Rainforest Action Network

RAN (
) is another one of my favorite uncompromising environmental-​advocacy groups. Their campaigns are grassroots but also far-​reaching. They take on the biggest banks in the world, and although they don’t always win, they often get some pretty amazing concessions. And RAN was doing this long before the environment was on most people’s minds. Oh, and RAN doesn’t believe phony greenwashing – sadly, many environmental organizations do.
Everyone contributes to environmental destruction. Everyone. If you don’t want to be as complicit as you are, get active with RAN and see how your dollars are intimately connected (in bad and good ways) with the health of the planet and indigenous peoples everywhere.

HA! I get a first review! I don’t know why that makes me excited — but it does.
So Rainforest Action Network (referred to as RAN from this point forward) is an amazing organization based in San Fran. While their name gives some inclination to the work they do — it’s much broader and more holistic than merely rainforest protection.
Consistently an organization with a biting and deep analysis of issues regarding environmental sustainability (and conversely, the systems and institutions threatening that goal) — RAN tackles corporate targets and engages in market-​based campaigns in an effort to «Challenge Corporate Power». They typically take on campaign targets that many other environmental groups shy from for fear of being too radical.
They have a long track record of succesful campaigns, and have gotten companies like Boise Cascade, Home Depot, Bank of America, CitiGroup and many mor to divest from environmentally destructive practices. RAn is well worthy of your time, energy, money, and support…