Grassroots LeadershipLatin America

What does it mean to be a Thousand Currents “senior partner”?

A reflection on “exit” strategies and our long-term relationship with DESMI.

April 19, 2018

Alternative EconomiesGrassroots LeadershipLatin AmericaREGION

Opening up new horizons for a dignified life

How Thousand Currents partner, ISMUGUA, is crushing hopelessness in Guatemala

April 18, 2018

Climate JusticeFood SovereigntyLatin AmericaOur CommunityREGION

How do you bring youth back to agriculture?

A new university-accredited agroecology school in Colombia is showing the way.

April 16, 2018

AfricaClimate JusticeGrassroots Leadership

True change can come from below, and it must

Nnimmo Bassey of Health of Mother Earth Foundation on the grave impacts of the world’s continued dependence on fossil fuels and how local fisheries are an environmentally and economically-viable option.

April 02, 2018

What We Do

Telling truer stories of how we change the world

Why the Thousand Currents communications team does what it does, the way that it does

April 02, 2018

Our Community

The #FridayFreedom Spring Edition

Our staff share their favorite tunes to kick off this Spring season.

March 30, 2018

GlobalGrassroots Leadership

Grassroots Leadership: Carrying communities forward from the bottom up

Just like currents circling the globe, grassroots leaders have power and direction.

March 29, 2018

AfricaOur Community

Giving as whole beings, not living ATMs

There’s a new energy - and a new spirit of inquiry - about African diaspora philanthropy.

March 27, 2018

Alternative EconomiesGlobalWhat We Do

5 ways the Buen Vivir Fund is removing the fear from “business as usual”

We felt the exhilaration of the investment risk, and then...we jumped.

March 13, 2018

Grassroots LeadershipLatin America

People, power, and philanthropy on International Women’s Day

Gender justice looks different for different kinds of people around the world. What does this mean for philanthropy?

March 08, 2018