Rainforest Action Network heats up Hollywood this Thursday

 

Rainforest Action Network , the San Francisco-based group dubbed 'some of the most savvy environmental agitators in the business' by 'The Wall Street Journal,' will host a private reception at Ashes and Snow this Thursday to present a new way forward to break America's oil addiction and save the last of Earth's remaining old growth forests.

The invitation-only event is being co-hosted by actor and activist Ed Begley, Jr., Emmy-nominated actress Barbara Bosson, The Doors drummer John Densmore, musician Freebo, producer and political activist Robert Greenwald, actress and activist Daryl Hannah, former California State Senator and author Tom Hayden, Desperate Housewives actress Felicity Huffman, actress Q'Orianka Kilcher, actress Mia Kirshner, actress Sharon Lawrence, actor Esai Morales, actress and electric-vehicle advocate Alexandra Paul, Crash and Mission Impossible 3 star Bahar Soomekh, visionary musician and activist John Trudell, and actress and musician Barbara Williams.

Who
Rainforest Action Network and friends

What
Breaking Oil Addiction and Protecting Old Growth Forests: A Call to Action

When
7:30-9:30 p.m.
Thursday, 20 April

Where
Ashes and Snow at the Nomadic Museum
Santa Monica Pier, California

Why
Global warming and deforestation are currently outstripping even the worst doomsday scenarios. Urgent action by public opinion leaders is required now.

Executive director Michael Brune will share the behind-the-scenes story of how a small team of dedicated campaigners is working with a growing network of activists and allies around the world to change business-as-usual and win some of the most important environmental victories of a generation.

The A-list guest list will be joined by a who's who of leading environmental and social justice activists and supporters including Celia Alario, Laurie & Bill Benenson, Theresa & Blase Bonpane, Wendell Covalt, James and Sonia Cummings, Jodie Evans, FreeboJim and Suzanne Gollin, Allan Hunt-Badiner, Tamar Hurwitz, Laurie Kaufman, Marianne Manilov, Linda Nicholes and Howard Stein, Sara Nichols, Lora O'Connor, Chris Paine, Matt Petersen, Laurie Pettigrew, John Quigley, Richard & Thekla Sanford, Paul & Zan Scott, Julie Bergman Sender, Aqeela Sherills, Lisa Smithline, Atossa Soltani, and Ellen Strickland.

Rainforest Action Network (RAN) is in the business of market transformation. For 20 years, RAN has helped nurture a grassroots movement into a market force capable of convincing corporate America that environmentally and socially destructive practices are not welcome in the global marketplace. From individuals to institutions, RAN has helped birth a new breed of activism, unleashing the purchasing power of consumer democracy and holding big business accountable in the court of public opinion. As a result, hundreds of the world's largest US-based multinational corporations, including Home Depot, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Lowe's and others, have been inspired to set new best practices on some of the most urgent environmental and social issues of our time. For more information, please visit RAN.org.

Ashes and Snow is an ongoing project that weaves together the photographic works, film, art installations, and a novel in letters. Over the course of 14 years, Gregory Colbert has made more than 30 expeditions around the world to photograph and film the unscripted interactions between man and nature's living masterpieces. His work is the result of an unswerving commitment to the expressive and artistic sensibility of all animals. For more information, please visit AshesandSnow.com.