(WHY PEOPLE WHY???!! STOP PICKING ON THE INNOCENT!!)
one of my small saving the world things that I personally do.. is I check the labels on the food I buy and choose not to purchase things with PALM OIL in it. Its bad.. its awful.. and really I'm not sacrificing endless food chow down opportunities by not supporting the companies that choose to put it in their grub. BESIDES its come to my observing its always the cheapo junky stuff thats not good for you anyways.
so please join me on saving some endangered animals and if you see 'palm oil' on the ingredient list. put it down and pick something else up! nooooot that hard of a activity.. unless you are a big Nutella fan..YOU CAN ALSO/OR sign this petition!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/799/937/397/
(this is a copy pasted version of what the website says incase you are tooooooooo lazy of a person to click it and then read it - no offence)
- Target: Harry Jenkins, Australia's Speaker of the House
- Sponsored by: Care2.com
A new Australian bill would require labeling of all foods that contain palm oil. The hope is that by informing consumers of palm oil's presence in a product, they would choose something more environmentally sustainable and motivate palm oil producers to use more sustainable practices.
Palm oil -- often falling under the innocent label of "vegetable oil" -- is the cheapest cooking oil in the world. But its monetary appeal comes at a big price: palm oil plantations are replacing rainforests in Indonesia and Malaysia, devastating the habitat of orangutans, tigers and other endangered species, as well as indigenous people.
Palm oil is found in many everyday foods, like margarine, bread and candy bars. It's 50% saturated fat, and Australians unknowingly consume 10 kilograms of it every year.
To curb destruction of the environment and our personal health, tell the Australian House of Representatives to support mandatory labeling of palm oil.
Palm oil -- often falling under the innocent label of "vegetable oil" -- is the cheapest cooking oil in the world. But its monetary appeal comes at a big price: palm oil plantations are replacing rainforests in Indonesia and Malaysia, devastating the habitat of orangutans, tigers and other endangered species, as well as indigenous people.Palm oil is found in many everyday foods, like margarine, bread and candy bars. It's 50% saturated fat, and Australians unknowingly consume 10 kilograms of it every year.
To curb destruction of the environment and our personal health, tell the Australian House of Representatives to support mandatory labeling of palm oil.
photos are from one of the most thrilling times of my life at the San Diego Zoo!! my heart gained 80 pounds of love that day