Indigenous Ecuadorean leader Emergildo Criollo travels from Amazon rainforest to California to deliver 325,000+ letters urging Chevron’s new CEO John Watson to clean up the oil giant’s toxic legacy. Photo by Jonathan McIntosh. On March 2nd, Emergildo Criollo, president of the Ecuadorian Cofan people, delivered 325,000 petitions from over 150 countries in support of his appeal to Chevron to clean up the toxic mess they had left in the Amazon over three decades ago.  He was met by Chevron’s  Public Relations Clean-Up Crew, who seemed more concerned with cleaning up Chevron’s image... (continue reading)

Do you know a kid who loves the rainforest? Do you know a teacher who wants to help? Invite them to be a Rainforest Hero with RAN’s newly updated “Kid’s Action Toolkit.” It talks all about the world’s rainforests, their role in climate change, and what you can do to make a real difference to protect these places and help the people who depend on them. And it’s beautiful! Download the Kids Action Toolkit... (continue reading)

Congrats to our friends, the Climate Change Crew, who just won First Place for their song “Change is Needed” in Green For All’s The Dream Reborn Story Contest! Listen to the song here. This group hails from the Twin Cities; they are Awesome. Here’s what they have to say about it: We are high school students from Minneapolis and St. Paul. We represent the Twin Cities low-income communities of color, whose voices often go unheard when major decisions are made. We work through a lens of understanding that climate change is an “opportune crisis”. We believe that if... (continue reading)

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 may have. 3. I can be extremely awkward online. So, in light of these three things, I now am ready (I think…) to explain myself or at least attempt an explanation of sorts. Apologies up front for a long blog entry, know that my future blogs will be more succinct (or I shall... (continue reading)

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 Forum really gave me a sense of hope, a feeling that change is happening. It’s hard to explain what the camp and forum were like. Intense would be one word that comes to mind. Mind blowing would be others. There is something to being around a ton of people who want to make the world a... (continue reading)