Pesticides, GMOs and Fires vs. Agroecology
Brazil agribusinesses' use of pesticides, genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) and Amazon fires are driving climate change. Agroecology is the alternative.
Chris Morrill, Author at Grassroots International | Page 3 of 5
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Amazon Fires are a Crime Against Humanity
The following statement comes from our partner, Via Campesina, speaking out against the deliberate fires set in the Amazon rain forest.
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World Indigenous People’s Day: Supporting Defense and Dignity
August 9th is the United Nations’ International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. Grassroots International supports Indigenous social movements around the world. This blog looks at the threats facing these communities, and the resistance they’re waging.
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Haiti Stands in Solidarity with Puerto Rico
Our Haitian partner Haitian Platform to Advocate Alternative Development (PAPDA) expresses their solidarity with the people of Puerto Rico in the streets, protesting corruption and disaster capitalism, and calling on the governor to resign.
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Why the Dangers Facing Our Oceans Go Far Beyond Keeping Them Clean
If we’re serious about protecting our oceans and the life beneath them, our vision needs to expand. As Miriam Miranda, coordinator of OFRANEH, has said, “If the problem is global, we have to have a global response.”
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Honduran Coup Cruelly Creates Migrant Exodus
Our Honduran partners, including Miriam Miranda of the Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras (OFRANEH), participated in a congress of resistance of Black and Indigenous women. The following statement is a product of the discussions there, among grassroots feminists organizing against the dictatorship and deeper oppressions.
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PHOTOBLOG: Joy and Hope amid Struggle in Brazil
Piper Carter, a member of Grassroots Global Justice Alliance and photographer, joined our delegation to Brazil. Her photoblog shows off our partners' joy, hope, and strength amid dark times.
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Family Farming Could Feed Haiti and Protect It From Climate Change
Jean-Rusnel Etienne, agricultural engineer consultant and teacher-researcher, discusses what agroecology is and why it’s important for Haiti.
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The “Joyous, Sometimes Labored Breathing” of an Alternative in Rural Brazil
Tarso Ramos, a member of our recent Brazil delegation, reports back from witnessing the ongoing resilience and resistance of social movements amid dark times.
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Knowing their Audience: Popular Media and Education for Movement Building in Haiti
From radio to popular education, our partners like Haiti's Peasant Movement of Papaye (MPP) use methods that are sensitive to the people they’re reaching.
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Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing When Communities Defend Environment
Our allies in MiningWatch Canada released a new report on how corporations are suing communities in Latin America for defending their land and environment against extraction.
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Witnessing Nigeria’s Resilience: Oil’s Attacks on Water, Food, and Family
After graduate fellow Nicholas Johnson and Solidarity Program Officer Mina Remy attended the "Water Is a Human Right" summit, they visited the front lines in Nigeria. Nicholas describes the contamination these grassroots communities are facing, and the resistance they are waging.
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“Our Water, Our Right”: The Struggle for Justice in Nigeria
Our graduate fellow Nicholas Johnson writes about what he witnessed in Nigeria. Nicholas provides context for the current water justice struggles in the country and recounts the national “Human Right to Water” summit.
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Photo Blog: Environmental Justice in Nigeria
In January 2019, Grassroots International Solidarity Program Officer Mina Remy and our graduate fellow Nicholas Johnson visited Nigeria. The second of the two-part photo-blog series looks at environmental justice struggles at the grassroots.
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Soil to Sky: Climate Solutions That Work
A new report from the CLIMA Fund uplifts the solutions that have too often been excluded from climate philanthropy, yet have great potential for scaled impact on the most urgent crisis of our time.
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VIDEO: Building Grassroots Feminism on Women’s Day
Just like the World March of Women's contingent in January's Women's March, you can build grassroots feminism in your community this March 8th. Watch this video to learn more.
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Photo Blog: Water Justice in Nigeria
In January 2019, Grassroots International attended Nigeria’s National Summit on Water as a Human Right, and spent a few extra days witnessing grassroots resistance. This photoblog, the first in a two-part series, looks at the first half of our trip: the summit itself.
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From the Women’s March to the World March of Women: Grassroots Solutions to Root Causes
The Women's March, #MeToo, and Time's Up movements have grown in the United States over the last few years. Grassroots International partner the World March of Women is in complete solidarity with these movements — while seeking to bring in a deep, global vision.
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In Support of Democracy, Human Rights and the Environment in Brazil
Grassroots International signed onto the following statement, joining 45 other environmental, human rights, labor and civil society organizations. We stand in solidarity with our partners, and all people and grassroots movements, facing down threats.