Tag: Right to Land Water and Resources

Tune In: What to Add to Your Summer Reading List

As an organization that works to fund environmental defenders from around the world on some of the most pressing issues of our time, it’s no surprise that our staff are passionate individuals who often continue to read up on relevant topics in their spare time. For those interested in grassroots activism and environmental advocacy, our […]

2015 Global Survey of Grassroots Grant Recipients

Global Greengrants Fund has been breaking new ground in environmental grantmaking for more than 20 years. We buck traditional philanthropic models by giving local people in non-industrialized countries the power to decide which projects to back—and how to use our support to advance their health, safety, environments, and rights. Through our network of expert, on-the-ground […]

Activism Around the World: Highlights from June 2016

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. Below are a few grants made recently that we’d like to […]

Activism Around the World: Highlights from May 2016

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. Below are a few grants made recently that we’d like to […]

The Mekong River Is Not For Sale

Photos and words by Gary Wockner “Preserving ‘local knowledge’ is different than westernized ‘nature protection.’ We are protecting people’s habitats, their homes, lives, food, and voices.” – Chak Kineesee, Program and Outreach Director at the Mekong School for Local Knowledge In April of 2016, I traveled to northern Thailand to meet with a Global Greengrants […]

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