Written by Ashley Schaeffer
Topics: Agribusiness, Climate, Party
Congratulations to Rhiannon Tomtishen and Madison Vorva for winning this year’s Brower Youth Award!
These two intrepid Girl Scouts leaders are paving the way to ensure that Girl Scout cookies are palm oil-free, and not compromising some of our most endangered forests and animals.
Check out just how inspiring they truly are in this Rikshaw Films video:
Posted on 21 October 2011
Tags: Brower Youth Awards, Girl Scouts, palm oil
Born and raised in Mendocino County, Ashley Schaeffer comes from a family of solar energy pioneers. A lifelong vegetarian and passionate animal rights activist, she is fiercely committed to halting industrial expansion of oil palm plantations to ensure that orangutans don't become extinct. Before joining RAN in 2009, Ashley worked on social and environmental justice campaigns across the country with Amazon Watch, Green Corps, and finally Greenpeace for several years. Prior to her organizing career she worked for the World Learning Institute in Ecuador.
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What an encouraging article. As a former Girls Scout Troop Leader and a soapmaker, I can relate to what these women are doing. So glad to see these leaders to get involved in real issues affecting our world. As I researched making soap, virtually EVERY recipe and instruction included palm oil. “Sustainable” or not, I don’t use it at all. I make palm-free soaps and there’s really no excuse to include it. Thanks for keeping the awareness up on this important issue.
congratulations girls! what an inspiration! :)