Center for Green Excellence™

Elizabeth Israel — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 01:12:38 +0100

GreenMicrofinance
Center for Green Excellence™

GreenMicrofinance Center (GMfC™) is our legally registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Under this umbrella we have created the Center for Green Excellence. Our mission reRead More...

Wangari Maathai... Nobel Laureate and Green Belt Movement Founder

Elizabeth Israel — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 23:37:52 +0100

We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk!”
Wangari Maathai (1940-2011)
Kenyan Environmentalist and Nobel Laureate

Wangari Maathai. Courtesy of the Green Belt Movement

Wangari Maathai is best known for founding the Green Belt Movement in Kenya in 1977. The initiative empowered ruraRead More...

Cracking the Nut Conference: GreenMicrofinance Joins "Financing Climate Smart ...

Elizabeth Israel — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:47:49 +0100

The Cracking the Nut Conference in DC last week was excellent! The aim was to accelerate the impact of the world’s leading rural and agricultural development and finance leaders by uniting them in a collaborative pursuit of learning, leverage and large scale change. The conference is named "Cracking the Nut," as rural and agricultural finance have long been tough nuts to crack.

Downloadable Brochure

Climate-Smart Agriculture: The future of global food security

Elizabeth Israel — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:36:48 +0100

The Future of Global Food Security

Climate change has pronounced effects in agriculture, such as shifts in temperature and precipitation patterns, and prevalence of pests and diseases. Developing countries that get by with minimal productivity and limited technology are in danger of enduring lower and erratic production, aggravating both the farmers’ livelihood and the population’s food supply.

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Ecological Sustainability, Peace and Social Justice are Inextricably Connected

Elizabeth Israel — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:26:44 +0100

2010 Haiti...today moving towards Ecological Sustainability!

Roy Morrison is Southern New Hampshire UniversityDirector of the Office of Sustainability. He recently complRead More...

Direct Seeding Nitrogen-Fixing Trees...made easy and reliable for farmers

Elizabeth Israel — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:11:41 +0100

Poor farmers can now seed multipurpose hedges directly providing fuel, protein rich drought tolerant feed, soil-and-water-conservation, organic manure, stalks for climbing crops, nectar for bees, building poles, fences and firebreaks etc.

Carbon-Neutral Biofuels - Addressing Climate Change and Microfinance

Elizabeth Israel — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:19:40 +0100

USAID MicroLinks Note from the Field

Honduras: Blending Finance, Technology, and Training to Encourage Responsible Growth

La Mosquitia, one of the last remaining tropical forest areas left in Central America, is the most impoverished region in Honduras. Local communities, including the indigenous Miskito (or Read More...

"Microfinance and Climate Change" USAID Forum Summary by Betsy Teutsch

Elizabeth Israel — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:38:00 +0100

Microfinance and Climate Change: Can MFIs Promote Environmental Sustainability The Summary was authored by our own Betsy Teutsch, GreenMicrofinance, Director of Communication. Great work, Betsy!

This report summarizes key themes and “lessons learned” from the “Microfinance and Climate Change: Can MFIs Promote Environmental Sustainability?” Speaker’s Corner, held November 18-20, 2008. Nearly 200 participants from over 40 countries participated Read More...

GO San Francisco! Environmental Justice Program and Solar for Public Housing!

Elizabeth Israel — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:45:52 +0100

San Fransisco Environmental Justice Program

Environmental justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of race, ethnicity, income, or education level, in environmental decision-making. Working closely with residents and businesses to make sure that the basic necessities of life-water, air, food, and shelter-are of the highest quRead More...

Energy Meeting Women's Needs!

Elizabeth Israel — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:45:12 +0100

Why Women's Rights Are the Cause of our Time
New York Times Magazine
August 23, 2009

WHY DO MICROFINANCE organizations usually focus their assistance on women? And why does everyone benefit when women enter the work force and bring home regular pay checks? One reason involves the dirty little secret of global poverty: some of the most wretchedRead More...

"On Thin Ice" ...climate change and glaciers!

Elizabeth Israel — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100

Namaste! My four children have all graduated from Woodstock School located in the Himalyan mountains in northern India during the time we lived in rural Nepal. Over a span of 7 years various family members trekked and enjoyed these majestic mountains.

It was with great interest I watched "On TRead More...

CGAP Report on Microfinance and Climate Change

Elizabeth Israel — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100

Congratulations GGAP on a MUST READ!

...for the April 2 Report on Greening Microfinance: Clients and the Climate of Change

With environmental challenges-from drought to flooding-disproportionately affecting poor people's livelihoods, microfinance institutions have a strong incentive to mitigate the risks of climate changeRead More...

Congratulations Mr. Vidya Sagar! 2008 TECH AWARDS Laureats!!

Elizabeth Israel — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

J2008 Tech Awards TONIGHT! Join a Live Webcast 7:00 pm PST

Mr. D. Vidya Sagar, Director of SKG Sangha, INDIA, is part of an esteemed group of 2008 Tech Laureates, who were selected from hundreds of nominations representing 68 countries. Today, twenty-five innovators from around the world, recognized for developiRead More...

My Chat with Ingrid Munro

Elizabeth Israel — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100

Over the past days we have been video-taping various folks here at the conference. I had the privilege to meet and chat with Ingrid Munro founder of JamiiBoro in Kenya, a member organization that works with and uplifts street beggars.

The story of those who have been supported by JamiiBoro is an inspiration – whether through microfinance program or through her housing program aRead More...

Panel: Microfinance, Their Clients, and Clean Energy

Elizabeth Israel — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100

Today was a breakthrough! Since 2002, GreenMicrofinance has been participating and leading panels on microfinance and the environment at various Microcredit Summit gatherings- Bangladesh 2004; Chile 2005, Halifax 2006, and today in Bali.

During today's session on Microfinance, Their Clients, and Clean Energy: Making a Positive Impact on the Environment there was a definite shift in interest and ‘energy' around the topic. THE LIGHTS ARE ON!

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