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Greenpeace has hit out at big brands including Unilever, Nestlé and Mondelez for their role in deforestation for palm oil, by launching a powerful animation that shows how orangutans are being pushed to the brink of extinction due to the palm oil crisis.
The short animation, voiced by English actress Dame Emma Thompson, tells the story of baby Rang-tan as she causes mischief in a little girl’s bedroom. Just as the girl is about to banish her, she asks Rang-tan what brought her there.
Rang-tan’s memories are harrowing. They show her forest home destroyed, trees burning, huge machines hacking others to the ground and her mother lying injured.
Orangutans spend 95% of their lives in the trees, but right now, Indonesia’s forests are disappearing at the rate of one football pitch every 25 seconds. Bornean orangutan numbers more than halved between 1999 and 2015 with the loss of approximately 150,000 individuals –…
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Hi, I came across this post and I hope you don’t mind if I share it on my blog? I know the Greenpeace video was launched a month ago but I think it’s still very relevant and an important issue. This is an excellent article which gets the point across.
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By all means share it, Clare 😀
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Thanks! 🙂
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I hope this campaign works, it’s about time the people knew what is going on and all for a buck more.
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InDEED, Adele 😕
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Beyond being an important message, this animation is also a lovely children’s story. I’ve reblogged on Platform Number 4!
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Thanks, Becky 👍
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great that they’re doing this
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Yep – I really hope the campaign works, Beth
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