Tuesday Tip: How to Take a Volunteer Vacation – The Alternative Spring Break

How to Take a Volunteer Vacation – The Alternative Spring Break What’s your goal when you travel? Taking selfies – or is it finding yourself? If you’re in search of meaning more than museums, try a volunteer vacation …

Victory: CREDO members pressure Starbucks to reduce plastic

Activism to hold corporations accountable works. We’re proud to announce that CREDO and our partners at Stand.earth and the Break Free from Plastic Coalition successfully pressured Starbucks to create a 100% recyclable cup. The coffee giant announced it …

CREDO is building the capacity of progressive activists in key states

Across the country, millions are mobilizing in opposition to Trump and his dangerous, racist agenda –- and thanks to the CREDO members who use our products every day, CREDO is now leading the charge to train an “army …

Download Protest Posters for March for Our Lives

On Saturday, March 24, students from across the country will be leading the March for Our Lives. They, their families and their communities will take to the streets in Washington, D.C. and cities across the U.S. to demand …

Tuesday Tip: Why your cell phone won’t ring—and how to fix it

Have you ever glanced at your phone screen and seen that you’ve a missed call—or three or seven? Argh! How did this happen? You didn’t even hear your phone ring. In fact, you’re quite sure it didn’t ring. …

Victory: Climate change denier Kathleen Hartnett White will not lead the Council on Environmental Quality

Thanks in part to the amazing activism by CREDO members, Trump withdrew the nomination of Kathleen Hartnett White — who has a long history of climate denial and racist views — to lead the Council on Environmental Quality. …

Holding Democrats accountable when they attack our progressive values

When Democrats in Washington stick to their progressive values and stand up for what’s right, CREDO is among the first in line to publicly give them credit. But when anyone, including Democrats, actively undermines or attacks progressive values, …

Victory: Chaco Canyon saved from fossil fuel drilling

Activism works. Thanks to the more than 178,000 CREDO members who took action and local leaders fighting on the ground in New Mexico, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke canceled the proposed oil and gas lease sale in Chaco Canyon …

Five ways you can stand up to the NRA right now

Within hours of the horrific massacre at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida — which took the lives of 17 people — Republican politicians were issuing their well-rehearsed “thoughts and prayers” social media posts and …

How to easily save energy at home

One consequence of human-caused climate change is extreme weather, including more intense heat waves. And a consequence of that is higher energy use at home. For example, a 2015 study by the Proceedings of the National Academy of …