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The Rainforest Alliance: Our mission, our achievements, our passion -- in just a few compelling minutes.
Purchasing Power: Smart shopping here at home can make a big difference in the future of Central American rainforests and the people who live there.
Wild Things: How the Rainforest Alliance is working to protect wildlife and habitats.
Earth Day 2009: Helpful tips for how to make your daily life more sustainable.
Join Our Team: Helena Albuquerque, director of human resources, talks about what it's like to work at the Rainforest Alliance.
The Rainforest Alliance is named one of the top 15 small workplaces in North America by the Wall Street Journal.
Visit the Rainforest Alliance SmartHouse and TreeHouse to learn about the people, places and processes behind the production of sustainable goods.

Sustainable Agriculture: An overview of the Rainforest Alliance's work in sustainable agriculture.
A Farm Committed to Progress: Gian Marc Palacio, owner of Nicaragua's Finca El Progreso, discusses his personal experience with Rainforest Alliance certification.
SustainabiliTEA: National Geographic visits Unilever's Rainforest Alliance Certified tea farms
In the Field: How Rainforest Alliance Certified farms are audited.
Green Buzz: Buying coffee grown by certified farms guarantees environmental, social and economic sustainability.
Colombia Coffee Country: President Tensie Whelan travels to Rainforest Alliance Certified coffee farms in Colombia.
Sustainability Slideshow: Take a tour of the first Rainforest Alliance Certified tea estate. [Español] [Português]

In the Forest: An overview of the Rainforest Alliance's work in sustainable forestry.
Smart Timber: Buying certified wood products encourages regulated, sustainable logging and may be a more effective conservation tool than protected areas.
Flower Power: Greenery for floral displays can be bought from certified suppliers, protecting forests and local communities that depend on them.
Richard Donovan, vice president of sustainable forestry at the Rainforest Alliance talks about our work in sustainable forestry on Treehugger Radio.

Sustainable Tourism: A Win-Win Solution: Learn how the Rainforest Alliance is transforming the industry, and what tourism entrepreneurs are saying about it (also available in Spanish).
Green Wave: Follow a young girl and her mother on their sustainable trip (also available in Spanish, French, German and Dutch).
Ecoventures: Certified "green tourism" protects natural and cultural resources.
Ronald Sanabria, vice president of sustainable tourism at the Rainforest Alliance, speaks at a Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria Workshop.
The Rainforest Alliance's Federico Solano speaks to BusinessWeek Television about sustainable tourism.
Our Flash-driven Sustainable Trips for a Better Future Web site offers information about environmentally responsible tour packages in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Ecuador.

Fight Deforestation, Fight Climate Change: Deforestation -- which happens at a rate of 18 million acres per year -- destroys precious wildlife habitat and accounts for 20 percent of global carbon emissions. Learn how you can help.
Explore an innovative partnership and reforestation project aimed at combating climate change, conserving biodiversity and supporting local communities in Nicaragua.

Using resources available on the Rainforest Alliance Learning Site, students in Newark, New Jersey and Bridgeport, Connecticut discover the role we all play in protecting our world's natural resources:

- Chancellor Avenue School
- First Avenue School
- Lafayette Street School
- Madison School
- Oliver Street School
- Quitman Street Community School
Students from the Ann Street School in Newark, New Jersey personally connect with students in classrooms in Latin America through an exciting scrapbook exchange.
Climb up to our TreeHouse to play games and explore the many wonders of the rainforest.
Read stories about kids who live in and near rainforests:

- Chayo's Andean Home
- Clara and the Armadillo
- Manny Manatee and the Mystery of the Murky Water
- My Dad the Ranger
- Romel's Rainforest Home
- Alex Goes Exploring in El Imposible
- Life in San Miguelito