Tag: The Pacific Islands

Celebrating the 2019 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners

Congratulations to the 2019 Goldman Environmental Prize Recipients for their incredible leadership to protect both people and our shared planet! The Goldman Environmental Prize is a true honor, the world’s largest award honoring grassroots environmental activists. This year, at Global Greengrants Fund, we are particularly thrilled to acknowledge Prize winners Ana Colovic Lesoska and Jacqui […]

Women Fight Impacts of Climate Change with Vital Mangroves

By Julie Dugdale, freelance journalist. Excerpted from “Our Voices, Our Environment: The State of Funding for Women’s Environmental Action” Mangroves are an invaluable part of Papua New Guinea’s coastal communities and marine ecosystems. The carefully evolved root system of a mangrove forest provides a habitat for fish and wildlife that support local livelihoods, like those […]

25 Years, 25 Victories

As we launch into 2019, here at Global Greengrants Fund we are taking a minute to look back before we look into the future.   Together, with our global network, we have built one of the most effective grassroots movements to eradicate environmental harm and social injustice. In recognition of 25 years of grantmaking and […]

Meet the Women Protecting Vanuatu’s Resources for Future Generations

Located in the South Pacific, the small, low-lying islands of Vanuatu are home to immense cultural and ecological diversity. However, these beautiful islands and the locals who call them home are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, natural disasters, population growth, and the threat of a growing tourism industry. Maintaining traditional knowledge and […]

Activism around the World: Highlights from February 2018

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. Peru: Indigenous Women Lead a Fight against Overexploitation In the […]

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