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Radical Action Grants (RAG) supports radical grassroots environmental activism – especially climate activism – in Aotearoa.

Aimed at groups less able to access conventional sources of funding, the grants give inspirational and thought provoking projects – usually done on shoestring budgets with volunteer time – a much needed boost.

Every spring RAG does a funding round for grass roots organising up to $500, people can apply of donate to RAG through their wordpress page.

They  have provided grants of up to $500 for projects such as:

• Printing of t-shirts and leaflets for use over the 2012/13 summer by the long-running Coromandel Watchdog of Hauraki
• Surfer Dave Rastovich paddles from Taranaki to Piha to raise awareness about the threat of seabed mining
• Printing of non-violent direct action booklets and marquee hire for the 2012 Keep the Coal in the Hole Summer Festival, held near the massive Southland lignite deposits
• The SLICK collaborative art exhibition, run by Nelson-based action group Clean Energy Future
• The Bring Change ‘Frack No Deep Sea Drilling’ Concert held in Christchurch in April 2012
• And more!

The grants are entirely funded by donations. If you want to support environmental activism in New Zealand, donate to Radical Action Grants

Check out the RAG_newsletter_March_2013.

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