Birth of a baby Orang-utan.
Birth of a baby Orang-utan.
When we buy these, we lose this.
Palm Oil isn’t “Green” or Vegetarian. And it’s in 50% of our favorite grocery store.
I was sitting around this morning, enjoying December 1st, reading the NY Times and drinking organic fair-trade coffee and eating organic oatmeal with Earth Balance, a locally-based company I love to love. And then I read the side of the container.
I’ve blogged this stuff up. Palm oil kills orangutans, and forests. Soy beans kills the rapidly vanishing Amazon, the “earth’s lungs.” Now, Earth Balance is a great company. Palm oil is in 50% of all products.
But it’s time to make a change. And change starts with us. So let’s make some (respectful) noise—and ask those companies we love and support with our hard-earned dollars to get responsible. For now, there’s alternatives (listed here—or just remember that if it’s pure, real food with less than five ingredients, we’re probably good)—peanut butters etc that are simple, real food and don’t use palm oil.
They’re scheduled for extinction in 10-20 years. They’re renowned for their intelligence.
When we buy these products—food, toothpaste, deodorant—products that contain palm oil or “vegetable oil”—this is what happens.
If we’re vegan or vegetarian, and you eat palm oil or palm fruit or soy bean oil or vegetable oil, we aren’t vegan or vegetarian.
(Click here for a slideshow of just a few organic products that use palm oil, via BlissTree)
Infographic:
After this campaign, Dove changed. Let’s make noise. Organic and vegan brands should be the first to change:
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we MUST EACH do what we can. and we EACH CAN DO BETTER
Sadly, I don't think that's enough; if you remove the demand for palm oil, something else will take it's place to replace the rainforests as long as people with money are running the show
i’ve been watch a few video about orang utan. but i think gorilla is a lot cute.
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Waylon,
You are valid in so many ways, but like the general populous only sees, the Bad ones make it harder for the Good ones. It's your duty to be informed and spread the knowledge of change. Let's support the one's perpetuating the progressive change.
Palm Oil is a Nutrient Dense Medium Chain Fatty-Acid similar to Coconut Oil. More information can be found by searching around the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil's website.
http://www.rspo.org/