Several attendees to the upcoming protest in DC this weekend are planning on dressing in strictly business attire. You can read their reasons via that last link, but here’s the gist of it: “[W]e believe that a professional appearance will be more effective in projecting seriousness and determination to the administration, and more effective in swaying [...]

This Report just came from Rainy Blue Cloud of the International Forum on Globalization from the floor at the UN General Assembly Dear Indigenous sisters and brothers, NGO partners and other friends, I am very pleased to be writing to you directly from the General Assembly Hall at the United Nations Headquarters in New [...]

In what is being hailed a landmark deal for California – California Attorney General Jerry Brown announced ConocoPhillips has agreed to pay $10 million to offset emissions from its proposed expansion of an oil refinery near San Francisco. The money is supposed to offset 500,000 tons of C02 that the expansion would release every year, once [...]

Today we mourn the loss of our fearless ally Dame Anita Roddick, founder of the Body Shop, philanthropist, author and tireless activist who passed away at age 64. We send our deepest sympathies to Gordon, Sam and Justine. We loved Anita and we will miss her. Many of us at RAN had our first education about [...]

Okay, so one of my very favorite things in the world to do is to read. I love it. Particularly fiction, mythology, women’s issues and the myriad dimensions of religion and spirituality. BUT I have often thought about the trees that are used to allow me to read the stories I so enjoy. I mean, [...]

So, we talk a lot about how important stopping the coal rush is to the climate (and of course the ecosystems and communities ravaged by the entire lifecycle of coal – from mining to burning). And it’s not just us talking about the importance of coal. There’s a post nearly every other day about the [...]

Brrrrrrrrrrringggg! Oh, the dreaded and loved sound of the school bell, reminding us of all the upcoming exams, homework, prep, grades… and taking action to stop climate change. But how you ask? Check out RYSEup.org to get the RYSE (RAN Youth Sustaining the Earth) toolkit, plus all kinds of new RAN global warming lesson plans [...]

Last week, our soon-to-be-launched agribusiness campaign put Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) on notice that it needs to answer for its role in rainforest destruction. This week, we sent similar letters to agribusiness giants Cargill and Bunge, telling them they, too, must be held accountable for the environmental havoc and human rights violations associated with their [...]

In one of the most blatant displays of corporate greed taking precedence over common sense, Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Lowe’s have been supporting the destruction of cypress forests that serve as some of the Gulf Coast’s best natural storm and flooding protection – to grind up for garden mulch! Happily, our friends at the Save Our [...]

Thanks to the good ole San Francisco Chronicle for once again calling my attention to an oil company just begging to win our Greenwash of the Week award. Alright, Chevron, your new online video game Energyville is our big winner. The basic idea is that they give you city and you get to decide how to [...]