Our Mission

To respond to the combined challenges of security, poverty and environmental degradation to ensure a sustainable and secure future More >>>
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“Our message is simply: that we should try and get out of the present downward spiral.”

Karan Singh
Green Cross International Honorary Board Member

Mikhail Gorbachev on the importance of water

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Green Cross International Founding President Mikhail Gorbachev discusses the importance of water to human life, agriculture and the planet.




 

Smart Water for Green Schools expanding in Ghana, Bolivia

swgs-girl-1The Green Cross Smart Water for Green Schools campaign is expanding in Ghana and Bolivia, and we are working to spread this project to other countries, in doing so providing more safe drinking water and sanition to communities in need. Read our updated background document.
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Sir David King: Climate change, Rio+20 and protecting humanity

david-king-1New video with leading scientist and Climate Change Task Force member Sir David King discussing the challenges and opportunities facing the world in face of global warming and population growth and the importance of the Rio+20 conference in June 2012.
 

Awards

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Green Star Awards

Green Cross International has teamed with the UN Environment Programme and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to create the Green Star Awards, which recognize those who have made remarkable efforts to prevent, prepare for, and respond to environmental emergencies around the world.

Publication

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Water in Argentina

Green Cross Argentina has released its new study detailing how the water crisis is playing out in the South American country.

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Gorbachev op-ed

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A Farewell to Nuclear Arms

Mikhail Gorbachev marks the 25th anniversary of his Reykjavik nuclear summit with Ronald Reagan with a wide-ranging op-ed on the achievements and challenges for making the world nuclear-free. Op-ed in...

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Our Partners

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  • The Green Belt MovementThe Green Belt Movement
    The Green Belt Movement, founded by Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai, has two divisions. Green Belt Movement Kenya and Green Belt Movement International. Green Belt Movement Kenya: GBM Kenya is a non-profit grassroots non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Kenya. GBM Kenya focuses on six core programs: Environmental Conservation/Tree Planting, Civic & Environmental Education, Advocacy & Networking, Pan African Training Workshops, Green Belt Safaris, and Women for Change. GBM International is a non-profit umbrella organization for GBM Kenya with four goals: to strengthen and expand the Green Belt Movement in Kenya, to share the Green Belt Movement?s program with other countries in Africa and beyond, to empower Africans, especially women and girls, and nurture their leadership and entrepreneurial skills, to advocate internationally for the environment, good governance, equity and cultures of peace.