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
Ashley Schaeffer’s Mendocino County Northern California roots introduced her to environmental and animal rights activism at a very young age. She has spent many years living and working in South America for the World Learning Institute and researching Indigenous resistance to the oil industry in the Amazon. She has worked on social and environmental justice campaigns for seven years at Amazon Watch, Green Corps, Greenpeace and now as the Rainforest Agribusiness campaigner at Rainforest Action Network.
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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! :)