Picture for a moment tropical paradise: white sand beaches, sparkling blue ocean, and palm trees arching out over the breaking waves. That’s where I just spent ten days. The island of Maratua is located just off the coast of the Berau region in East Kalimantan.
Not only a terrestrial paradise, it is located in the Coral [...]

The Most Awkward Part
As far as introductions go, I have been fussing about this blog intro entry for about a week (Don’t judge. This is my first blog.) and have finally acknowledged some very important things.
1. I am really excited to be blogging.
2. I need to introduce myself for the sake of any readers I [...]

This morning in Pettus, West Virginia, three activists entered Marfork Coal Company’s office to deliver a citizen’s arrest warrant to Christopher Blanchard, the company’s president and Don Blankenship, the CEO of Massey Energy. Marfork Coal Company is a subsidiary of Massey Energy – the coal company responsible for blowing up dozens of mountaintops throughout [...]

JP Morgan Chase is the biggest U.S. financier of mountaintop removal.
Remember Massey Energy, poster child of mountaintop removal? JP Mogan Chase supplies the money that funds them.
Are you on Facebook? Do you use Twitter? Have a blog? How about email? We need your help to stop the money flow that’s destroying mountains and creating some [...]

When I was sixteen years old I had the amazing opportunity of attending RAN’s youth action camp that was right before the U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta, Georgia. I have to say this was an amazing experience that really helped shape me and how I view activism even today. The camp along with the Social [...]