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Phil Lesh to play benefit for RAN April 30, 2013!

By Caely French, April 24 2013

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Phil Lesh to play benefit for RAN April 30, 2013!

It’s sure to be a spectacular evening in the ‘Grate’ Room at Terrapin Crossroads, Phil Lesh’s new venue on the canals of San Rafael. We’ll kick off with critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Harper Simon, followed by the legendary Phil Lesh himself jamming with the Terrapin Family Band. Join us for a VIP reception at 6:30 with [...]

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Girl Scouts Win Brower Youth Award

By Ashley Schaeffer, October 21 2011

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Girl Scouts Win Brower Youth Award

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 [...]

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REVEL 2011 Rocked!

By Jenn Breckenridge, October 19 2011

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REVEL 2011 Rocked!

For Californians who care about the environment, the rager of the year is most certainly Rainforest Action Network’s annual benefit REVEL. Naomi Klein and The Yes Men were honored with World Rainforest Awards as the California Academy of Sciences glittered with stingray pools, stiltwalkers, and California’s most cutting-edge minds getting in some serious bonding time. It [...]

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The Yes Men Get Serious: Hijinx, Revolution and a Man Named Alessio Rastani

By Jenn Breckenridge, October 11 2011

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The Yes Men Get Serious: Hijinx, Revolution and a Man Named Alessio Rastani

Oh, The Yes Men. Whether it’s appearing on network television as a Fortune 500 industrial polluter, sending out a false press release (or three), or successfully representing Exxon at a major industry conference, The Yes Men are always hard at work, fearlessly “impersonating corporate criminals in order to humiliate them.” Now, with the new Yes [...]

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Amazon Victory Party & Fundraiser at Lake Chalet on May 25th, 2011

By Meghan, May 31 2011

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Amazon Victory Party & Fundraiser at Lake Chalet on May 25th, 2011

What a party we created to celebrate a most-significant milestone in our efforts to hold oil-giant Chevron accountable! Thank you for celebrating with us, our Ecuadorian allies and our terrific hosts Lara and Gar Trupelli and their Lake Chalet staff!

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From Reagan to Rainforests… RAN’s greatest moments

By Margaret, October 19 2010

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From Reagan to Rainforests… RAN’s greatest moments

For our 25th anniversary, RAN put together a quick video of our greatest hits, greatest moments and greatest victories. We showed it at REVEL, but in case you missed it, here it is for your viewing pleasure.

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Did you REVEL for RAN’s birthday?

By Margaret, October 18 2010

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Did you REVEL for RAN’s birthday?

REVEL, RAN’s 25th birthday party was a smashing success on Thursday night, as almost 500 people came together to celebrate a quarter century of activism and victories challenging the power of corporations over our democracy and our environment. California jam band the Mother Hips got people on the floor dancing and Grateful Dead alum and [...]

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REVEL IN ACTION: Announcing The Winners

By Jenn Breckenridge, October 14 2010

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REVEL IN ACTION: Announcing The Winners

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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REVEL is never a party to be missed, and this year was no different

By Branden Barber, October 16 2009

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REVEL is never a party to be missed, and this year was no different

Surrounded by larger-than life rainforest photos draped from the walls of the gorgeous Bentley Reserve the who’s who of the environmental movement gathered last night to pay tribute to two great environmental leader and two Indigenous activists from Ecuador at REVEL, Rainforest Action Network’s annual gala. Two Ecuadoran heroes, Emergildo Criollo and Humberto Piaguaje, were [...]

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A benefit so fun it should be illegal!

By Shannon Laliberte, July 16 2007

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A benefit so fun it should be illegal!

If you are in the Bay Area in mid-October this year, you have to make time to come to REVEL: The Art of Activism. It’s the 13th annual benefit dinner for RAN. It’s one of the most fun fundraising dinners hosted in the Bay Area! It shows that folks at RAN not only work their [...]

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