Woke & Confused

Ep 7 - Palm Oil

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Palm oil has weaseled its way into almost every product in our kitchens and bathrooms, but is it as bad as everyone thinks? Jess and Livvy take a closer look this complex and slippery topic - and make some surprising discoveries. 


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LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

  • The banned Greenpeace/Iceland advert - Rang Tan
  • Iceland removed own label from 17 products rather than palm oil (BBC)
  • Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil website
  • Friends of the Earth article: RSPO: 14 years of failure to eliminate violence and destruction from the industrial palm oil sector (Link)
  • Ethical Consumer Guide to Palm Oil: (Ethical Consumer)
  • Palm Oil Innovation Group (Link)
  • RSPO adopts total ban on deforestation under sweeping new standards (Mongabay)
  • Leashed monkeys forced to pick coconuts in Thailand (Independent)
  • Millions of songbirds vacuumed to death every year during Mediterranean olive harvest (Independent)

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    • Greenpeace petition - Save Rang-Tan. End dirty palm oil: Sign here

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