Racial and gender equity in our food system
Another symptom of our broken food system is the glaring injustice and disproportionate burden placed on communities of color. Every day, across the US, people struggle to stay on their…
How can we foster a Responsible Food System?
Sustainability, equity and food sovereignty can be achieved in a system where safe and healthy food is grown to meet fundamental human needs, and where control over food and farming…
What role do commodity feed crops play in industrial meat production?
Do you ever buy eggs, milk or meat based on the label depicting happy, pasture-raised animals enjoying the green grass and sunshine on a family farm? In some parts of…
What Climate Justice Means to Me
“With the support of good people and the resilience of brave people, it seems like anything can be accomplished. Sustain the Nine.” — the late Pamela Dashiell, climate justice leader based…
Shutting down a coal mine on the road through Paris
By Morten Thaysen. Cross-posted from the Global Justice Now blog. Pictures by 350.org. The view is breath-taking and strangely beautiful as we reach the edge of the giant open cast…
Chicago Activists call on Hillshire Brands to Cut Conflict Palm Oil.
For over 2 years, RAN has exposed Hillshire Brands, and 19 other snack food giants, as companies at risk of using Conflict Palm Oil in their products. Hillshire Brands is…
I didn’t used to think about the future
Image: Youth of Oceti Sakowin calling on President Barrack Obama to reject the Keystone Pipeline in March 2015. August 29th marks 10 years since Hurricane Katrina’s first landfall. Change the Course is…
Coal Finance Case Study: Coal Megaprojects Put the Great Barrier Reef and Indigenous Communities at Risk
As part of RAN’s work to call on banks to commit to the Paris Pledge and end financing for coal and coal-fired power prior to the Paris climate summit this year, we…
Conflict Palm Oil Culprits: Who is Destroying the Lowland Rainforests?
Imagine a place where some of the world’s most unique animals—like tigers, elephants, and sun bears—roam side by side. Where towering trees, lush ferns and an abundance of tropical plants…
Breaking: Sara Lee’s Not-So-Sweet Dessert
Around the globe, Sara Lee is known for its ready-to-bake pies and cakes. But for those of us fighting for forests, it’s known for something much more sinister – Conflict…
Coal Finance Case Study: FirstEnergy’s Failed Bet on Coal Power
As part of RAN’s work to call on banks to commit to the Paris Pledge and end financing for coal and coal-fired power prior to the Paris climate summit this year, we…
Meet the Palm Oil Action Team Leaders: Lindsay Vanderhoogt
This past March, Palm Oil Activists from around the country gathered in the San Francisco Bay Area for a five-day campaign organizing and direct actions training with Rainforest Action Network…
Meet the Palm Oil Action Team Leaders: LeAnn Fox
We continue with part 3 of our 7 part series blogs on the Palm Oil Action Team Leaders with LeAnn Fox. LeAnn is one more amazing activist who joined the…
Meet the Palm Oil Action Team Leaders: Jacob Foster
Here is part 5 of our 7 part series to introduce some the of leading activists at RAN, our Palm Oil Action Leaders. These amazing people are taking on the…
Meet the Palm Oil Action Team Leaders: Becky Chung
The Palm Oil Action Leaders are a group of passionate palm oil activists who participated in a 5-day intensive campaign organizing and direct actions training hosted by Rainforest Action Network…
Meet the Palm Oil Action Leaders: Cailie Kafura
Cailie is a 21 year old activist from Wisconsin and a vibrant member of the Palm Oil Action Team Leaders group. The 4th addition to our current 7 part blog…
Meet the Palm Oil Action Team Leaders: Karrie Vrabel
Here is the final component of our 7 part blog series that tell the remarkable stories of RAN’s various Palm Oil Action Leaders. In this final piece, we learn about…
Meet the Palm Oil Action Team Leaders: Shannen Casey
Part 6 of our 7 part blog series that tell the unique and inspiring stories of RAN’S various Palm Oil Action Leaders continues with Shannen Casey, a Leader based in…
Bank of America’s Coal Policy: A Bold Challenge to U.S. Banks on Climate
Last month, Bank of America published its 2014 Corporate Social Responsibility Report, which addressed the bank’s financing policies and practices in detail. This blog post looks back on the bank’s…
From the Field: Online Petitions and Indigenous Resistance
It was 8:30 PM when we finally sat down with the community leaders in Pandumaan-Sipituhuta. These leaders work all day, tapping the benzoin trees in the jungles of Northern Sumatra….
Aceh’s lowland forests: Going, Going, Gone?
My feet are now firmly on the ground, but just a short time ago I was flying over the lowlands of the Leuser Ecosystem on the island of Sumatra in…
Coal Finance Case Study: Putting Communities and a World Heritage Site at Risk for a New Power Plant
As part of RAN’s work to call on banks to commit to the Paris Pledge and end financing for coal and coal-fired power prior to the Paris climate summit this…
Ralph Lauren: Words vs. Reality
The campaign against Ralph Lauren is heating up. Last month, there were protests in both New York and San Francisco — and thousands of you are taking action to pressure…
Systems Change, Rainforests, and Racism
“What Does ______ Have to Do with Rainforests?!” This week, RAN posted a message of support on Facebook about the courageous civil disobedience by Bree Newsome in South Carolina. And,…
Conflict Palm Oil Demonstration at Nissin Foods US Headquarters
At 5 AM, our alarms went off, and we began to peel ourselves out of beds and off of couches all over the house. We had a box packed with…