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Palm Oil

Palm oil is made from the fruits of the African oil palms. The trees originally came from west and south-west Africa, but they were introduced to Indonesia and Malaysia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, where they grow well with minimum care unlike other vegetable oils. Today, palm oil is grown throughout Africa, Asia, North America, and South America, with 85% of all palm oil globally produced and exported from Indonesia and Malaysia. The trees may be produced on small-scale family farms called smallholders or large plantations.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals (officially known as the Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs) and are intended to be achieved by the year 2030. The goals are a collection of 17 interlinked global goals designed to be a "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all".

All I want for Christmas is...less waste

Maybe the one thing we have learned during COVID times is how much we like to be around other people. Now that we are limited in who we are seeing and how often, or in some cases not seeing our loved ones at all due to travel restrictions, we are realizing we are very much social beings. The other thing we might have learned is how much we depend on a healthy environment, and also how quickly nature can recover if we leave it alone for a while.