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Fashion Week Party Connects Climate Change to Luxury Shopping Bags

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

New York – Taking a break from Fashion Week’s normal shows and parties, some of New York’s finest fashionistas will pause on Tuesday, September 15 to bring awareness to the plight of one of the world’s most urgently endangered rainforests. Hosted by Rainforest Action Network (RAN), the new GreenShows EcoFashion Week opening night party will highlight fashion’s ability to help stop climate change by halting forest destruction.

Whole Foods Market® Supports End to Unsustainable Palm Oil

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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO – Whole Foods Market has joined Rainforest Action Network (RAN) in expressing concern for the unsustainable practices of the global palm oil industry and calling for change in the U.S. Market. The largest organic retailer in the U.S. has voiced its commitment to sourcing palm oil that does not contribute to destroying the world’s remaining tropical rainforests, displace communities or contribute to global climate change.

S.O.S Amazon!!: Indigenous Lead Over 1000 to Create Human Banner and Urge Global Action

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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

BELEM, Brazil, Indigenous people from across Latin America today led over 1000 participants of World Social Forum to form a human banner, using their bodies to draw attention to the increasingly precarious situation of the Amazon rainforest. Indigenous leaders, environmentalists and activists joined forces to spell out the message "SALVE AMAZONIA" (“Save the Amazon” in Portuguese) around the massive silhouette of an indigenous warrior taking aim with his bow and arrow.