative energy sources. In addition to raising awareness of the benefits of alternative energy, several grantees have also been instrumental in creating demonstration and experimental alternative wind and solar energy systems.
La Oroya, Peru is home to the Doe Run smelter and is one of the world’s most contaminated cities. Thanks to community organizing efforts, the workers’ union has gone on strike to protest the mining company’s lack of transparency and accountability.
The Guardian recently published an article by Korinna Horta and Delphine Djiraibe about the Chad-Cameroon pipeline and the impacts it has on local people.
Greengrants’ India Coordinator Madhumita Dutta’s work on the social and environmental costs of “ship breaking” in India was profiled in the December 1, 2006 issue of Lloyd’s List.
Former Greengrants board member Anwar Fazal has been named a recipient of the Gandhi-King-Ikeda Award from Morehouse College.
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