Sungevity Blog

A whimsical attempt to communicate how the Beyond the Bake Sale Program works. Drag the white arrow to the left to view the second row of the strip. Let us know what you think.

You may be one of the 12 million people who's watched the on-line video, The Story of Stuff. But have you or your kids seen LOOP SCOOPS? The Story of Stuff Project (Sungevity.org's newest group partner), developed LOOP SCOOPS in collaboration with PBS Kids as a way of educating children about resource consumption without confusing or scaring the heck out of them.

We'd like to congratulate International Rivers for pulling off the International Day of Action for Rivers on March 14. The Day of Action was a global celebration of healthy rivers, a day of protest against projects that would harm them, and a day of solidarity with communities affected by dams. More than 111 actions in 34 countries took place, and a number of media outlets covered the story.

Three Sungevity partners are celebrating a major victory for the Amazon Rainforest and the people and wildlife who make their home there. On February 14, an Ecuadoran court found Chevron guilty of massive environmental contamination in the Ecuadorian Amazon and ordered Chevron to pay $8.6 billion in fines in one of the largest environmental damages awards on record. The ruling comes after more than 17 years of litigation brought by thousands of indigenous peoples and farmers in the northeastern Amazon region of Ecuador.