Iceland Christmas advert banned.

Yes , Vandab46, except we are not destroying all the animals slowly. A Guardian article says we have wiped out 60% of animal populations since 1970. This threatens all of us.
www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/30/humanity-wiped-out-animals-since-1970-major-report-finds?utm_source=eml&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=&CMP_TU=&CMP_BUNIT=&att5=

* swept along on a tide of goodness*

if only

GabriellaG I see where you are coming from, but if we all try to do something it will have a cumulative effect surely?

We avoid convenience foods and cook from scratch, it's possible to buy RSPO products (responsibly sourced palm oil), just means allowing extra time for shopping.

I am scrupulous about cosmetics and toiletries, no parabens or testing on animals. I am now avoiding cheap throwaway fashion since watching the Stacey Dooley documentary.

I am actually schocked at the amount of stuff which Husband and I have accumulated over the 30 years we have been in our house, and due to renovations a lot has gone to charity shops or is being recycled by AC.

It is very easy to get caught up with the trend of "must have" it only takes a few minutes to think do I need it!!

I agree it should be shown there is a petition on change org for this advert to be shown I signed the petition then posted it on facebook. Please sign the petition.

Not to worry, it justs means perhaps more people will see it

Sorry, Vandab46 has already posted. I didn’t see it!

Squiffy, there is a petition in place from Change.org which I have already signed.

I find it very sad that we as humans are destroying all of our animals, slowly but very surely

if anyone would like to add to the protest, here is the link.

www.change.org/p/release-iceland-s-banned-christmas-advert-on-tv-nopalmoilchristmas













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There is either doing it wholeheartedly OR cherry-picking.

Well there’s the easy way out by doing nothing and then there’s trying even if imperfectly

It should be shown ...well done Iceland for making it. They are getting rid of lots of their packaging so they are doing their bit. We all have to do our bit.... oh and that ad gave me goose bumps....

...and I shall continue to use my favourite Palmolive soap after reading their conservation plans.

I've signed too but I bet most of us will continue buying products regardless, as it's far too time consuming to read the often long list of ingredients on the back.
Those who need readers might have to scrabble around in their bag and then remember that they left them at home.
All well intentioned in the run up to Christmas, swept along on a tide of goodness, however, during the rest of the year when life gets in the way of environmental matters, we will forget.
I'm being realistic.
See how much you'll have to pass up
of the food you normally buy.
It will take you more than twice as long to shop as you'll read labels, find it has palm oil then have to read a lot more to find items without that ingredient.
Then we need to talk about dyes, parabens and sulfates.
I'll ask the question in March. See how much you have managed to change your shopping habits by then.

I have also signed the online petition on Facebook.

I've shared on Facebook. The advert will get far more publicity and coverage due to the banning, I hope. Well done Iceland.

Shared and petition change.org signed. Over 400000 already signed over the last day or so. I think they may have to think it out again!

The petition has been talked about since yesterday Valerie

There is a petition on facebook for it to be unbanned
Banned because its the truth,good on Iceland,

I am so glad to note that many here on GN will not be silenced, and have shared the banned Iceland advert on facebook, as I have done.

Did you find the petition? If not I signed this one yesterday chng.it/YjCXW5nc

Good point chrissy. Without a good knowledge of chemistry, it's hard to know exactly what we are buying and using.

Stearic acid (which is also derived from animal fats) is used in plastics manufacturing as a slip agent. We can take care over food labels but how can we know what is in all manner of synthetic products?

Plastic toys may contain palm oil. Remember all the fuss a while back about the new plastic banknotes containing tallow? The alternative is to switch to palm oil.

I've also signed and shared the link on facebook.

We often get public information and charity requests featured at Christmas and some are very hard hitting so why not this?

Well done, Iceland.

On seeing this ad yesterday I was disgusted at the TV ban.The destruction of forests for palm oil is one of my "soapbox" issues and I have been avoiding products that contain it for a long time.
I sent an e-mail to Iceland to give them my thoughts and congratulations on the ad and received a lovely thank-you e-mail back today.Please let Iceland know that you are supporting them.

I have been aware of the campaign for a while and have been looking at labels to stop buying anything with palm oil in. However, manufacturers are crafty and below is a list of alternative names for palm oil. So many things have one or more of these in. I think there should be a campaign for manufacturers to put palm oil in the ingredients and not call it by another name. It is impossible to remember all these names and some things, like vegetable oil, could be perfectly OK.
1. Elaeis guineensis 2. Etyl palmitate 3. Glyceryl
4. Hydrogenated palm glycerides 5. Octyl palmitate
6. Palm fruit oil 7. Palm kernel 8. Palm kernel oil
9. Palm stearine 10. Palmate 11. Palmitate
12. Palmitic acid 13. Palmitoyl oxostearamide
14. Palmitoyl tetrapeptide-3 15. Palmityl alcohol
16. Palmolein 17. Sodium kernelate
18. Sodium laureth sulfate
19. Sodium lauryl lactylate/sulphate
20. Sodium lauryl sulfate 21. Sodium palm kernelate
22. Stearate 23. Stearic acid 24. Vegetable fat
25. Vegetable oil