On what has become known as “The Day of Revolt” — January 25, 2011 — thousands of Egyptians took to the streets to protest the regime of authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak, and so began one of the most successful and influential peaceful protests in history. Inspired by the effective Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia earlier in [...]

One of the reasons the revolution we need isn’t happening is that we aren’t suffering YET. But if we wait till we suffer enough to make the inconvenient changes that need to be made, it will be too late. Our only hope is to awaken empathy…because people and animals and whole bio-systems are already suffering. Let empathy be our wake up call to action.

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 [...]

Some exciting things have been happening in Canada lately. A country currently most well known for it’s terrible environmental track record and complete and utter refusal to do something productive about climate change. What has been happening in Canada? DIRECT ACTION for Climate justice!

All across Canada people have been coming together to organize peaceful sit-in/occupations [...]