I really like the first shot! It reminds me of a photo I once took in Vietnam =)
The palm oil industry is so bad. Hate how the forest looks on your photo. Every year countries like Borneo and Malaysia have to coop with smoke from ppl who burn forest in Indonesia, and that is just one example. And like you say, many of the products made from it are pretty unnecessary.
Beautiful little sweetheart, thank you for sharing @steef-05. Vietnam has had and still has its fair share of atrocities. I lived there for 7 years, and children much like this one, are living things no one would dare to imagine. Such a harsh world out there for some of these little guys...
wow you were in Vietnam for 7 whole years? Can I ask doing what? What part?
I lived in Saigon for 6 and Hanoi for 1 year. I initially moved out there to teach English and ended up doing a whole lot of stuff! (working in orphanages, helping out with various projects, lots of travelling...)
That's wonderful!!
And the cost-benefit ratio is atrocious.
A few people benefit from new (crappy) products, but the cost is the livelihood and a decent lifestyle of thousands of people.
You're right! How do we get more people to care about this? Not worth it.
oh wow you also took such a beautiful picture in Vietnam @ steef-05! I wonder if palm oil industry is the same reason farmers are burning in Thailand. hmm...I'll have to find out. I wish they would stop!
I think @majes.tytyty will be able to answer this question for you. Last I heard, he was living in Chiang Mai.
This is what I found on the topic:
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Lol I'm in Chiang Mai! That's why I was wondering about it! Haha crazy. Also, I love how that article sounds so professional and then ends with the word "kerfluffle"
YES! I hesitated in editing that out but then thought naaaaahh, that's a very appropriate word 😜