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Our planet is currently facing one of the most destructive extinction events in the history of the earth, with an estimated loss of 30,000 species per year, known as the Sixth Mass Extinction. The cause? Humans. The pulp and paper and palm oil industries are causing species extinction left, right, and center in one of [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 4, 2011
Two new documentaries have hit the screen, providing an intimate glimpse of the courageous activists trying to save our planet from reckless industrial exploitation. They offer very different portraits of the movements they seek to capture. “If A Tree Falls” examines the story of a group of environmental activists who were based in Oregon in [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 13, 2011
It appears the Malaysian government has decided to allow its drive for industrialization to trump the preservation of some of the world’s most important natural resources. Do the two really have to be at odds in the 21st century? The county of Sarawak, in Malaysian Borneo, contains one of the oldest and most diverse rainforests [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 11, 2011
Everyone knows that a fox can’t be trusted to guard the hen house. So why would anyone think that a government agency in charge of logging could implement a strong moratorium on deforestation — especially when that agency has done such a poor job enforcing existing laws to date? I’m talking about Indonesia’s Ministry of [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 7, 2011
When I think of a moratorium from a forest perspective, normally it is a very good thing. Convincing corporations or governments to agree to a moratorium that halts deforestation can be like placing a big fat stop sign in front of bulldozers at the edge of a forest. But in the case of Indonesia, are [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Most of us practice personal hygiene at least every couple of days, and because many contain synthetic chemicals, a portion of those end up in our bodies and in our earth. For the last few months, I’ve been trying to green-up my beauty routine. If I wouldn’t put something in my body, why would I [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 11, 2010
Today was the final day of the 8th Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia. Many controversial and heated issues were hashed out at the four-day gathering as the different interests — which include palm oil producers, processors, traders, retailers, banks, and environmental and social NGOs — battled to be heard. The [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 24, 2010
After years of clearcutting Tasmania’s ancient forests, Australian timber giant Gunns Limited broke ranks with Tasmania’s forest industry and stated that it will pull out of native forest logging altogether. On September 9th, at the Forest Industry Development Conference at Melbourne, Gunns announced that it will shift to a plantation-based business. Mr. L’Estrange, the new [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 22, 2010
It is with much gratitude, excitement and hope for our world’s remaining forests that I announce the end to Rainforest Action Network’s General Mills palm oil campaign. Our Rainforest Agribusiness Campaign has come a long way in 2010 with your help. Check out some campaign “best moments.” Eight months ago, 42 activists braved the freezing [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 21, 2010
There is a beautiful place in the world called Tebing Tinggi. It is located on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. I had the honor of visiting Tebing Tinggi this February and meeting many of the people who live there. While I was there, the head of the village took the others with whom I [...]
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