Mighty Earth is a global campaign organization that works to protect the environment. We focus on the big issues: conserving threatened landscapes like tropical rainforests, protecting oceans, and solving climate change.
Latest Updates
Project to Build Japan’s Largest Palm Oil Burning Power Plant Defeated
Environmental groups are celebrating today’s dissolution of Maizuru Green Initiatives GK, a company set up to build a palm oil burning power plant in Maizuru City, Japan.
Ensuring a Green EU Recovery Plan for the Tire, Rubber, and Auto Industries
All companies receiving bailout funds should be committed to the European Green Deal, the Paris Agreement, and to achieving net zero carbon neutrality by 2025. Businesses seeking EU bailout support should also have robust policies and practices in place that recognize and ensure workers' rights throughout their supply chains.
Video: Ivory Coast Battles to Save Cocoa-Ravaged Forests
Decades of intensive cocoa farming led to rapid economic development in the Ivory Coast, and turned the country into the world's top producer of the chocolate ingredient. But clearing land for farming all but wiped out the Ivory Coast's forests. An ambitious new forestry policy could reverse that.
On World Rainforest Day, Global Brands Must Honor Commitment to End Deforestation by 2020
Global coalition calls on CGF to take ambitious, immediate action to protect forests, the climate, and human health
Sumitomo Doubles Down on Coal, Releases More Rhetoric on Sustainability
Japanese conglomerate plans to continue work on disastrous coal plant project in Bangladesh despite climate, public health, budgetary, and environmental concerns
Ten Reasons Why Sumitomo’s Matarbari Coal Plant is a Terrible Idea
The first Matarbari coal plant is a disaster – it is expensive, a bad investment, and an embarrassment to Sumitomo and Japan. Here are ten reasons why a second plant should never see the light of day.
Ending Gag Lawsuits in Europe: Protecting Democracy and Fundamental Rights
Mighty Earth has joined 119 other NGOs to publish a policy paper advising the EU to put an end to gag lawsuits. Gag lawsuits, also known as Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation.
Mighty Earth Stands for Racial Justice
We stand in solidarity with those targeted by police violence and the protesters demanding justice.
Supermarkets Urged to Actually Stop Buying from Companies Destroying the Amazon
Action is necessary to stop the bulldozing of the Amazon and the killing of Indigenous people
Stop Destroying the Planet & Shop Responsibly
Customers and other community members across Massachusetts have joined Mighty Earth’s call for Stop & Shop to environmental standards for their meat and to cut ties with Cargill.
Grocery Stores Threatening Brazil Boycott Must Go Further to Truly Protect Forests
Their customers - and the world - expect these brands not just to call for action, but to act.
Indigenous Papuan Man Killed by Brutal Beating at Korindo Palm Oil Plantation
Our hearts go out to the family and friends of Marius Betera, who are now suffering as result of this appalling act of violence.
Key Pillars.
- We start with common ground.
We believe in the fundamental goodness and decency of people. We don’t approach opponents as enemies or adversaries: we recognize them, as humans with strongly held convictions, interests and motivations, just like us. When we can make progress through negotiation or consensus, we go for it. Because we know that effecting lasting change is not a zero-sum game: if we can eliminate “winning” and “losing” from the equation, we’re that much closer to our goal. - We’re prepared to act now.
We have the courage, experience and resources to move quickly and hit hard—but never without a deliberate strategy. If our initial strategy fails, we simply regroup and bounce back with an equally viable angle. Whether taking on an interest group or the CEO of a Fortune-100 company, we persevere because we are unafraid and inexhaustible. When it comes to protecting the Earth and its creatures, no ght is too big or too small. - We seek lasting change, not power.
Our agenda doesn’t end with us. To realize our ambitious goals, we need a movement— we can’t do it alone. Big things happen when we can inspire others to join our ght, so we seek out and empower like-minded people to act. If we are successful in our pursuit, we don’t need personal recognition.