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Jenn Breckenridge - who has written 23 posts on Rainforest Action Network Blog.
It’s pretty crazy to think that something as seemingly innocent as Girl Scout cookies could be contributing to rainforest destruction, the violation of Indigenous rights and the extinction of endangered species like orangutans, tigers, elephants and rhinos. Unfortunately, because Girl Scouts USA (GSUSA) chooses to use rainforest destroying palm oil in a large majority of [...]
Continue reading...By Jenn Breckenridge, March 10 2011
Climate activist Tim DeChristopher faces up to 10 years in prison for placing false bids on Utah wilderness during an auction to the oil & gas industry in the final days of the Bush Administration. Tim’s bold action stalled the auction until the Obama Administration could rule the sale of the land illegal, and the [...]
Continue reading...By Jenn Breckenridge, March 7 2011
Very few times in life does one get the opportunity to title anything “Get Crunk for the Amazon.” Well, today’s a banner day. Our homies at Critical Beats partnered with Amazonian communities and Oakland-based underground DJ Knowa Knowone to produce a unique track weaving Indigenous songs from the Amazon rainforest into the mesmerizing glitch-inspired track [...]
Continue reading...By Jenn Breckenridge, March 1 2011
What is Citizens United all about anyway? How did it come to pass that corporations can now spend as much as they want on political advertising? Isn’t that f*d up? If you want these questions answered, today is your day! The brilliant folks behind The Story of Stuff have just come out with one of [...]
Continue reading...By Jenn Breckenridge, February 25 2011
From inside the Wisconsin State Capitol, RAN ally Ryan Harvey reports: “Hundreds of cops have just marched into the Wisconsin state capitol building to protest the anti-Union bill, to massive applause. They now join up to 600 people who are inside.” Ryan reported on his Facebook page earlier today: “Police have just announced to the [...]
Continue reading...By Jenn Breckenridge, February 7 2011
UPDATE 02/09/11: Groupon has just changed their Brazilian rainforest ad to include the Save The Money URL. Besides the surprise win by the Packers, the talk of American towns today is the controversial ads run by Groupon before, during, and after the Super Bowl. Saying that saving $50 on a Brazilian wax is more important [...]
Continue reading...By Jenn Breckenridge, December 3 2010
OneClimate and TckTckTck bring us live interviews and educational programming from the COP16 United Nations Climate Change Conference–a.k.a. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)–in Cancún, Mexico. You can also find multiple live broadcasts from inside the conference rooms on the official UNFCCC website. Enjoy! Watch live video from OneClimate on Justin.tv
Continue reading...By Jenn Breckenridge, November 19 2010
From our friends at TckTckTck comes a beautiful new piece of digital art that RAN is honored to play a part. mosaic:EARTH tells inspiring stories of environmental action from around the world. Zoom in and out of a high resolution composite image of the Earth, as seen from space, made up of thousands of tiles. [...]
Continue reading...By Jenn Breckenridge, November 19 2010
“Just as mankind had the power to push the world to the brink, so too do we have the power to bring it back into balance.” -Prince Charles When does Rainforest Action Network tell you to watch TV? Never. Tonight is different though. There’s a very special film playing on NBC. Inspired by and starring [...]
Continue reading...By Jenn Breckenridge, October 14 2010
The art of the brand jam is something Rainforest Action Network has worked hard to perfect over the years. This month, we gave folks in the RAN community a shot at it themselves AND a chance to win tickets to our biggest benefit party of the year- REVEL. We chose three dastardly corporations- Chevron, Massey [...]
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By Jenn Breckenridge, May 3 2011
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