Do you remember my post about the General Mills campaign launch? Check out this awesome video of the launching action, which explains our campaign:
As you can hear in the video, “General Mills destroys rainforests…. General Mills has a close relationship with many problematic palm oil suppliers, notably its closest neighbor: Cargill, Incorporated.”
Cargill is the largest importer of palm oil into the US from Southeast Asia, and like General Mills, it is headquartered in Minnesota, my home state. We need Cargill to be an industry leader by adopting a responsible palm oil policy to protect rainforests. By asking General Mills to break their contract with Cargill, we have increased pressure on the company to change. Here in cold, cold Minnesota, we can and have taken action to show our love for rainforests.
See all these people taking action? Have you asked General Mills to commit to socially and environmentally responsible palm oil for their products? Thank you! Cargill recently updated their palm oil commitments, which have improved since last year. I believe our campaign is starting to work.
Are you ready to make your request louder? Host a valentine-making party this month! Show your love for rainforests and ask Cargill CEO Gregory Page to “Have a Heart” this Valentine’s Day and protect rainforests, their inhabitants, and the climate. We want Cargill to adopt a responsible palm oil policy and stop sourcing palm oil from Sinar Mas, one of the most destructive palm oil suppliers.
Address:
CEO Gregory Page
Cargill Incorporated
PO Box 9300
Minneapolis, MN 55440-9300
USA
Let us know where and when you have your party!
Maia grew up in Minnesota on an acre of land near the Gateway Trail. She studied archaeology and music at the University of Michigan and considers herself a Midwesterner through and through. In the summers of 2007 and 2008, Maia performed thesis research in Belize. Her experiences studying anthropology at home and in Central America helped shape her understanding of the volatile relationships between human societies and the environment in the past and today. This work inspired her search for solutions to climate change and environmental degradation that would also answer the social justice problems we face today. She has been a member of the National Council of the Student Environmental Action Coalition and helped to host statewide conferences and retreats through the Michigan Student Sustainability Coalition.
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RYSE is the youth branch of RAN, Rainforest Action Network, which works to protect the Earth and support human rights through education, grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action.
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