Unmask Palm Oil

By Aidan McLean

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This campaign was successful and closed on 04/03/2013 at 8:40 PM.

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Unmask Palm Oil

Project 2012-12-20 08:39:19 +1300

Unmask Palm Oil is a New Zealand campaign for mandatory palm oil labelling. Currently palm oil can be labelled as one of 200 different scientific names or as the generic term vegetable oil. This makes it nearly impossible for consumers to make the ethical decision to not buy palm oil, the ingredient responsible for millions of hectares of deforestation, billions of tonnes of carbon emissions, the near extinction of species like the orangutan and indigenous human rights abuses.

We are lobbying the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Craig Foss (formerly Simon Bridges) to introduce regulation that makes it mandatory for companies to label palm oil as palm oil. Unmask Palm Oil is a youth led and entirely volunteer run campaign.

Our campaign is growing and we need funding to expand. We have already won the support of New Zealand First and the Green Party and hope to have Labours support soon. This year we are launching our petition that aims to get 10,000 signatures before it is presented to parliament in August, we are running workshops around the country, meeting with politicians and organisations and producing more videos and graphics.

All these goals require funding and we need your help to reach our target of $1700. We have a huge impact with so few resources.  Thank you in advance!

www.unmaskpalmoil.co.nz

Find us on Facebook: ‘Unmask Palm Oil Demand Labelling’

Email: [email protected]

Sign the petition: http://tinyurl.com/unmaskpetition


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Pledgers 16

Anonymous pledger
04/03/2013 at 8:40pm
Flower Power (NZ) Ltd
04/03/2013 at 10:23am
Diana Dowdle
28/02/2013 at 8:04pm
Joshua Briggs
28/02/2013 at 7:45am
Anonymous pledger
26/02/2013 at 9:04pm
Donald Jessep
25/02/2013 at 10:28am
Chris
24/02/2013 at 10:33pm
Dasha Joseph Fernandez
24/02/2013 at 9:21pm
Heather Browning
24/02/2013 at 11:53am
Caleb ZenDawg Armstrong
23/02/2013 at 1:13pm
Anonymous pledger
22/02/2013 at 2:08pm
Alice Polly
21/02/2013 at 10:36pm
Peter Fraser
20/02/2013 at 10:59am
Barbara Folkard
20/02/2013 at 10:07am
Anonymous pledger
19/02/2013 at 7:15pm
Lorne Roberts
14/02/2013 at 10:38pm

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Unmask Palm Oil

Project 2012-12-20 08:39:19 +1300

Unmask Palm Oil is a New Zealand campaign for mandatory palm oil labelling. Currently palm oil can be labelled as one of 200 different scientific names or as the generic term vegetable oil. This makes it nearly impossible for consumers to make the ethical decision to not buy palm oil, the ingredient responsible for millions of hectares of deforestation, billions of tonnes of carbon emissions, the near extinction of species like the orangutan and indigenous human rights abuses.

We are lobbying the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Craig Foss (formerly Simon Bridges) to introduce regulation that makes it mandatory for companies to label palm oil as palm oil. Unmask Palm Oil is a youth led and entirely volunteer run campaign.

Our campaign is growing and we need funding to expand. We have already won the support of New Zealand First and the Green Party and hope to have Labours support soon. This year we are launching our petition that aims to get 10,000 signatures before it is presented to parliament in August, we are running workshops around the country, meeting with politicians and organisations and producing more videos and graphics.

All these goals require funding and we need your help to reach our target of $1700. We have a huge impact with so few resources.  Thank you in advance!

www.unmaskpalmoil.co.nz

Find us on Facebook: ‘Unmask Palm Oil Demand Labelling’

Email: [email protected]

Sign the petition: http://tinyurl.com/unmaskpetition


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Hey! Thanks for checking out this project.

We haven't made any updates yet, follow us if you want to be notified when we do.

Anonymous pledger
04/03/2013 at 8:40pm
Flower Power (NZ) Ltd
04/03/2013 at 10:23am
Diana Dowdle
28/02/2013 at 8:04pm
Joshua Briggs
28/02/2013 at 7:45am
Anonymous pledger
26/02/2013 at 9:04pm
Donald Jessep
25/02/2013 at 10:28am
Chris
24/02/2013 at 10:33pm
Dasha Joseph Fernandez
24/02/2013 at 9:21pm
Heather Browning
24/02/2013 at 11:53am
Caleb ZenDawg Armstrong
23/02/2013 at 1:13pm
Anonymous pledger
22/02/2013 at 2:08pm
Alice Polly
21/02/2013 at 10:36pm
Peter Fraser
20/02/2013 at 10:59am
Barbara Folkard
20/02/2013 at 10:07am
Anonymous pledger
19/02/2013 at 7:15pm
Lorne Roberts
14/02/2013 at 10:38pm

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This campaign was successful and got its funding on 04/03/2013 at 8:40 PM.