For Valentine’s Day, RAN-Twin Cities activists and kids dropped off more than 100 children’s Valentines to the General Mills Headquarters. Through the Valentine delivery and some great songs they wrote for the occasion, they asked General Mills to have a heart and save the rainforest!

General Mills’ staff greeted the group, offered them cupcakes, and provided [...]

There is a page in Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax” where the Onceler’s axe is depicted chopping down the last Truffula Tree. The scale of deforestation is immediately obvious – the background is a ghost forest of stumps, quietly bearing witness to the Onceler’s greed. I was reminded of this childhood classic when just days ago [...]

The last thing I expected to find riding in a three person dug out canoe up the Mahakam River was a sense of home.  But strangely enough, the first thing I thought of watching these small houseboat river communities go by was how much they reminded me of being back in Seattle in my [...]

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After nearly a month here in Borneo, we’ve finally experienced what could easily be called the focal point of our trip: the untouched primary rainforest the world is so interested in saving. We spend the last week in the East Kutai region of East Kalimantan, first staying in the indigenous Dayak Wehea Village, then at [...]