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How women in rural India are adapting to a changing climate 24 Jun 2013 | 10:44 pm
Rucha Chitnis is the South Asia Program Director of Women’s Earth Alliance, a nonprofit that mobilizes resources to grassroots, women-led groups working at the intersection of women’s rights, food sov...
India’s Dayamani Barla wins the first Ellen L. Lutz Indigenous Rights Award 17 May 2013 | 04:29 am
Pioneering Indian journalist and indigenous activist Dayamani Barla will receive Cultural Survival’s first-ever Ellen L. Lutz Indigenous Rights Award on May 23 in recognition of her outstanding human ...
Why indigenous activists fight 13 May 2013 | 10:54 pm
Ivan Torafing is an advisor with Global Greengrants Fund’s Next Generation Climate Board and an indigenous youth leader for Asia Pacific Indigenous Youth Network. For indigenous peoples, criminalizat...
Terry Odendahl: Council on Foundations’ annual conference and the politics of philanthropy 11 Apr 2013 | 09:46 pm
Executive Director Terry Odendahl reports from the Council on Foundations annual conference. Read her thoughts on why U.S. foundations should pay more attention to the rest of the world.
Women farmers: the invisible face of agriculture in India 9 Apr 2013 | 07:55 pm
Women manage every aspect of farm work, but are not considered farmers. They toil in the fields—planting, sowing, weeding, and harvesting—but are not landowners. But in fact, the majority of the femal...
How clean water is changing lives in one Indian village 3 Apr 2013 | 07:04 pm
Paul Hendricks is Global Greengrants Fund’s Donor Advised Funds Manager. He traveled to Tilwari, India, in November 2012 to visit projects funded through the organization’s partnership with Aveda. Pau...
Q&A: Terry Odendahl on what women’s rights have to do with the environment 8 Mar 2013 | 07:48 pm
In honor of International Women's Day 2013, our outspoken Executive Director talks about the relationship between women’s rights and environmental activism, and why Global Greengrants Fund is prioriti...
Women in India: How grassroots groups are strengthening food security 8 Mar 2013 | 12:30 am
This is the first in a four-part series on women's role in agriculture in India. Rucha Chitnis is the South Asia Program Director of Women’s Earth Alliance and an advisor to Global Greengrants Fund. S...
The Next Generation Climate Board: grants to end climate change 21 Feb 2013 | 09:47 pm
Climate change is already altering life on our planet. Sea levels are rising, storms are striking with unprecedented intensity, and farmlands are becoming virtual deserts. In Africa alone, as many as ...
Niger Delta community wins landmark ruling against Shell 21 Feb 2013 | 09:37 pm
A Dutch court ruled on January 30 that Royal Dutch Shell is responsible for a series of spills that devastated a Nigerian community. The milestone ruling sets a precedent that multinational climate po...
