For 25 years, Global Greengrants Fund has awarded funding to grassroots-level organizations around the world utilizing a process and model that is the opposite of most funders. Tapping into a network of global advisors – experts with connections on the ground – to source groups, Global Greengrants Fund finds activists on the frontlines, working from […]
By Alex Grossman, Director of Communications On Monday, October 8, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a U.N. – sponsored group of the world’s top scientists, released a much-anticipated report on our warming world. And the verdict? We only have 12 years left – at the most – to change our habits, halt the steadily […]
Governments and corporations spend trillions of dollars in support of mining operations, oil development, hydroelectric dams, and other large-scale projects that threaten the environment, access to clean water, and land treasured by local people. Policies of resource extraction, land grabbing, and privatization have put basic human rights to life-giving resources at great risk and led to unprecedented […]
On August 30, 2018, the Canadian Court of Appeal overturned the approval of the highly controversial Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline, siding unanimously with indigenous groups who have been fighting the project for years. Citing the government’s failure to consult with First Nations communities, the Court ruled to stop the expansion projects indefinitely. The decision […]
Words by Tatiana Rodríguez Maldonado of the Global Greengrants Fund Andes Advisory Board. Tatiana is a political scientist and a researcher on the environment, security, armed conflict, human rights and communication. She has worked in CENSAT Agua Viva – Friends of the Earth Colombia, as the coordinator of the Mining Area, supporting communities in the […]
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