An Introduction and Q & A with RAN’s New Executive Director Ginger Cassady
We are very excited to announce that Ginger Cassady is the new Executive Director at Rainforest Action Network. Ginger’s appointment follows the decision of former Executive Director Lindsey Allen to…
Every Day is Indigenous Peoples Day
Every single day we see Indigenous people taking action in ways that will benefit us all. They put their lives on the line to protect our planet and climate. We…
The Inside Scoop on Stickering, As Told By A Snacktivist
This post was written for RAN by Megan in Florida, who has been taking action with our Palm Oil Action Team to call out snack food companies using palm oil…
A New Kind Of Co-Op: Ending Dependence On Nuclear Power (VIDEO)
Communities around the globe are taking control of their power and switching off dirty energy to clean renewable sources instead. Here’s the first in a series of posts to share…
Chevron’s RICO Suit: An Exercise in High Satire?
Oh, the irony. Chevron filing a racketeering lawsuit against the impoverished Indigenous and campesino Amazon residents who are suing the oil giant in Ecuador for plundering their rainforest land over…
Top Five Ways to Protect Rainforests in 2011
This post originally appeared on The Huffington Post. Many of us live thousands of miles away from Brazil, Indonesia and the Congo Basin, where the last stands of tropical rainforests…
Community Transition in the Coal River Valley
I’m a big fan of Transition Theory – a model of socioeconomic localization, developed by Rob Hopkins where communities come together to envision and then develop a future where they…