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Self-Care and Planet-Care: healing ourselves while healing the Earth
The Need for Self-Care Scented bath salts, dinner at a fancy restaurant, a cozy new sweatshirt with an inspiring phrase printed on it. For a real treat, what about a special box of self-care tea? Self-care is the most luxurious tool we have for dealing with stress...
Conscious Consumerism Lesson 1: Knowledge is Power
I keep having days where I’m in a great mood, the weather is beautiful, and everything is just fine... then I get on social media and one of those photos pops up of an entire beach covered in plastic bottles, plastic bags, and seagulls entangled in plastic soda rings....
What can COVID-19 teach us about how to address climate change?
All of us remember the moment that life changed--for ourselves, our communities, our countries, our world. There’s no question that COVID-19 has affected the lives of everyone, around the world, from all walks of life. As the health and economic impacts of the virus...
Lessons from Costa Rica: How to Protect Forests with Better Bureaucracy
In 2019, I studied in Costa Rica, which gave me a passion for land-use and rainforest conservation, and inspired me to join Rainforest Partnership. It made me excited about topics that may sound dull to other people, like forest management. I started asking questions...
Support Our Partner by Taking a Virtual Trip to Sani Isla, Ecuador
An hour drive from Quito, Ecuador is a gateway to a natural paradise: The Sani Lodge. With the beautiful Napo River on one side and breathtaking rainforest on the other, Sani Isla is the perfect location for a visit to the Amazon Rainforest. During a stay at Sani...
What Starts at SXSW Winds Up at Climate Week NYC 2020!
This is the story of an incredible partnership that almost didn’t happen: How one serendipitous decision made it possible for the Brazilian movie company Duo2 to connect with Rainforest Partnership at SXSW 2017, a powerful partnership that reached a new pinnacle this...
Conversations in Climate Activism: Sunrise Chicago Activist Matt Ellis-Ramírez
Under a cloud of uncertainty made worse by the recent news of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, two young RP team members got on a call with Matt Ellis-Ramírez, a young activist in the Sunrise Movement’s Chicago branch who helps run its BIPOC organizing school. With so...
On Fires, Uncertainty, and the Future
Last night I dreamed about a blue sky turning orange. Flames and smoke moved quickly overhead until everything was dark. I live far from the fires that are raging on the west coast. But I’m spending a lot of time these days thinking of my friends who are there,...
Climate Week NYC 2020: One Week to go!
Climate Week NYC 2020 is a huge virtual event with serious goals: cut global emissions in half by the end of the decade, ensure a just transition to a future with net-zero emissions. Climate Week NYC will bring together hundreds of global participants, and Rainforest...
