Blogposts tagged 'Mcdonalds'

New Amazon forest law threatens progress made by soya agreement

Posted by sarah - 13 October 2011 at 3:26pm - 0 Comments
Soya beans grown in an Amazon plantation
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace / Daniel Beltrá
Changes to Brazil's Forest Code could undermine progress made by the soya industry against deforestation

It should be a day to celebrate. It’s now five years since the sound of chainsaws in the Amazon went from a roar to a whisper. Some of you will have even helped to make this incredible result possible. But a change to Brazil's forest laws threatens to undermine this fantastic progress.

Article tagged as: amazon, brazil, deforestation, forest code, mcdonalds, moratorium, soya

Inspiring action, a few phone calls and emails at a time

Posted by sarah - 7 May 2009 at 3:05pm - 0 Comments

Whenever anyone asks me what it's like to work at Greenpeace the word that always springs to mind is privileged. Not only do I feel privileged to do a job that I enjoy with equally passionate people but more importantly to be able translate my anger about the damage done to people and the natural world into concrete positive action.

Article tagged as: airplot, amazon, blog relay, climate change, congo, direct action, forests, mcdonalds, unilever

Beyond the 'boys in the boats'

Posted by tracy - 5 May 2009 at 2:05pm - 1 Comment

Cathy is our director of supporter development - making sure we have money and taking good care of our supporters - and is next up in the blog relay, a whistle-stop tour of Greenpeace staff here in the UK. Click here to catch up on the other entries.

I've worked at Greenpeace for more than eight years now, and I do sometimes wonder about why I don't think about leaving. I don't think I'd expected to stay here that long. Nothing to do with Greenpeace really; previously my CV looked more like a shopping list, than a career. But, the longer I stayed here the more I've come to appreciate just how different it is working here. And not in the way I think most people would think.

Article tagged as: airplot, amazon, blog relay, climate change, dove, forests, mcdonalds, palm oil, soya

The odd couple: how Greenpeace and McDonald's are working together

Posted by admin - 2 August 2006 at 7:00am - 3 Comments

Greenpeace research in the Amazon helped identify the link between deforestation and European food manufacturers

John Sauven, campaign special projects director for Greenpeace UK, explains how Greenpeace worked with McDonald's to change the food industry's attitude towards Amazon soya.

"Huge chickens invaded fast food stores in London and started to ask customers if they knew they were eating soya from deforested areas of the Amazon. That was in April. The chickens were noisy Greenpeace activists... It took McDonald's only six hours between the first 'homo chickenacius' invasion of its restaurants and the phone call to Greenpeace to discuss the issue. Why? Because fast-food consumers started to be choked with McNuggets and McChickens. Ethical consumption's appeal is increasing."

Article tagged as: agriculture, amazon, brazil, cargill, forests, mcdonalds, moratorium, soya

McVictory

Posted by admin - 25 July 2006 at 7:00am - 0 Comments

Giant chickens invaded McDonald's in April to protest at their involvement in Amazon destruction

In an historic deal that has impacts far beyond the golden arches and into the global agricultural market, McDonald's is now the leading company in the campaign to halt deforestation for the expansion of soya farming in the Amazon.

Article tagged as: agriculture, amazon, brazil, cargill, mcdonalds, moratorium, soya, successes, supermarkets

Greenpeace close Amazon soya facilities in Brazil and Europe

Posted by admin - 22 May 2006 at 7:00am - 0 Comments

A sign explaining Cargill's role in Amazon deforestation stands outside their Surrey HQ

You may never have heard of Cargill, but they are the largest privately-owned company in the world. They also happen to be one of the major culprits in the continuing destruction of the Amazon rainforest, driving deforestation to make room for soya plantations. That soya is then shipped out to Europe for animal feed.

Article tagged as: agriculture, amazon, brazil, cargill, forests, france, KFC, mcdonalds, soya

KFC = Klearing Forest for Chickens

Posted by admin - 17 May 2006 at 7:00am - 1 Comment

Greenpeace activists unfurl a banner saying KFC Amazon Criminal in a soya planatation near Santarem, Brazil

As we revealed in early April, McDonald's have been implicated in the clearance of the Amazon rainforest to grow soya for animal feed and, thanks to the thousands of emails and letters you sent, they're talking to us about how they can get out of the Amazon.

Article tagged as: agriculture, amazon, brazil, forests, KFC, mcdonalds, soya

We're trashin' it

Publication date:  5 April, 2006

How McDonald's is eating up the Amazon

Summary

This crime file follows the chain of rainforest destruction from the heart of the Amazon, where huge areas of forest are being cleared to plant soya, back to the UK, where McDonald's Chicken McNuggets are sold to millions of people every week.

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Article tagged as: amazon, forests, mcdonalds, reports, soya

Eating up the Amazon

Publication date:  6 April, 2006

Summary

New Greenpeace research shows how this soya is being fed to the chickens that you eat at places like McDonald's. We have documented thousands of tonnes of soya is being exported from the heart of the Amazon into the UK. The soya is then fed to millions of chickens in the farms that supply McDonald's. This means that every time you buy a Chicken McNugget you're taking a bite out of the Amazon.

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Article tagged as: amazon, forests, mcdonalds, reports, soya, UK

We're trashin' it!

Posted by admin - 4 April 2006 at 7:00am - 0 Comments

Its a cluckin spectacle at McDonalds across the country this morning as Greenpeace volunteers expose McDonalds role in Amazon destruction

The Amazon rainforest covers 5 per cent of the world's land and extends over some 7.8 million kilometres. It is one of the most biodiverse regions on earth - at least 30 per cent of the world's land-based animal and plant species live there. The Amazon is also home to about 220,000 people from 180 different indigenous nations who live deep in the rainforest, and it plays a vital role in maintaining the world's climate.

Article tagged as: agriculture, amazon, brazil, cargill, mcdonalds, santarem, soya
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