I am realistic enough to know that the devastating rate palm oil companies pull down pristine rainforest in Borneo andSumatrais so fast and furious that there is little hope of stopping it in time to save the wildlife and Orangutan living in said forests. Yes, their habitat is being taken from under them every single [...]
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It’s Orange for Orangutan day on Wednesday 10th November 2010. I know many organisations, charities and individuals are going to be running various fund raising activities and events, and if you know of any, or go to any, then please do get in touch with me and let me know all about it, so that [...] Chokolit launch Louis and David Shepherd Chokolit ‘Biting Back Bar’ by Louis Barnett – NO palm oil! I couldn’t quite believe it when I visited Chester Zoo recently, to see the Orangutan enclosure. Not only was I impressed with the work going on there, I found chocolate with ‘NO palm oil’ in it! Hooray! Then even [...] Boycott Palm oil until we have answers! I have now, had nearly all the replies in from the Manufacturer’s and Supermarkets of the UK who are known to use palm oil in their products and are in the top 100 for sales. I have to say, the news is not very positive and most of them [...] The Prince’s Rainforest Project, Duchy and Palm oil If any of you saw Jonathan Ross last night, then you would have seen the speech made by Vivienne Westwood about the rainforests. She promoted the website and campaign of Prince Charles – The Princes Rainforest Project. She urged us to go onto his website and sign the petition. This [...] What to buy – products NOT using palm oil or using sustainable oil FOODS Waitrose and the Co-operative (co-op) now have palm oil listed in the ingredients of their own brand products, which will give you the opportunity to choose products without palm oil if you wish. Sainsburys are in the process of re-listing the ingredients of [...] FOE logo Friends of the Earth www.foe.co.uk campaign for better environments for everyone – one of their campaigns is regarding biofuels created with palm oil – you can see two of their campaign outlines here: Share this: Orangutan Appeal logo Orangutan Appeal UK – www.orangutan-appeal.org.uk They support rehabilitation at Sepilok – I have adopted an orangutan called Ceria with them and they send a newsletter, photo and drinks mat and keep you updated. They also raise money on behalf of the Sabah Wildlife Deparment for Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre, but they also support [...] What to do and how to help Helping with the unsustainable palm oil plantation problems is easy – write to people. The more of us that show our feelings and desires to make a change, the more impact it will have….. • Write to the Government, your MP or MEP – see details HERE Supermarket contact details – around the World These are some of the people who could easily put an end to most of the forest destruction and killing of orangutans by the palm oil industry. Why not spend a few minutes expressing in an email to these companies your wish for “Orangutan Friendly” palm oil in the products [...] |
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