Time For Change

One of my favorite animals is the orangutan. I love going to a zoo and watching them, especially when there's a new baby. I could sit there all day and just admire them.

I recently read something pertaining to palm oil and orangutans. What I found was shocking. Thousands of orangutans are losing their lives each year for the cultivation of palm oil. As the forest is cleared the orangutans are either shot on site, tortured before being killed or kept as pets.

Since we use palm oil in all of our soap recipes, we decided to do some additional research and found a new supplier that carries sustainable palm oil. From this point forward you can be sure that the products you receive from us are not contributing to these horrific crimes.

To learn more about the extinction of orangutans and what you can do see please visit these websites.

http://www.orangutan.org.au/assets/images/palmoil/BOSPalm_Oil_Report.pdf

I will warn you, that some of the pictures are graphic. I know a couple of them made me cry.

http://www.orangutans-sos.org/

This awesome picture was done by weeping camel. You can find more of his work at

http://www.flickr.com/people/weepingcamel/

Whipped Soap Give Away

Hi! Just wanted to let you know that we're participating in a give away. I was contacted by a really sweet women, Jes who asked if I'd be interested in doing a giving away on her blog. The winner of the give away receives a 4 oz whipped soap in their flavor of choice. I say flavor cause some of them smell good enough to eat! So take a minute and sign up for the give away!

http://serenitysgivaways.blogspot.com/2009/10/serenitys-simple-traditions-homemade.html

Thanks everyone. Have a great day!