Daughters for Earth

Something powerful is happening where women lead. Ecosystems recover. Communities strengthen. Barriers break. We are thrilled to share the 2025 Impact Study by @DaughtersforEarth , which uncovers how 24 initiatives are weaving continuity into conservation, reshaping gender norms, and renewing our connection to nature. Let us celebrate the women leading the change while we navigate this profound planetary crisis. Find the link to download the full report in our bio and join us in weaving a thriving future! #DaughtersForEarth #HummingbirdEffect #WomenWeavingTheWayForward #WomenInConservation #NatureConservation #WomenInClimate

Women globally lead environmental initiatives for a sustainable future, yet receive less than 2 cents for every philanthropic dollar. Daughters for Earth changes this by swiftly funding women on the frontlines. Since launch, over $2.4 million has supported 103 projects in 37 countries. Now, our goal is $100 million for 500 endeavors. Addressing a critical flaw in climate action: the marginalization of women. Equal opportunities and resources lead to positive outcomes. Join us in rewriting this script! #WomenInClimateAction #DaughtersForEarth #SustainableFuture #ClimateJustice #EmpowerWomen

Women aren’t waiting to be saved. They’re leading the transformation. Daughters for Earth exists because the data is undeniable, and so is what women are already doing about it. Around the world, women-led initiatives aren’t just restoring ecosystems. They’re reshaping livelihoods, rebuilding trust, and shifting the relationships between communities and the natural world. That’s the kind of change that lasts. We find them. We fund them. We celebrate them. And we’re building a global community to stand beside them. Watch and meet the work. 🌿 daughtersforearth.org Mother Earth We Serve The Daughterhood #hummingbirdeffect #thehummingbirdeffect #climatechange #climateaction #daughters4earth

In times of darkness, you plant the seeds. On Wednesday , the Daughterhood gathered and left carrying words that will stay with us long after the hour was over. We were joined by four remarkable women who guided us through this season of planting: Winona LaDuke, Andrea Ixchíu, Chochi Iturralde, and Victoria Tash. Andrea reminded us that darkness is not absence. It is a laboratory. Winona reminded us that belonging to the land is not metaphor, it is daily, practical, sacred work. Chochi showed us that restoration begins with removing fear, not just planting seeds. And Victoria brought us back to earth with a single plant: nettle. Resilient, humble, healing, growing in the places most forgotten. “The networks we weave today are tomorrow’s harvest.” We are only just beginning. 🌿 Mother Earth We Serve. The Daughterhood #DaughtersForEarth #PlantAndGrow #WomenAndNature #MotherEarthWeServe #Nettle

This week, our dear Farwiza Farhan, Wiza, was recognized with the Whitley Gold Award, and the Rolex Award Laureate for her tireless fight to protect the Leuser Ecosystem in Aceh, Indonesia. The last place on Earth where Sumatran orangutans, elephants, tigers, and rhinos still roam the same ancient forest. Still standing, in part because Wiza chose to fight for it. As a member of our Wise Daughter Council and a changemaker we’ve had the privilege of supporting, we couldn’t be more proud. The world is finally catching up to what we’ve always known. 🌿 Congratulations, Wiza. From The Daughterhood, with love. The Daughterhood #MothEarthWeServe #DaughtersForEarth #FarwizaFarhan #WhitleyAward #rolexaward

Last week in Bogotá, we gathered around a table, and the table held the Earth. We came together for an intimate dinner with our Daughters (grantees) members in Colombia, women who are protecting land, water, and life across the country. Together, we experienced The Land at the Table, a ceremony led by @mundo.comun and chef @jenniferrodriguezro , whose cooking carries the ancestral and rural memory of Colombia’s landscapes. That night, eating became something deeper. An act of relationship. A reminder that what sustains the soil sustains us, and that the women tending both deserve to be seen, celebrated, and supported. We left with full hearts and a deeper sense of why we do this work. Spaces like this one, where we slow down, share a meal, and truly know each other, are how trust is built and community grows. We want to keep creating them. Thank you @nadinehakimm @reservaylt @cumbresblancascolombia @tefiangel @suriki_nature_reserve @avellamaria @fundacionomacha @gabrielafrancoprieto @catalinacavelier.a @adrianasotocarreno @svilardy @carogarciaarbelaez @zainabsalbi @andreaboterog @marianasanzp @camilabotero @salvemosselva Mother Earth We Serve. The Daughterhood

