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Palm Oil
Find suggested books, websites, articles, videos, lesson plans, activities and other resources on issues related to palm oil to help you learn and/or teach…
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Palm Oil Is in Almost Everything We Eat, and It’s Fueling the Climate Crisis (from Civil Eats)
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After spending years reporting on the controversial ingredient, a journalist grapples with her own consumption. (from National Geographic)
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What is Palm Oil? Facts About the Palm Oil Industry (from the WWF)
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Exploring the True Price of Palm Oil (IHE blog post) Get an overview of palm oil & it's impact on people, animals, and the earth.
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How the world got hooked on palm oil (via The Guardian) (February 2019) An overview of how palm oil has become a nearly ubiquitous component of many grocery and household products, and a brief of some of its negative impacts and the challenges of sustainable palm oil.
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Rang-tan: The Story of Dirty Palm Oil (video) (via Greenpeace) (1:30 min) (2018) This brief PSA highlights that palm oil has significant negative impacts on animals and the planet.
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Orangutans Are Dying as Indonesia Burns (via TakePart) (22 October 2015) "Thousands of forest fires set by palm oil companies across Sumatra and Borneo threaten not just endangered apes but the global climate."
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Your Packaged Cookies Are Destroying Rainforests. But You Can Change That. (via Huffington Post/Rainforest Action Network) (26 January 2016) A new video brings attention to the destructive practices of palm oil producers and encourages positive change.
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Palm Oil 'Fatbergs'...Washing Up on UK Beaches (via EcoWatch) (7 April 2016) "Palm oil is surfacing on beaches in the UK in forms of congealed blobs known as "fatbergs," posing a threat to children and especially pet dogs who might ingest it."
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The Story of Palm Oil (via The Guardian) (2014) An interactive overview of some of the issues, impacts, and and potential solutions for using palm oil.
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The Norwegians just made a huge move in palm oil divestment (via Grist) (5 September 2015) "A big pension fund just divested from a massive conglomerate because a sub-subsidiary was cutting down rainforests."
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"Palm Oil Scorecard 2015: Fries, Face Wash, Forests" (report) (via Union of Concerned Scientists) (2015) The annual UCS scorecard "evaluated 30 companies that produce major brands across the packaged food, fast food, and personal care product sectors for their commitments to use deforestation-free palm oil." It also considers positive progress.
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"Your Shampoo May Soon Be Nicer To Orangutans. Here's Why" (blog post) (via The Dodo) (17 March 2015) Outlines some of the steps larger palm oil companies are taking to reduce the harm they're causing.
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"The last holdout among big palm oil producers joins no-deforestation pledge" (article) (via Grist) (5 December 2014) Over the last year companies who are responsible for 96% of palm oil production have signed onto a "no-deforestation" policy.
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"How Did Palm Oil Become Such a Problem - And What Can We Do About It?" (article) (via Ensia) (3 November 2014) "Production of this ubiquitous ingredient is devastating for the environment. Solutions are complex, but they are out there."
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"Are YOU Eating the Orangutan Into Extinction?" (blog post) (via One Green Planet) (23 September 2014) Highlights the impact of palm oil plantations on endangered Orangutans.
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"Why Is Palm Oil So Bad?" (blog post) (via EcoWatch) (2 May 2014) Excerpts fact sheet from the Rainforest Action Network about palm oil impacts.
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Rainforest Action Network - Palm Oil (organization) RAN has fact sheets, reports, and other information and action-items about palm oil and its impacts.
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"Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry Rife with Human-Rights Abuses" (Bloomberg Businessweek article, 18, July 2013) Explores the human rights abuses that exist in the palm oil industry.
