Save the Orangutan Soap

09/23/2019

A decade ago, the U.S. mandated the use of vegetable oil in biofuels, leading to industrial-scale deforestation — and a huge spike in carbon emissions.

08/21/2016

11/20/2013

BREAKING: Rainforest Action Network crashes HERSHEY'S Halloween bash!

TAKE ACTION: By clicking on HERSHEY'S above and telling them to address their Conflict problem immediately.

READ: The full story about our disruptive action today is here: http://bit.ly/17kOhTV

10/16/2013

Please, please, please watch this video. We don't need palm oil in soap (etc.). It is not necessary, just cheap. 95% of the palm oil coming into the U.S. is from Malaysia and Indonesia, the only home of the Orangutans. They share 97% of our DNA. Thank you Rainforest Action Network for making this video! http://ran.org/last-stand-orangutan

INYOURPALM.ORG - TAKE ACTION TODAY TO STAND WITH THE LAST WILD ORANGUTANS. Rainforests are being destroyed for palm oil and pushing the last wild orangutans ...

08/12/2013

I'm so sorry to say that I took my kids to the West Coast Game Park outside of Bandon OR. They were super tired of being in the car and it was there, a petting zoo, so we went for it. Oh, it was horrible, I don't usually complain on FB, but the chimpanzee were FREAKING OUT. They were grabbing the wire fencing and shaking it and then banging on the person gate. It was horrible. Once you realize they are just like you, they are you, it doesn't go away, and it's really sad. In fact it's even more humiliating because they are supposed to be in the trees, in the wild, your kids know it and so do you.

12/01/2012

We all know that “sustainable” is a good thing but the word is only as strong as its definition. Right now, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has a huge opportunity to strengthen its definition by adding critical forest and climate protections to its standards. The world is watching and ...

11/28/2012

Please folks learn the word, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). Can you say greenwashing! Palm oil and sustainable can not be in the same sentence. This is horrible!

The European Commission has approved a scheme that would certify as sustainable transport fuel made from palm oil, condemned by environmental groups as one of the most damaging sources of biodiesel.

10/19/2012

The EU changes its policy on biofuels to encourage energy production from waste rather than from food crops.

10/19/2012

By Ian WilliamsNBC News Correspondent One of the Sumatran orangutan’s richest habitats, an area of swampland containing the highest density of the red apes on the planet, is being illegally slashed and burned by palm oil companies to make way for palm oil plantations. &ldq …

06/01/2012

The last 400 Sumatran tigers need our help now!

Their homes are being destroyed, their families torn apart. And then – they are shot and killed.

Please make an urgent gift now to save the Sumatran tiger before it’s too late!

https://secure3.convio.net/gpeace/site/SPageServer?pagename=current_donate_form&id=reus_donateTigers&s_src=FacebookTigers

04/12/2012

Here's a list of all the different names palm oil can be called on labels.

a website designed to give you information about the palm oil industry, paper pulp production & illegal logging's affect on the rainforest, orangutans and 4000 other species of flore & fauna that resdie within it.

04/04/2012

Why use palm oil in soap when we have plenty of awesome oils perfect for soapmaking right here in the Pacific Northwest? Over 90% of the palm oil coming into this country is from Malaysia or Indonesia. Get it? If your label says some type of palm oil, then it is coming from there and that is awfully far away, not to mention killing the planet. Oh, good ole Utah Phillips quote just popped in my head, "The earth is not dying, it is being killed by people with names and addresses."