Tag: Local Livelihoods

A Different Kind of Success: Taking on the Belo Monte Dam

  The Brazilian dam of Belo Monte is well known worldwide, mostly for its controversial environmental impacts and the ongoing efforts of indigenous communities to resist the project. Here’s a look at the indigenous struggle against the Belo Monte hydropower plant, a fight Global Greengrants Fund has supported with over 20 grants and almost $90,000 […]

Water Over Diamonds: A Landmark Ruling in Zimbabwe

The African continent is home to 65% of the world’s diamonds, and is notorious for forced labor, corruption, and conflict surrounding the production and sale of the precious stones. Zimbabwe is one of the top diamond producing countries in the world, but in the past few years has been holding companies accountable for operating legally […]

Tune In: What to Add to Your Reading List (Part II)

It’s July. And here at our headquarters in the northern hemisphere that means that we’re smack dab in the middle of summer. Days are hot, and our cravings for popsicles and beach reads are the strongest they’ve been all year. For those looking for a little more insight from your reading material this season, look […]

Activism around the World: Highlights from July 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. Here are three exciting projects we’ve supported this month. Democratic Republic of the Congo: “A Girl and a Tree” […]

Our Future is in their Hands

Imagine a place where every day the sky is grey and overcast. No sun peeking through, no blue tint of any kind – just one uniformly grey cloud hanging heavy over the land below. That place exists. Eight months out of the year, the city of Lima, Peru is shrouded by a grey sky, fondly, […]

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