The Prince’s Rainforest Project, Duchy and Palm oil

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 [...]

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My Orangutan Campaign in the Leigh Times – July 2009

Leigh & Westcliff times Orangutan Campaign Sandra Dean July 2009

My local fortnightly newspaper, The Leigh & Westcliff Times, published my story on 30th June 2009. 

Following my last publication locally, I was really pleased, as it highlights the palm oil situation that is harming the rainforests of Borneo & Sumatra and killing the Orangutans.  [...]

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Cadbury and their use of Palm oil….

Cadbury and Palm oil

I had the comment below posted on my site this week, regarding Cadbury and their palm oil use – is it sustainable or unsustainable that they are using? I think this is useful to see – maybe you can get involved and contact them too or comment to this page or the [...]

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Reply from the Department of Energy & Climate Change re: Palm oil & Orangutans

reply from dept of energy & climate change

At the end of June 2009, I finally recieved this 3 page letter from the Department of Energy & Climate Change with regard to their commitments and efforts to save the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra and the unsustainable palm oil plantation situation.

Their reply is thorough in [...]

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World Land Trust – supporting the Orangutan & others

The World Land Trust (WLT) is an international conservation organisation that takes direct action to save rainforest and other wildlife habitats. How? By providing funds for partner organisations, so that they can purchase land and establish permanent wildlife reserves.

Over 375,000 acres of wildlife habitats have been saved thanks to individual and corporate supporters of the [...]

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What to buy without palm oil – cosmetic/food/household

What to buy – products NOT using palm oil or using sustainable oil

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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 [...]

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My Orangutans campaign - Echo newspaper May 2009

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On Bank Holiday Monday the 25th May 2009, I had my first Orangutan Campaign in the local newspaper (Echo). 

I decided to speak out about my bankruptcy 4 years ago, the spiral into depression that that situation led to,  and how helping the Orangutans has given me a new lease of life and lifted my [...]

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Reply from Clinique on their palm oil useage

I have a reply from Clinique on their palm oil useage

to see what letters I sent to them, please CLICK HERE and see the cosmetics link…

Dear Sandra,

Thank you for your interest in Clinique.
“We appreciate the opportunity to explain that Palm Oil is not used as an ingredient in any Clinique product. However, some Clinique products [...]

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Reply email from Unilever Re: their palm oil useagae

I recieved this email reply from Unilever below, but I am afraid it does not clarify much about anything, including which products have palm oil in, what timescales they have for using sustainable palm oil, or what they are doing.  there are sustainable sources available in Columbia, so what is wrong with those?

If you would [...]

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Reply letter from Sainsbury's re: Palm oil

This is the reply letter I received from Justin King (Group Chief Executive of Sainsbury’s), regarding the palm oil used in many of their supermarket products…