What better way to celebrate Earth Day than announcing the new awardees for the Female Climate Scientists Fund. They’re revolutionizing science. We’re amplifying their voice. Meet Rosa and Karin. 🐝🪸 Rosa Vásquez Espinoza is protecting the Amazon’s living pharmacy, working alongside Indigenous communities to defend the stingless bees that sustain millions of medicinal plants. Karin Moejes is using film to bring the living reef in Kenya & Western Indian ocean to the communities who depend on it, and recover the stories that connect them to it. Both are 2026 awardees of our Female Climate Scientists Fund. A fund that invests not just in research, but in the voices that carry it forward. Here’s the truth: some of the most important climate science in the world is being produced by women, and it’s not reaching the people who need it most. We fund brilliant researchers and in their ability to communicate, amplify, and mobilize around their work. Because science heard is science that take us to a regenerative future. #DaughtersForEarth #FemaleClimateScientists #WomenInScience #ClimateAction #EarthDay2026 WomenLedScience AmazonRainforest CoralReefs

New economic models are emerging directly from women and communities protecting the Amazon. This isn’t just theory; it’s a living reality. Our latest FP Podcast (@foreignpolicymag ) dives into how innovative thinkers are making it financially viable to keep the Amazon healthy, moving away from extraction towards connection and care. While parts of the Amazon have faced significant loss, these leaders are weaving a new way forward through what’s called a “bioeconomy.” Join us to hear from Jenna Johnson (@patagonia ), María José “Chochi” Iturralde (Fundación Pachaysana @rehearsing.change ), Charmian Love, and Fernanda Rezende (Natura @natura.usa ). They share how sustainable supply chains are good for both planetary health and community wellbeing. Listen at the link in bio or find the FP HERO Podcast wherever you listen! #DaughtersForEarth #PlanetaryHealth #WomenLedSolutions #AmazonRainforest #Bioeconomy

Connecting with local communities and their solutions is a powerful way to engage with planetary health. The ‘We Are Water / Somos Agua’ art exhibition and film series in Huntington Park, CA, celebrates Indigenous leadership in water protection. It’s a beautiful reflection on water’s memory, its life-sustaining power, and our collective responsibility to care for it. Catch the ongoing art exhibition, and mark your calendars for the March 22nd film screening highlighting the vital work of tribal nations protecting sacred waters in California. Discussions will follow, If you’re in the Los Angeles area, check @artspaceHP for gallery hours and film details. #DaughtersForEarth #WaterProtection #IndigenousLeadership #PlanetaryHealth #CommunitySolutions

Our 2025 Annual Report is here! Dive into stories of incredible women-led organizations restoring our planet, alongside wisdom from new research proving the power of women-led solutions. This year’s report weaves together inspiring initiatives and the findings of our 2025 Impact Study. See how your support is bringing the Hummingbird Effect to life, funding over 220 projects that heal ecosystems and strengthen communities worldwide. Ready to be inspired? Read at DaughtersforEarth.org > Impact & Research > Annual Reports or at link in bio! #DaughtersForEarth #PlanetaryHealth #WomenLedSolutions #annualreport

🪸 Join WECAN at the 37th annual Bioneers Conference! WECAN is participating in the “Global and Indigenous Women-Led Movements for Climate Justice” panel on March 27, from 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm Pacific Time in Berkeley, California. Although they receive less than 1% of climate funding, women-led climate justice grassroots projects around the world are generating cascading benefits, from greater gender and economic equity and less gender violence to improved biodiversity and ecosystems’ health. Simultaneously, the centrality to many Indigenous peoples’ cultures of traditional relationships to place and to honoring all of life as sacred are a tremendous resource in strengthening efforts to protect and renew biodiversity and water resources. Join an emergent conversation to explore what these two vastly under-resourced constituencies have to offer in the quest to co-create regenerative landscapes and futures. Speakers include: ✨Zainab Salbi, Co-Founder of Daughters for Earth ✨Dilafruz Khonikboyeva, Executive Director of Home Planet Fund. ✨Facilitated by Osprey Orielle Lake, Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) Learn more and register today: /5y68htxv

Four Indigenous peoples. One circle. Through the Círculo de Mujeres de la Sierra, Kogi, Arhuaca, Wiwa and Kankuama women are creating a shared space to exchange ancestral knowledge, strengthen leadership, and care for the territories they have long protected. From recovering herbal traditions to restoring mangroves, this collective work is weaving relationships across communities and generations. Thank you @ninagitanadelmar and @la_sierra_artist_residency for dreaming and creating this initiative. At @daughtersforearth and Myzelio we are so honored to support it. Regeneration begins when women come together. 🌱