Save the Orangutans

If when you are looking around on the web, you happen to find a great website about Palm Oil, orangutans, the rainforest, any topic like that, email savetheorangutans137@hotmail.com or fill out the form on our homepage and give us the web site address and a brief description of it (Like we did). If we think it is a good site we will but it on our web page!

If you are interesting in saving orangutans or just like orangutans and the rainforest, check these sites out!

1) www.orangutan.org
This is Orangutan Foundation International, this is the program that Dr. Galdikas set up. It is a great place to adopt a baby orangutan, find facts on orangutans and look at ways you can help!

2) www.orangutan.com
This is the Orangutan Conservancy. This is the group that generously helped us by giving us some of the pictures we are going to use on this website! This is a great place to figure out how you can help save orangutans and they have great information on Palm Oil and orangutans!

3) www.savetheorangutan.co.uk
This group is called BOS UK, which stands for Borneo Orangutan Survival UK. This group is set in the UK but you can still visit this amazing website. They have a bunch of amazing links to other great websites!

Here are links to companies that have palm oil in their products! Send an email telling how upset you are and why palm oil is a bad thing!

1. Carr's Water Table Crackers
www.carrs-online.com 
Their water table crackers have palm oil. Go to this link, click "Contact Us", fill out the "Request More Information" tab, and fill out the form!

2. Act II popcorn
http://www.actii.com/index.jsp
 You have to go to this link, click on Company Information, Contact Us, fill out the information for "Request More Information", and fill out the form!

3. Twix
www.twix.com
Yes, that's right. Sadly, Twix has palm oil. Go to this link, click "Contact us" and fill out the letter!

4. 3 Musetteers
www.3musketters.com/index.shtml
Follow this link, click "Contact Us" and fill out letter!

5. Pepperidge Farms
http://www.pepperidgefarm.com/contact.asp
Follow this link and fill out the letter!
Pepperidge Farms have many different products so you'll have to check the labels to see which have palm oil but the Milano Cookies sadly, do have palm oil!

These are all the companies we have now but keep checking back because we will continue updating this.

Please be careful when you are doing this about giving out personal information and talk to your parents or another adult about what information you are going to give out to the companies.

Or you can write a letter to them look for their address on the products label or on their website!

If you want to learn more about orangutans or the rainforest you can check out these links below!

1. http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/orangutan.html
This is a National Geographic site and it has basic information about the orangutan, you can even listen to a recording of one!

2. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/apes/orangutan/
This is an Enchanted Learning page and it too has basic information about the orangutan.

3. http://www.spca.bc.ca/animalissues/orangutn.asp
This is a website that covers: What is an orangutan? Orangutan facts, why are orangutans endangered? Why should we save them? Why save tropical forests? How can you help?

4. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/
This an Enchanted Learning Page all about the rainforest.

5. Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil: www.rspo.org
Gives information on sustainable palm oil in Indonesia and Malaysia plus a list of companies and supplies who use sustainable palm oil.  

If you find any other really great sites, let us know!