Father Arana of GRUFIDES, a grassroots group in Peru working on issues of extractive mining impacts, has been threatened by masked men and followed a mining company vehicle from the Yanacocha Mine, owned by Newmont Mining Corporation.
Greengrants grantees NAPE and Save Mabira Crusade organize a protest to protect the Mabira Forest Reserve from a sugarcane plantation. While the protest turned violent, the government is now slowly moving towards protection of this vulnerable and ecologically diverse forest that many people rely on for their livelihoods.
The Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change has laid out devastating scenarios that will result from global warming in India. Read an article by a grantee that calls for action on the issue.
Actor Josh Lucas hosts an Earth Month event for Aveda–and Greengrants! Check out the coverage.
Most people think of climate change as an enormous issue that can only be addressed on a global level. How can small grants of $500 or even $5,000 make a difference to such a monumental challenge? We believe local action through small grants can make a big difference. Since 2000, Greengrants has given well over […]
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