In addition to the dozen or so First Nations here, representatives from twenty US and Canadian non governmental organizations have also gathered this week in Ft. Chipewyan. That’s a lot of talking heads and coordinating with this motley can be a challenge in any situation. For a small community like Ft. Chip already overtaxed by endless [...]

Water is life–that’s the resounding message from the third annual Keepers of the Water Gathering here in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta. More than 400 crowd into the community hall for the opening plenary. Elected leaders from eight First Nations stretching across Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories welcome us in turn at the front. Translators relay the [...]

I just participated in the Animal Rights 2008 conference near Washington, DC, and had a rewarding and challenging experience. Rewarding, because the dozen volunteers who helped staff RAN’s table and I were warmly received – we signed up twenty new RAN members and got a couple of hundred signatures on our petition calling on ADM, [...]

What an inspirational week! The Rainforest Agribusiness campaigners, interns, and legions of supporters across the world have taken major steps to bring about the end of palm oil expansion into endangered ecosystems and displacing Indigenous communities. And they did it on the Internet! So many non-profits use the Internet merely to raise funds or to raise awareness [...]

Reports from people all across North America who participated in the Stick It to Palm Oil day of action are rolling in! More than 2,000 people overwhelmed supermarkets with stickers reading “Warning! Product May Contain Rainforest Destruction” to raise awareness about the devastating consequences of palm oil expansion. The stickers pointed shoppers to our all new website: [...]

These days, you’ll find more images of windmills and solar panels in political campaign ads than pictures of cute babies and American flags. Why, then, is it so hard to pass a simple bill promoting solar power? It couldn’t be the influence of the coal industry, could it? The good folks at Appalachian Voices and Oil [...]

Thank you to all of you who took action today! Whether you were one of the 2,000 people across the country who went to supermarkets to sticker products that contain palm oil, or one of our supporters who took action online and sent 600,000 letters to companies that use palm oil…THANK YOU! You [...]

Richmond, Virginia’s finest were truly in fine form yesterday – demonstrating that the heartland of coal and nuclear power remains attentive to the corporate security threat of climate justice activism. Significantly outnumbering the ranks of Rising Tide, Earth First, Mountain Justice and RAN activists, the coalition forces of the Richmond area police departments, state troopers, county [...]

More than two thousand people are going to show up at supermarkets all across North America tomorrow for RAN’s Stick It to Palm Oil day of action. Armed with “Warning: Product May Contain Rainforest Destruction” stickers, RAN supporters everywhere will be stickering products made with palm oil. Check out this great map showing all the [...]

Here is the official word on the brutal response of officials from the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco to last Wednesday’s peaceful protest. Also watch this video: http://video.nbc11.com/player/?id=283576 **** San Francisco, CA – Activists were outraged Wednesday morning August 6th when Chinese Consulate officials cut the climbing rope of a young Tibetan woman engaged in a nonviolent [...]