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Japhet - who has written 134 posts on Rainforest Action Network Blog.
After a lifetime on the East Coast and getting stuck in the Midwestern suburbs of Chicago and northern Michigan I'm finally on the West Coast in the always cool and never hot city of San Francisco.
Japhet worked for various outdoor organizations before becoming a member of Howard Dean's webteam (a lowly online organizer) in Burlington, Vermont. Afterwards, he continued his election work with America Coming Together in Madison, Wisconsin where he helped increase voter turnout to the highest in state history.
Now, coming back to this environmental and corporate ethics roots, Japhet is excited to put his skills to use for Rainforest Action Network.
The next time you fill up your little VW Bug with biodiesel you’ll be shocked to find out that you could be contributing to the continuing deforestation of the world’s rainforests. How? Palm, a popular species of tree from which the cheapest and easiest forms of biofuels are sourced from, is the world’s number one [...]
Continue reading...By Japhet, April 5 2007
Just a quick run through of the sights and sounds of the New York auto show last week. The weirdest clip by far is that of the hired 8 year old girls who were ga-ga for girly cars. Interesting marketing ploy…but I think it frightens me more than entices me. Well, at least Toyota isn’t [...]
Continue reading...By Japhet, March 27 2007
Earlier this month El Grande, Australia’s biggest tree and the world’s largest flowering plant, collapsed after a controlled burn a few years ago prescribed by Forestry Tasmania (the government’s forest management department) got out of control and burnt El Grande causing it to collapse earlier this week. They even admit it. So why not overhaul [...]
Continue reading...By Japhet, March 26 2007
Brazilian federal officials shut down one of Cargill’s deep river grain ports along the Amazon River this past Saturday. Due to their failure to submit a credible Environmental Impact Statement to the government, the agribusiness giant based out of Minnetonka, MI, will be forced to close down its “soy port” while it appeals the court [...]
Continue reading...By Japhet, March 22 2007
An entirely new species of cat has been discovered on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. Scientists just recently confirmed that the clouded leopard is not the same species as its close relative on the mainland of Southeast Asia. The good news here is that, yes, in fact we have another species of big cat [...]
Continue reading...By Japhet, March 22 2007
Well, not really. But I found this fantastic old trailer for the 1989 thriller “INDIO” about a ex-Marine half-native who comes back to the Amazonian rainforest to save it from development by a corporation headed up by an ex-Army Colonel. Yes, the plot is that thick. Some of us here in the office wished we [...]
Continue reading...By Japhet, March 22 2007
Just when you thought you were taking a stand for the health of our planet by recycling all your recyclable materials, composting all your compost-ables, and buying only organic foods at your local Whole Foods, you find out about Colin Beaven and Michelle Conlin. Living in a bourgeois 5th avenue apartment is a far cry [...]
Continue reading...By Japhet, March 21 2007
Al Gore is taking his fight to the U.S. Congress. He’s testifying before two committees that he once served on, the House Science and Energy Committees. Here’s part of his opening speech. Thanks to Nancy Pelosi’s office for posting (I think…who really knows). What’s your favorite quote?
Continue reading...By Japhet, March 20 2007
This one wasn’t in the U.S. but it was much more devastating than anything I’ve heard before when it comes to coal mine accidents. A methane explosion killed 106 people in a Siberian coal mine and they are currently trying to rescue 4 trapped miners who at 885 feet down. Do we really need to [...]
Continue reading...By Japhet, March 18 2007
Amazing local public broadcasting video from West Virginia. Many of the protestors were community members and local students. They actually dragged students out by their arms and legs, reminiscent of what officers did to students at Sproul Hall in Berkeley during the dawning of the Free Speech Movement. More video here.
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By Japhet, April 9 2007
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