{"id":38651,"date":"2015-08-21T22:03:34","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T22:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.trueactivist.com\/?p=38651"},"modified":"2019-02-15T06:43:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T06:43:25","slug":"heres-how-starbucks-is-destroying-the-rainforest-and-what-you-can-do-to-help-t1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/heres-how-starbucks-is-destroying-the-rainforest-and-what-you-can-do-to-help-t1\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s How Starbucks Is Destroying The Rainforest (And What You Can Do To Help)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"addthis_jumbo_share\"><\/div>\n<p><!--OffDef--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/clever-vandals-place-f-starbucks-sign-above-starbucks-and-get-away-with-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Starbucks<\/a> is the biggest coffee retailer in the world, with a huge responsibility to both the environment and the farmers at the front of its supply chain. But while the multinational has recently taken steps to ensure that 99% of its\u00a0coffee beans will be ethically sourced, what about the rest of its products?<\/p>\n<p>This video from Sum Of Us highlights the crucial issue that Starbucks is still neglecting: its use of palm oil, which is a major contributor to deforestation (and the extinction of tigers, orangutangs, and other endangered wildlife who rely on the <a href=\"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/these-newly-discovered-and-adorably-cute-chameleons-may-help-save-the-rainforest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rainforest<\/a> for their survival). Not only that, but the soya beans and paper used in Starbucks\u00a0products are another contributing factor to the destruction of these vital habitats.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/neil-young-boycotts-starbucks-after-gmo-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Starbucks<\/a> is also accused of abusing workers in the developing world.<\/p>\n<p>If you feel strongly about this issue, please consider sharing this video and signing the Sum Of Us petition <a href=\"http:\/\/action.sumofus.org\/a\/starbucks-palm-oil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> to tell Starbucks to clean up their act to\u00a0protect the world&#8217;s rainforests.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This article (<a href=\"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/this-entrepreneur-converted-an-old-caravan-into-a-mobile-office-space-must-see\/\">Here&#8217;s How Starbucks Is Destroying The Rainforest (And What You Can Do To Help)<\/a>) is free and open source. 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