Thank You, We Did It! Palm Oil Tour Highlights

Posted November 6, 2013 in The Understory

Wow, what a whirlwind the last 2 months have been! November is here and Melanie and I are finally home in San Francisco after being on the road for the…

The No Keystone XL Movement Needs You!

Posted October 1, 2013 in The Understory

Two weeks, a group of courageous people were arrested in the belly of the beast: TransCanada’s U.S. headquarters in Houston, Texas. These were mothers, fathers, grandfathers, great grandmothers, scientists, and…

It’s Smucker’s Turn to Feel the Pressure

Posted September 23, 2013 in The Understory

The Snack Food 20 are really feeling the pressure! You all have sent almost 20,000 messages to the Snack Food 20 demanding that they cut “Conflict Palm Oil” tied to…

The Power Is In Your Palm

Posted September 12, 2013 in The Understory

I’m excited to announce Rainforest Action Network’s ambitious new campaign to save some of the world’s most important rainforests and the last remaining wild orangutans from “Conflict Palm Oil.” It’s…

Indonesian Forest Protections Under Attack

Posted April 22, 2013 in The Understory

I wish I didn’t have to write this blog post on Earth Day. The rainforest where I saw my first wild orangutan is under threat. I can’t believe it! There…

The Last Message Becky Wrote To You

Posted January 11, 2013 in The Understory

For the last two weeks, we’ve been grieving the loss of RAN’s beloved executive director, Rebecca Tarbotton, who died tragically on December 26. In late December, Becky was working on…

Today Is the Twitter Storm to #EndFossilFuelSubsidies

Posted June 18, 2012 in The Understory

Imagine what the world could do with $1 trillion. How many children that money could feed, how much clean water that money could provide to communities that need it, how…