Dr. Bronner’s “All-One Activist” series profiles influential activists who are advancing the core causes that Dr. Bronner’s supports through its philanthropy and advocacy. As part of our ongoing All-One Activist series, we are highlighting the organizations supported through the All-One Canada Initiative, the Canadian chapter of Dr. Bronner’s All-One International Initiative. Through this initiative, at a minimum,
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All-One Activist: Ben Williamson’s Fight to End Animal Cruelty & Build a Plant-Based Future
Dr. Bronner’s “All-One Activist” series profiles influential activists who are advancing the core causes that Dr. Bronner’s supports through its philanthropy and advocacy. Animal Outlook is a national nonprofit animal advocacy organization focused on exposing cruelty to farmed animals and promoting vegan living through investigations, legal advocacy, and public education. I grew up in the Washington,
Marking Five Years of Mutual Aid: The Origins and Impact of One of Dr. Bronner’s Product Donation Programs
In March 2020, a week before the COVID-19 national emergency was declared, Dr. Bronner’s began receiving urgent requests for hand sanitizer and hygiene products from nonprofits and community groups. In response, leadership quickly developed a strategy, and our public relations and shipping teams launched a COVID-19 Product Donation Program. Throughout 2020, Dr. Bronner’s donated essential hygiene products to support high-risk groups,
The Power of Menstrual Health Access: A Success Story from Ghana
A Shared Commitment to Dignity and Sustainability Whether it is providing 100% free health care to employees or ensuring that the communities at the beginning of our supply chains have safe working conditions, living wages, and social benefits—Dr. Bronner’s dedication to a better world is inherently inclusive. We believe that health, dignity, and opportunity should never be determined by biology—especially not by menstruation.
USAID at a Crossroads: Dr. Bronner’s Experience with the US Agency for International Development
by Gero Leson
What government-sponsored development aid supports, and what’s at stake with recent cuts One of President Trump’s first executive orders in January 2025 was to dramatically cut funding and staffing of the US Agency for International Development (USAID). This provoked a debate about the benefits vs. cost of the U.S. government spending taxpayers’ money on helping less economically developed countries to strengthen democracy and grow their economies,
Dr. Bronner’s Analysis of Latest Revision to B Corp Standard
B Lab’s V7 Update Shows Great Improvement but Not Enough to Prevent Greenwashing Earlier this year, Dr. Bronner’s announced that we will not renew our B Corp Certification when it expires later this year. Our announcement followed a multi-year campaign by Dr. Bronner’s, and many other companies, calling on B Lab to meaningfully improve the B Corp standard.
Dawn of a New Rising Son
The Rise of the Feminine and Trans Solidarity in the Time of Patriarchal Empire Back in 2016, after my nonbinary 19-year-old old kid at the time had recently come out to me, I joked with them about fusing “son” and “daughter” into “Don” or “Saughter,” and then it hit me: “Dawn of a New Rising Son.” A Hendrix-inspired riff and celebration of the liberated,
Sunrise on the Sacred Altarplace of Mother Earth
Indigenous Wisdom, Spiritual Ecology & Regenerative Agriculture Can Heal Our World Seven years ago, I traveled with Native American Church leaders to visit leaders of the Wixarika in their sacred land of Wirikuta in Mexico, in support of their mission to conserve their sacred peyote medicine north and south of the border. In the context of that visit,
Organic Farming Is Under Attack – Here’s How You Can Take Action!
by Ryan Zinn
Across the country, organic farmers and the organizations that support them are facing an unprecedented crisis. The USDA has frozen critical funding, halting payments on legally binding contracts and grants. This reckless decision is creating financial turmoil, stalling essential projects, and threatening the livelihoods of farmers, small businesses, and rural communities. But the damage doesn’t stop there.
Psychedelic Healing at a Crossroads
Debacle at the FDA, Community Healing in Portland, and Question 4 in Massachusetts Writing here as a board member for the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), it’s been a crazy few months. I have no doubt that the Food & Drug Administration will eventually approve MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD after more clinical research hoops are jumped through,