To start off, if you were unable to make it to the Orangutan Gang’s live-lesson yesterday, you can find the recording below on YouTube:

If you don’t know much about orangutans, palm oil, or some of the steps you can take to help, you can start off Orangutan Caring Week by checking out this lesson and becoming aware.

Once you’ve educated yourself about the issue, move on to taking the following steps. Remember, this week is Orangutan Caring Week, and as someone who values orangutans and their rainforest habitat you have an obligation to work to halt the destruction of their home. This week is the time to stand up, not to stand back.

• Share this post with three friends. In order to make a difference, we need to act together. You can prompt that kind of group action by creating a group. Encourage the friends you share this with to take the same steps and create a larger community.
• Make two changes on your grocery list. In order to figure out what products are sustainable or palm oil free, you can look for certification labels, check the ingredients against a guide for palm oil aliases (remember Palm, Laur, Stear, Cetyl, Glyc, Olei), or use an app like PalmSmart to scan the barcode of each product. Make sure to choose products that you buy often. This isn’t just for this week- make the changes on your grocery list permanent so that you’re making a lasting impact.
• Contact one company about becoming sustainable. Before you contact the company, make sure to check out their palm oil policy to see what, if any, certification they’re already using and any commitments that they’ve made. Then you can fill out the Orangutan Gang’s simple form letter and send it off to the company of your choice.
• Oh, and now that you’ve taken all of the required steps, go ahead and join the Orangutan Gang.

Remember, your choices matter this Orangutan Caring Week. Make the responsible choice to contribute to the movement. Your actions can- and will- save the rainforest.

Happy Orangutan Caring Week!

~Pangaea Finn, Founder and Director

This Halloween, turn your attention to a real-life horror story: the candy that you’re buying is manufactured from the ashes of rainforest. When candy companies source unsustainable palm oil from Indonesia and Malaysia, rainforests are destroyed in order to make room for palm oil plantations, fueling the ever-growing appetites of consumers across the globe. But you don’t have to contribute to the destruction- you can actually help save the rainforest this Halloween, using the Orangutan Gang’s helpful guide:

On October 27, Orangutan Gang founder Pangaea Finn presented at the monthly meeting of the Golden Eagle Audubon Society. If you’d like to learn more about impacted birds and how you can make an impact, watch the recording at the link below.

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This year’s Orangutan Caring Week will be from November 8-14. Orangutan Caring Week is an annual event held to recognize and take action against threats to orangutans and their rainforest habitat. In previous years, the Orangutan Gang has visited Zoo Boise to educate zoo-goers. This year, to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ll be hosting an educational webinar on November 9 at 5:30 pm Pacific to educate attendees about orangutans, palm oil, and simple steps that you can take to help save the rainforest. Your support starts right now- simply share this post with a few friends and ask them to register for our webinar.

You can sign up for the webinar at this registration link. After you sign up, you’ll receive a confirmation email with a link to the webinar.

Remember to share this link with your friends and to make sure that your Halloween choices are sustainable. Happy Orangutan Caring Week, and thank you for saving the rainforest today!

~Pangaea Finn, Founder and Director

We are proud to announce the release of our sixth newsletter, Issue 2020.3! This issue’s theme is educating others, and includes information about exciting upcoming events, an online palm oil lesson plan, and the Orangutan Gang’s new Etsy page. You can also take on a rainforest challenge, learn about the new Intersectional Environmentalism movement, and check out an interview with Michelle Desilets, the Executive Director of Orangutan Land Trust. Sign up today to receive our newsletter via email.

Thank you for saving the rainforest today!

~Pangaea Finn, Founder and Director

Over the course of this summer, The Orangutan Gang released a series of videos on Instagram TV with detailed information about orangutans, palm oil, and conservation. These Conservation Clips provide an excellent ten-minute crash course about palm oil and how you can become a changemaker, and they’re now available to watch on YouTube!

After you finish watching these Conservation Clips, you’re prepared to become a changemaker and Orangutan Supporter. Take our pledge to join The Orangutan Gang and help save orangutans!

Thank you for saving the rainforest today.

~Pangaea Finn, Founder and Director