Tag: Women’s Environmental Action

Activism Around the World: Highlights from August 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 with you. Here are three exciting projects we’ve supported recently. Bolivia: […]

Majandra Rodriguez Acha on the Power of Youth and Women in Achieving a Sustainable Future

Majandra Rodriguez Acha is one of six advisors to our Next Generation Climate Board, a group of twenty something climate leaders that recommend grants to youth-led climate initiatives all around the world. Majandra, native to Peru, is also a Global Greengrants grantee. A grant in 2015 helped kick-start her organization, TierrActiva Perú. The collective fosters […]

Indigenous People Tried to Turn the Tables and Save Lake Poopó

Fishing boats used to abound on Lake Poopó in Bolivia’s dry altiplano. The lake was the lifeblood for the Uru-Murato indigenous people, who survived off the lake’s abundant fish and flamingo populations. But years of rising temperatures, poorly planned irrigation techniques, and mining took their toll. The fish died, the water receded, and finally, last […]

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 […]

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