“Chances are when you pick up a shirt in a department store, the first thought you have isn’t: “Did this shirt contribute to deforestation?” You might be conscious of the material and prefer…
November 4, 2014
October 30, 2014
Mongabay: Dissolving Pulp: A growing threat to global forests
“Dissolving pulp is not just a threat to the forests of Indonesia. It is a growing industry across the globe, and it’s putting several of the world’s endangered forests in…
October 14, 2014
The Star: Are you helping destroy the world’s forests?
“ What you wear can endanger the world’s forests, wildlife and indigenous communities. To confirm if you’re doing that, take a look at the labels on your clothes. If you…
October 3, 2014
Inter Press Service: New Global Declaration “Insufficient” to Tackle Deforestation
‘“We find it very encouraging that the biggest players in the palm oil industry globally are finally acknowledging their responsibility for the tremendous destruction palm oil expansion has and is…
October 3, 2014
The Huffington Post: Tigers Don’t Want Their Forests Liquidated
“You shouldn’t have to worry that installing a new hardwood floor in your kitchen will rob Siberian tigers of their home. Since 1900, we’ve had a law in this country,…
September 25, 2014
Women’s Voices: Mom to Mom – NO More Conflict Palm Oil
‘Sunday’s People’s Climate March was the largest demonstration for climate action in history, with more than 400,000 people — from all walks of life and all over the country and…
September 25, 2014
Vice: UN Climate Change Summit Yields Major Announcements on Deforestation
“Among the few commitments to emerge from a one-day climate summit — held at the United Nations in New York on Tuesday and attended by over 100 heads of state —…
September 24, 2014
Grist: Cargill promises to stop chopping down rainforests. This is huge.
“Everything I’ve been reading about the U.N. Climate Summit had been making mepretty gloomy, until I read about the New York Declaration on Forests. The first notice was a press release from the Rainforest Action Network informing…
September 23, 2014
Mongabay: Dissolving pulp: the threat to Indonesia’s forests you’ve probably never heard of
“If “dissolving pulp” evokes nothing for you, you’re not alone. Not many people have heard of it, and the very term “dissolving pulp” is so generic it’s hard to imagine…
September 20, 2014
E Magazine: Palm Oil Production and Rainforest Destruction
“Most public health advocates applaud efforts by processed food producers, restaurants and fast food chains to get rid of so-called “trans fats”—partially hydrogenated oils added to foods to improve texture…