Are you one of those happy vegans who finds delectable delight in gooey chocolate chip cookies oozing palm oil and sustainable agave syrup? Life is good.
Unless you happen to be an orangutan.
“Zoos Victoria in Australia estimates that palm oil development causes the deaths of up to 50 orangutans per week,” says the Christian Science Monitor.
And, of course, it gets worse – “Although palm oil saves money, when carbon-rich peatlands in nations such as Indonesia and Malaysia are drained and turned into palm oil groves, the environmental impacts are enormous, says a 2009 United Nations Environment Program report.”
What’s a Neo-Green to do?
pass the butter.
posted by Mudd
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