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While palm oil is terribly terribly bad for the rainforest, boycotting it completely is not always the answer. It is a good crop to grow, both for the many millions who depend on it for their livelihood, and because it grows with less space and less chemical use than other oils such as coconut and shea.
Various methods are being tried to make palm oil sustainable, including using ground that is not forested, increasing palm yield and mixing palm and other crops together.
FairPalm is Traidcraft’s method of creating sustainable palm oil, and while it is ethical and organic, there are still issues surrounding price and scaling up. But hopefully as more companies begin to see the value in sustainable palm oil – encouraged by consumer choice – it will become more ordinary to see labels with sustainable palm oil certification on.
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cCHANGE Team commented on Day 28: A complicated problem 4 years agoHi Naomi, Leonie here. Day 30! Congratulations! Thank you for all the research you have done into palm oil over the last 30 days. It really is a wicked complicated problem. You have beautifully explored the systems - environmental, economic, and social, habit change, and values (e.g. the tension between livelihoods and deforestation). One thing that occurs to me is how difficult it is for the average shopper to know what to do. One of the things we talk about as being important for operationalising change, is good data for decision making. Demystifying, so that people are equipped to make informed decisions. It seems there is a quite a lot of work to do in this area, unfortunately. It would be wonderful if you could give us a quick final update now at the end of the 30 days. What did you learn about yourself? About making change? It doesn't have to be long. Thanks so much for joining the challenge, experimenting, and reflecting. It's been really inspiring following your journey and reading about what you discovered. Warm wishes, Leonie Respond
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