This is your grandma’s scarf, and it is radical.

Radical Grandma Collective (RadGram) is an international and intergenerational solidarity effort supporting environmental justice activists in Northeast Thailand. Our story begins in Na Nong Bong, where weaving has funded the fight for reparations in the wake of a devastating legacy of gold mining. Today, our impact expands beyond to support other Thai human rights defenders and connect students with environmental justice movements.

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Highlights of Our Work:

  • Social Enterprise

    Social enterprise is a core part of Radical Grandma Collective’s roots. We started out selling woven goods from Loei, Thailand to markets in the U.S. in order to create an income stream for the grandmas.

  • Weaving School

    Teaching the village youth about local practices. The School focuses on planting organic local cotton varieties, revitalizing the processes of spinning cotton, dyeing fabric, designing patterns, and weaving.

  • Public Narrative Training

    A training to support community members to effectively convey personal and community stories to increase public understanding of holistic restoration.

  • Education Programs

    Students learned about the impacts of extractive (mining) industries on communities, conducted community-based research, and studied community-driven restoration processes.