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by: Kamilla

Greempeace is having a campain right now against the use of Indonesian Palmoil, wich destroys the rainforests and therefore contributes to global warming and loss of species:


Unilever invests heavily in brands like Dove soap, Flora (Becel) margarine, OMO and Persil laundry detergent, Pot Noodle and Unox soups so people will trust them. Branding makes products personal. That's why for this step in the campaign we need you to do it alone -- to write in your own words, person-to-person.

Show the top managers at Unilever that you care, that you can see what the palm oil business is doing to Indonesia's forests, and that they have to change immediately.

How this works:

Please use your own email program (like Outlook or Hotmail or Gmail) to write a new mail. You can use our list of points below to help write the message.

Send your email to these addresses:

patrick.cescau@unilever.com, kees.vandergraaf@unilever.com, ralph.kugler@unilever.com, lettemieke.mulder@unilever.com, jan-kees.vis@unilever.com, doveaction@greenpeace.org

Feel free to write about your own experiences and thoughts too. Please remember that you are writing to people who also have hopes and feelings for the Earth.

Your message will be sent to these people at Unilever: Patrick Cescau (Group CEO), Kees van der Graaf (President Europe), Ralph Kugler (President Home and Personal Care), Lettemieke Mulder (Director Corporate Responsibility), Jan Kees Vis (Sustainable Agriculture Director and Chairman of RSPO). The email will also go to a special Greenpeace address for the online campaign.


Points you could make:

Indonesia is losing its forest faster then anywhere else on Earth, driving species like orang-utans to extinction.
Due to the destruction of rainforests and peatlands, Indonesia is currently the 3rd biggest greenhouse gas polluter in the world (behind only USA and China). And palm oil plantations are causing much of the deforestation.
Unilever is one of the world's biggest users of Indonesian palm oil for many of its products. About half of Unilever's palm oil supply comes from Indonesia. As recently as 2005, Unilever purchased 1 in every 20 tonnes of palm oil produced in the country.
Indonesian palm oil is used in products like Dove, Knorr, Walls, Ola, Persil, Omo, Surf, Flora and Becel.
Demand for palm oil is forecast to grow quickly. According to the UN 98 percent of Indonesia's lowland forest will be destroyed by 2022 if trends continue.
Unilever has failed to take any effective action to ensure its palm oil is sourced from sustainable sources. It also heads the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) which has overseen the situation continue to get worse.
Unilever, as a major buyer of palm oil, and leader of the RSPO, is in a unique position to help save Indonesia's rainforests.
At the moment the RSPO is little more than a greenwashing operation because RSPO members continue to be involved in the destruction of Indonesia's rainforests
Greenpeace investigations show that it is Unilever's own palm oil traders and producers (themselves RSPO members) who are leading 'aggressive expansion' of the sector that results in the devastation of the last remaining orang-utan rainforest and peatland habitat in Borneo.

by: Pfeniks

https://www.petacatalog.org/prodinfo.asp?number=BS390

Was browsing PETA's online catalogue and found the bumper sticker that says "To Neuter is Cuter. Good Homes are Hard To Find. Spay Today." Thought I'd share. It's $2 for one.

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right now we're at #11 see ya

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hey guys, i'm the only one here since 2:30! We started @ #18 and now we're @ #13! yay!

by: Amy

hello friends: please sign this petition to help stop the slaughter of baby harp seals in canada. thanks!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/canada39s-government-approved-slaughter-of-

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i'm back voting...

by: Tavi

C'mon keep up the flag, we can better than this.

by: Redhawk

http://www.wspa-usa.org/newsletters.cfm?action=act_newsletters_redirect&broadcastID=199&linkID=8156&ID=31505&link=http://www.advocacyonline.net/eactivist/srv/render?mRxGMf&view=GB,en,2181,15367,-1,n,n,n
Here is also a site you can visit to send letters with regards to Whaling and a need to HALT the killing.

by: Redhawk

Dang...we're COOKING! ; ) It's a beautiful thing! Good Morning!

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AWWH, I'd love to be 5th!! I do want to say sorry to PPI, they have been trying for so long and do deserve a win!!

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C'mon! let's get up to 5th!

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I was really trying to avoid it, but I had to let the people from Kiva know how nice they were and how much I appreciated it. I don't send thank you cards but I do appreciate peoples good deeds! But anyways, I think it's nice for exposing people to new causes! That's why I keep on voting, I know I wont win but maybe someone will notice?

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At first I was taking this voting really serious but for me it has changed in 3 rounds. like the CAPTCHA and the time that the site is under construction and also the change of 1 vote per minute to 1 vote per 2 minutes..
And I fight for my causes too but with winding myself up on this voting-site is something I don't wanna do..

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I think we should represent our charities like we would our businesses that we work for. I know I'm sort of coming off bad, I'm just trying to show I'm upset with out being rude and I'm not very good with words.

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It's good for the spirit if us voters can be friendly to one another..