In 2012 Green Cities Fund sponsored a visit to Cuba by West Coast chefs to encourage and support Cuba’s sustainable food movement. The trip inspired the further development of sustainable farming in Cuba and related projects. Chefs who went to Cuba hope to do the same in Puerto Rico.  They include Samin Nosrat and Narsai David.…

Green Cities Fund is fiscal sponsor of the Caravan Support Project, founded by Thanh Mai Bercher and Holly Joy Wertman, who received their B.A.’s in Public Health at U.C. Berkeley. They have been active in women’s health and refugee relief projects in Greece, Vietnam, Palestine and, now, cross-border refugee relief in Mexico. Working with local…

Artist/attorney Osha Neumann has fought for generations for the preservation of Berkeley’s People’s Park as a symbol of the never ending fight against injustice. He has also worked to preserve the adjacent People’s Park Mural which is badly in need of restoration. Tax deductible contributions toward the mural restoration can be made through its fiscal…

Inspired by the Native American youth who confronted an epidemic of suicides to start the movement behind the Standing Rock Protests, Green Cities Fund is supporting Cuban documentary filmmaker Carlos Betancourt’s short film documentary RUNNING SHADOW. For information see: www.runningshadowfilm.com 100% of your donation will support this timely film by one of Cuba’s most talented young filmmakers.…

Green Cities Fund has sponsored a number of educational political cartoons with noted cartoonist Khalil Bendib and others.  Among the most popular was “Play Ball” showing President Obama on the mound pitching to Fidel.  In 2012 It was presented to Cuban gay rights advocate Mariela Castro by Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates and State Senator Loni…

Established as an independent collective in 1998 by artists in Hanoi whose skill, innovation and creative spirit have established new artistic boundaries in a society moving from a tragic past to a challenging future, Nha San has nurtured artists whose reputations extend world wide, and who have had a profound impact on Vietnamese society. .…

Green Cities Fund has been at the forefront of economic innovation in Cuba, providing educational information on socially responsible enterprise as an adjunct to the state-controlled economy. Here is an article on the subject: http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/cuban_remix Here is a report by the Green Cities sponsored Cuban Economy Working Group:  (TBA) November 2014 NPR program on cooperatives in…

Cuba’s love of music, art and culture is renowned, and to encourage exchanges in this area Green Cities Fund has accomplished several outstanding successes. Green Cities Fund arranged for the Oscar nominated documentary and Sundance Film Festival winning documentary film “Daughter from Danang”, which Green Cities Fund founders helped produce, to be shown at the…

Eco Cuba Network, a 20 year old collaboration between US and Cuban environmentalists, promotes environmental interchange with Cuba, and works within both countries to implement the ideas generated by the Network. Our goals are two-fold: to create a program of mutual benefit for both our people, as we work together to avert economic catastrophe and environmental…

The above photo shows Cuban gay rights advocate Mariella Castro and her husband accepting Berkeley cartoonist Khalil Bendib’s “Play Ball” cartoon from Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates, State Senator Loni Hancock and Green Cities co-founder Tran Tuong Nhu at a December, 2012 “Planting Seeds” dinner in Havana. Green Cities Fund founders have a 20 year history…