ACTION SUCCESS ALERT

KFC SWITCHING TO A HEALTHIER BLEND OF CANOLA-SUNFLOWER OIL FOR COOKING!

Palm oil costs the lives of ~50 endangered Orangutans every week and is a major cause of global warming. In South East Asia alone 300 soccer fields are deforested every hour for palm oil plantations. Unsuspecting consumers use palm oil everyday in food, cosmetic and bath products as it is often labeled as plain ‘vegetable oil’, and companies continue to source Palm Oil as a 'cheap and healthy' alternative.

It's not cheap OR healthy for Humans or for the Earth - help us demand zero Palm Oil use until we have independently verified sustainable Palm Oil plantations.

This type of consumer pressure has already created major changes in European Supermarkets! 

Curious about what we are actually doing? See a clip of a recent action here.

The Palm Oil Action Group warmly invites you to be a part of a campaign during 2009 to:

1. Ensure the mandatory labeling of palm oil on all food stuffs and cosmetics in Australia;
2. Have KFC stop using palm oil as their cooking oil and Woolworths fully phase palm oil out of its Homebrand products (as it has been trying to do for more than two years - let's help them keep their sustainability promises!);
3. See a complete moratorium on clearing of land for new palm oil plantations; and
4. Have the Australian Government legislate that imported Palm Oil biofuel must not be complicit in forest destruction.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO ORGANISE AN ACTION?

2009 has so far seen a number of successful actions throughout Australia - the Palm Oil Action Group has indeed been spreading the word.

We have had some fantastic results: KFC have confirmed that they will be switching to a healthier alternative and Woolworths are taking the removal of Palm Oil from their Homebrand products more seriously than ever.

We still need to keep the pressure up however so please spread the word and get involved - we are on the look out for more passionate organisers.

If you would like to organise an Action anywhere in Australia please contact our Australian Campaign Coordinator, Anasuya Claff, on 0431 779 644 or at anasuya@palmoilaction.org.au.

And please keep watching this space....We are coming to a town near you.....

See our 2009 Action Alert for more information.

CAN'T MAKE IT TO THE ACTIONS, BUT WANT TO HELP IN OTHER WAYS?

Download our letters and petitions and return them to us. The letters have pre-written information and also space for you (and your friends) to add your own comments.

Please send all completed letters and petitions to:

The Palm Oil Action Group, c/o Macadamia Castle, 1699 Pacific Highway, Knockrow, NSW, 2479.

• Petition for compulsory labelling of Palm Oil
• Petition for urgent legislation re Palm Oil Biodiesel
• Letter to Woolworths
• Letter to KFC
• Letter to the Government re Biodiesel

PREVIOUSLY RUN ACTIONS

JUNE 2009: SYDNEY

Congratulations Chitra Allen for an awesome action in Sydney - people, letters and signatures galore were the outcome.

To see more photos from the Sydney action click here.

JUNE 2009: PERTH

Amanda, Jodie and Sue did a wonderful job organising a letter writing stall in Fremantle. The thanks they got from the local populace was overwhelming - people were grateful that we were standing up for the forests and the Orangutan.....well done ladies, the letters that you collected say it all!

To see more photos from the Perth action click here.

MAY 2009: MELBOURNE.

Well done to organiser Ross Bicknell for two amazing actions in Melbourne in May. Over 20 volunteers turned out over the weekend to spread the word on Palm Oil and collect letters and signatures from members of the public.

To see more photos from the Melbourne action click here.

APRIL 2009: ADELAIDE.

Well done to organiser Hannah Brady for an outstanding effort. The response to the Action was incredible. We even had the Deputy Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Stephen Yarwood, turn up to show his support.

To see more photos from the Adelaide action click here.

APRIL 2009: SUBIACO, PERTH

Organisers Jodie and Amanda Taaffe also ran an outstanding Action in Subiaco - and make sure you watch this space for more upcoming actions in WA! A special guest to the day was an Orangutan, who showed his support by writing a letter to Woolworths himself.

To see more photos from the Subiaco action click here.

DECEMBER 2008: THE NORTHERN RIVERS

The Palm Oil Action Group successfully ran two actions outside KFC in Ballina and Lismore, gathering a great deal of support, letters and signatures, and calling on the Government and our corporate citizens to get behind a sustainable future.

See a clip of the action here.

To see more photos from the Northern Rivers action click here.

REMEMBER: Palm Oil is not good for the Orangutans and it's not good for us! We have the power to change corporate buying habits - the choice is truly ours.

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