Search Results for: rainforests
Videos
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How TreeBanking replants and sustainably manages permanent rainforest habitats
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Mountaintop Removal - Rainforest Action Network Campaign for Appalachia Mountains
Rainforest Action Network's continues their campaign to end the Mountaintop Removal (MTR) of the Appalachia Mountains with a benefit to raise money and awareness. Obama and the EPA have not fulfilled their promises to end the coal mining process which 1) causes irreversible environmental impact, 2) has lost more than 10,000 jobs since the technique's inception, and 3) causes asthma, birth defects and cancer among Appalachian residents.
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Greenpeace / Dove - Onslaughter
Godmother Films has collaborated with Greenpeace in the production of this viral, which denounces the responsibility of the cosmetics brand Dove in contributing to the destruction of the Indonesian rainforest. The spot is a spoof created as an answer to the Dove Onslaught ad.
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CSR Minute: September 21, 2009
The 3BL Media CSR Minute: 60 seconds or so of daily news and commentary on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the triple bottom line (3BL). The CSR Minute is your daily video digest of the most relevant Corporate Social Responsible news of the day. Our team of 3BL Media correspondents tracks the global world of corporate social responsibility to bring you coverage of the most important announcements, initiatives, issues, trends, ideas, and breaking news. Today's Items: Seventh Generation, Whole Foods + Rainforest Action Network's Palm Oil Webcast; Plum Creek Timber + Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes; Siemens + McGraw-Hill's Report
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Orangutan Outreach PSA - Jorja Fox
Jorja Fox makes a plea to support Orangutan Outreach and help save orangutans.
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The Problem with Palm Oil - Be Part of the Conversation
Join Seventh Generation, Rainforest Action Network and Whole Foods Market to learn more about what they’re doing and what you can do to end the destruction of vital ecosystems.
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Mountaintop Removal, Ecofont, and Swimming In Sewers on Hype To Habit
In this episode of Hype to Habit we'll cast our (pink) eye over Los Angeles beaches, give you the lowdown on mountaintop removal and get a taste of our favorite new font.
Articles
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Is High Demand for Palm Oil Destroying the Rainforests?
Is it true that palm oil, common in snack foods and health & beauty products, is destroying rainforests? If so, what can consumers do about it?
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Many of us have never even heard of palm oil, but little do we know it's in almost everything we buy and the world's rainforests are being destroyed to produce it.
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Ecuador Wants To Give The Environment Human Rights
Next week Ecuadorian citizens will vote on giving the rainforests, islands and rivers the same legal rights that humans have. As of right now, 56% of Ecuador... -
Students Learn How To Efficiently Protest
When most people think of a successful protest, they think of people chaining themselves to things, fighting with police and creating overall mayhem. These m... -
Brazil Looks To Protect Itself From AIDS
Have you ever wondered where condoms come from? Well in Brazil they’ve started making them from rubber trees in the rainforest.
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Is Your Company Trying To Save The World?
How would you like to work in one of the top-ranked places to work and also save the rain forest at the same time?
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Click to Give a Free Mammogram to a Woman in Need
A simple click will donate at least one free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman.
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70% deforestation cuts for Brazil
Brazil has announced a plan to reduce deforestation rates in the Amazon region by 70% over the next ten years.
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Gorilla States In Poaching Pledge
Countries that are home to gorillas have pledged to monitor how laws against harming the animals are being implemented on the ground.
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Time's Top 10 Green Stories Of 2008
Time recently came out with a top 10 list of the top green stories of 2008. Can you guess what number 1 is?
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Peru Planting 512,820 Trees a Day to Fight Climate Change
Peru’s Ministry of Agriculture has launched an ambitious project. The goal: plant 40 million trees in 3 months to help deter the effects of climate change.
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Nkunda and I: My Day With The Charismatic Congolese Warlord
Less than a year ago, at 25 years old, I went deep into the war-zone on a motorcycle to meet Nkunda. This is my story from that day.
Events
- Rainforest Action Network's Revel 2009 Location: The Bently Reserve: 301 Battery Street San Francisco, CA
- CRUDE Location: Harmony Gold Theater, 7655 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
- CRUDE, The Real Price of Oil Location: Nationwide (See movie listings.)
Organizations
People
- ThinkPeaceMedia pasadena, CA
Blog posts
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Honduras. July 28th, 2008 The following post was written Friday from Honduras where I was visiting 6 new wells funded through our partnership with Saks Fifth Avenue. $500,000 was raised through...
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Here is the link for the story at Reuters http://af.reuters.com/article/drcNews/idAFLN34164620090123 Please read my friend Seans encounter with Nkunda in the DRC before he started his organi...
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Who'd a-thunk that a search engine company would help save the world? Or, at least, document the saving – and/or plundering – of the world. Well, that's just what Google has done with Google Earth'...
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Next spring break skip Cabo, or chilling on your parent's couch and head down to Costa Rica for the volunteer experience of a lifetime. Goodbye blackberry, hello mono titi. I first traveled with ...
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Eco Maniac: Planetary Pop Quiz
Everyone needs to watch Home. It’s possibly the most beautiful and important film you will ever see. Although it focuses on global climate change, it weaves the ideas of industry, agriculture, econ...
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"my interview with q'orianka kilcher"
here is the link to this amazing interview: http://minxmeilinda.onsugar.com/3691901 My Interview with Q'orianka Kilcher for Cliche Magazine. August 2009 Edition. By minxdeluxe · August 1, 2009...
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REVEL is never a party to be missed, and this year was no different
Posted by Branden on October 16th, 2009 Surrounded by larger-than life rainforest photos draped from the walls of the gorgeous Bentley Reserve the who’s who of the environmental movement gathere...
