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Call Mattel about Barbie's deforestation habit

Posted by jamie - 4 July 2011 at 5:37pm - Comments

Ken’s picked up the phone. And now we’d like you to drop Mattel a call too.

Join the rebellion and turn VW away from the dark side

Posted by jamie - 28 June 2011 at 6:18am - Comments
VW The Dark Side
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VW has joined the Dark Side. Join the rebellion to bring the company back

It’s not every day you’re called to step up in defence of your planet – but today is one of those days. A few moments ago we launched a new global campaign to change Volkswagen by turning them away from the Dark Side, and we need your help.

Despite the green image it likes to portray, VW is at the heart of a group of companies lobbying against new laws which we need to cut CO2 emissions, reduce our oil use and protect places like the Arctic from climate change.

Only a rebellion can stop them – a mass of people from all across the globe –demanding that they change. We need you to be part of that rebellion.

Create a new look for Barbie's latest career - rainforest destroyer!

Posted by jamie - 27 June 2011 at 10:37am - Comments
Scary Chainsaw Barbie
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Barbie needs a new look to go with her new career

Thanks for all the Barbie reviews posted on Amazon - there were some excellent comments. The moderators have since removed them, but they'll have given Mattel something else to think about. Mattel has created many careers for Barbie over the years - vet, fashion designer, architect - but this latest career move as rainforest destroyer means she needs a whole new look.

Rate and review Barbie's dirty deforestation habits

Posted by jamie - 22 June 2011 at 5:48pm - Comments
Barbie deforestation reviews on Amazon
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Review Barbie's deforestation performance on Amazon

There's no doubt about it, Mattel is under pressure.

Your email to the CEO, highlighting Barbie's dirty deforestation habit, has shown that toying with Indonesia's rainforests is not playing fair.

'My Barbie is naked!': tales from the treasure hunt

Posted by jamie - 15 June 2011 at 11:38am - Comments
Chainsaw Barbies
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Some of the Chainsaw Barbies that have been apprehended

All over the country, Chainsaw Barbies are being searched out and snapped up as part of our Barbie treasure hunt. St Ives, Hexham, Dundee, Malvern, Scarborough, Newtown, Loughborough – they've all been invaded by malevolent mannequins who, not content with savaging Indonesia's rainforests, have gone awol across the UK.

Finders keepers: join our nationwide Chainsaw Barbie search

Posted by jamie - 10 June 2011 at 2:41pm - Comments
Barbie's single - and on the rampage across the UK!
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Barbie's single - and on the rampage across the UK!

Ken may have been the one to dump Barbie, but you have exposed Mattel's role in destroying rainforests for cheap packaging. Over 150,000 emails have been sent to Mattel from around the world, but now it's time for something a bit different. Hundreds of Chainsaw Barbies have been hidden around the UK, and it's up to you to track them down. Game on!

Barbie gets dumped in London

Posted by jamie - 8 June 2011 at 1:14pm - Comments

The Barbie campaign has been unwrapped and is rolling around the world. Everyone's waking up to the fact that, as the Sun so eloquently put it, Barbie kills trees.

Ken dumps Barbie! He doesn't date girls who are into deforestation

Posted by jamie - 7 June 2011 at 5:22pm - Comments

Heard the news? Ken has dumped Barbie! It's true, and not because the plastic princess has been spotted in the company of certain premier league footballers. No, it's much more serious than that. Get this: Barbie is destroying Indonesia's forests for those pretty pink boxes she likes to wrap herself in.

Video: Paula bears down on reckless oil drillers Cairn Energy

Posted by jamie - 27 May 2011 at 5:26pm - Comments

We took Paula Bear down to Cairn Energy's HQ yesterday to block their entrance and demand their oil spill response plan.

We learned this week from confidential government documents that an oil spill in the Arctic would be all but impossible to clear up. Yet Cairn say they've got a spill response plan for the Arctic environment. Only thing is, they won't let anyone see it.

Has Cameron lost his love for the huskies and our climate?

Posted by jamie - 13 May 2011 at 5:06pm - Comments
Is this really the 'greenest government ever'?
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Is this really the 'greenest government ever'?

Is it really a year since David Cameron, newly ensconced as prime minister, assured us that the coalition would be the "greenest government ever"? It's an anniversary worth remembering, if only to consider how, in environmental terms, Cameron's government seems stuck in reverse.

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