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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 [...]
Continue reading...By Brihannala, August 11 2008
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 [...]
Continue reading...By Brihannala, July 21 2008
The Rainforest Ag interns—the stupendous Peter, Aja, and Kate— and I took it to the supermarkets last week in the trial run for our August 13th Stick it To Palm Oil Day of Action. Here’s what happened: 1) (from left to right) Kate, Aja, and Peter (and I) hit the streets with our “WARNING: Product [...]
Continue reading...By Brihannala, July 7 2008
Over 500 products have been identified on TheProblemWithPalmOil.org, and we are getting ready to transition to the next phase of our campaign: Putting pressure on the companies to get rainforest destruction out of their products. And we’re really gonna need your help, come August 13th. Here’s what were up to: Our fabulous campaign interns– Peter, [...]
Continue reading...By Brihannala, June 20 2008
I’m not sure if it makes me really excited, or really sad, you all have registered over 400 palm oil filled products on www.TheProblemWithPalmOil.org! Mostly, it makes me really excited, because each and every one of those companies is going to get a letter from the Rainforest Agribusiness team, asking them to join our effort [...]
Continue reading...By Brihannala, May 19 2008
RAN took on Bank of America at the Chicago Greenfest this weekend, with the help of some Chicago area activists, and a polar bear. Perversely inspired by the Bank of America ATMs that seem to be all over Navy Pier in Chicago, and irritated that the only way to get cash involved giving BofA two [...]
Continue reading...By Brihannala, May 15 2008
Ever since TheProblemWithPalmOil.org went live, the supermarket sleuths have been checking out their supermarkets, pantries, and medicine cabinets, all looking for evidence that ADM, Bunge, and Cargill have snuck rainforest destruction into thier products. So far, our sleuths have found 137 products that contain palm oil. They’ve found everything from Banquet Chicken Fingers Meal to [...]
Continue reading...By Brihannala, May 6 2008
ADM, Bunge, and Cargill can’t hide any more: www.TheProblemWithPalmOil.org just went live. There is no secret about what US Agribusiness companies are doing in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific: They are forcing communities off their land, destroying the last remaining habitat for endangered species like the orangutan, and burning the remaining forest stumps, [...]
Continue reading...By Brihannala, April 24 2008
It is not every day that we here at RAN get to announce the launch of a major new strategy… but today is one of those exciting days! The Rainforest Agribusiness campaign is launching a retail strategy, which will focus on holding ADM, Bunge, and Cargill responsible for the rainforest destruction that they are sneaking [...]
Continue reading...By Brihannala, March 13 2008
UPDATE: The Wall Street Journal has video of RAN activists confronting ADM CEO Patricia Woertz! Three RAN activists– Levana Saxon, Annie Sartor, and I– made Patricia Woertz, CEO of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) feel really uncomfortable in front of her peers today. The Wall Street Journal is currently putting on a conference called the ECO:nomics [...]
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