The Mongolian Artisan Cheesemakers Union (MACU) was created in 2015 by journalist Michael Morrow (his reporting from Vietnam helped uncover the My Lai Massacre). Morrow recognized that Mongolian livestock produces millions of gallons of surplus milk which, instead of going to waste, can be utilized and increase farm income with the production of artisan cheese for…

Cojimar is a fishing village in Cuba linked to Hemingway’s “Old Man and the Sea”.  Although it has a rich cultural tradition it faces great environmental challenges related to the conservation of its natural environment.  Green Cities Fund is supporting Spain’s Escuela Economia Social in establishing a pilot study center in Cojimar to work with…

Green Cities Fund is pleased to honor the memory of Alexsei Navalny through support of the Anti Corruption Foundation he established which his widow, Yulia, now continues.  Donations may be made directly or through Green Cities Fund, which will transfer 100% of proceeds received to the Foundation.

“Long Knife” a documentary by investigative journalist Greg Palast tells how Koch Oil has continued the thievery of Osage Native Americans of their oil and poisoned their land long after the mass murder of Osage people exposed in “Killers of the Flower Moon”.  Green Cities Fund is a financial sponsor of the film.  The film…

Green Cities Fund provided financial assistance for the documentary “Water for Life” which premiered at the 2023 Mill Valley Film Festival. Water For Life follows Indigenous activists in Latin America as they face death threats and murder to save their precious water resources from mining and hydroelectric projects. More information at www.waterforlife.film

The legacy of the decades long American War in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia includes hundreds of thousands of unexploded cluster bombs, land mines and other ordnances and the poisoning of generations of Vietnamese from the extensive spraying of dioxin laden Agent Orange to destroy tens of thousands of acres of forest cover so that the…

In 2002 Green Cities Fund co-founder Tran Tuong Nhu led a woman’s delegation, including Afghan-American women and a representative of Women’s World Banking, to Kabul, Afghanistan.   There they established the groundwork for PARWAZ, the first Afghan-run microlending institution in the country.  The project received much recognition and many awards. PARWAZ founding director, Katrine Fakiri,…

Queer Surf was founded by the LGBTQ community to make surf culture and “belonging to the waves” more inclusive of diverse and underrepresented communities and to expand surf culture as an advocate for equitable access to nature and the support of queer mental and physical health.  Green Cities Fund is honored to be its fiscal…

Working closely with renowned historian and restorer of Old Havana  Dr. Eusebio Leal, Green Cities Fund developed a comprehensive plan for the restoration and development of Havana’s historic harbor.  The Plan includes the restoration of multiple adjoining buildings, the construction of new dock facilities capable of servicing large megayachts and elimination of pollution in the Harbor.