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“Buen Vivir”: Learnings from Indigenous Worldviews on Biocultural Diversity
This article by Katherine Zavala appeared in the summer edition of Langscape Vol. 4, Issue 1 published by Terralingua. At 4,000 meters high, surrounded by mountaintops, looking over a deep blue lake,...
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Environmental grantmaking at the grassroots: IDEX on the radio
Yeshica Weerasekera, Africa Director, IDEX IDEX’s Yeshica Weerasekera and Tim Little of the Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment were interviewed on KPFA in Berkeley on the Terra Verde...
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Living in the age of drought
By Katherine Zavala, Latin America Regional Director “California’s reservoirs have about a year’s worth of water left.” The news came out officially earlier this year. It was a shocking statement, but...
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IDEX celebrates Dr. Desmond D’Sa!
Environmental activist Desmond D’Sa receives his honorary doctorate from Professor Thenjiwe Meyiwa at the Durban Institute of Technology on September 2nd. Photo courtesy The Mercury. By Sphelele...
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No to fake forests! IDEX partners stage march at the UN World Forestry Congress
Yeshica Weerasekera, IDEX’s Africa Regional Director, participated in today’s “Real Forest Rally” in Durban, South Africa. The march was part of the Civil Society Alternative Programme 2015: People’s...
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Waking up to the hidden toxins in my neighborhood
This week, thousands of government officials and activists are meeting in Paris to discuss how the world should respond to climate change. Two IDEX partners, DESMI from Mexico and SDCEA from South...
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Do bottom-up approaches work? Here’s your evidence.
This post originally appeared on Medium. Not often do nonprofit organizations have the opportunity to have outside evaluators look at projects that were completed years ago. But IDEX partner Sahyog...
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Biowatch builds the future of agroecology
The following four excerpts are from Biowatch South Africa‘s December bulletin. Farmers Recognized for Agroecology Achievements Our work on agroecology has been growing and certificates of achievement...
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“Another world is possible”
At the end of last year, South Durban Community Environmental Alliance Director and Goldman Environmental Prize honoree Desmond D’Sa, traveled from South Africa to Nigeria to speak at a conference in...
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Berta Cáceres, ¡Presente!
Artwork courtesy of Design Action Collective On Thursday the world woke to the devastating news that Berta Cáceres, world-renowned Honduran indigenous activist, leader of the Lenca people, and mother...
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What do cherry blossoms teach us about climate justice?
By Jennifer Lentfer, IDEX Director of Communications It was just after daybreak on Easter morning. The crossing guard was tired, even though the hoards of people had not yet descended on Washington,...
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IDEX partner GRAVIS featured on PBS NewsHour
Dr. Prakash Tyagi of GRAVIS visits a family affected by silicosis, a slow, irreversible loss of lung function that affects sandstone miners, but is preventable. Mining sandstone in India’s Rajasthan...
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Philanthropy’s missed opportunity: Grassroots solutions to climate change
By Rajasvini Bhansali, IDEX Executive Director We were at a funders dinner the day after the People’s Climate March in New York City in 2014. Never before had the world seen a more unified global...
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Poetry Pause: Climate Justice and Food Sovereignty Now!
Elizabeth Mpofu. Photo courtesy of ZIMSOFF. A poem by Elizabeth Mpofu, Chairperson of Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers Forum (ZIMSOFF), one of IDEX’s newest grantees. She is also General...
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Beyond climate change platitudes: Getting to grassroots solutions
In the Stanford Social Innovation Review today, IDEX’s Director of Special Funds, Joanna Levitt Cea, shared the article “Beyond climate change platitudes.” Joanna shares the reasoning behind the...
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CCDA Public Statement: Murder of indigenous community leader in Guatemala
Daniel Choc Pop, Q’eqchi community leader and CCDA organizer was murdered on Wednesday, June 8. Photo: http://bit.ly/28BLWzT We are sad to share that Daniel Choc, a community leader that worked with...
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3 years in, still fighting on
By Katherine Zavala, IDEX Regional Director, Latin America On July 5th, 2013 in Mexico City, researchers, peasant farmers, artists, representatives of civil organizations, beekeepers, human rights...
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Durban Port Expansion Squashed, Victory for Communities and Environment
Triumph! When Desmond D’Sa won the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2014, the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA) was fighting to stop the Durban Port and Petro-Chemical Expansion, now...
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Agroecología: Un camino para Defender la Madre Tierra
María Estela Barco Huerta, Coordinador General de DESMI en México, refleja sobre el intercambio de aprendizaje en agroecología que se realizó esta primavera en Uganda, organizado por el Fondo de...
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Buen Vivir: An old, but fresh perspective on global development
A guest post by Savannah Hicks As I sat in my cap and gown, I reflected on the broad range of global development issues I had been exposed to my Masters in Development Practice from University of...
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