The goal of the Dove Self Esteem Fund is to change “the current, narrow definition of beauty.†As much as I agree with this goal, there is a downside. Unilever imports palm oil from Indonesia, where rainforests and tropical peatlands are destroyed.
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Greenpeace, Dove, Palm Oil, and the Destruction of the Rainforest
(via ecochildsplay.com)
Submitted by ecochildsplay on Mon, 2008-04-28 13:28. | Tags: beauty | beauty | dove | greenpeace | indonesia | palm oil | peatland | rainforests | unilever

Endangered birds come first: Scottish ministers say no to huge wind farm on Lewis peatland
(via www.guardian.co.uk)
Plans to build one of Europe's largest onshore wind farms in the Outer Hebrides have been formally rejected after Scottish ministers ruled the £500m scheme would devastate a globally significant peatland.
Submitted by satellite360 on Tue, 2008-04-22 09:00. | Tags: politics | Amec | British Energy | endangered birds | Lewis | peatland | Scotland | wind power