So what is this famous Haze? For everyone lucky enough not to have had experienced it, the Haze comes from rainforests growing on top of valuable pear soil being burned to the ground all the way in Indonesia. So really, we can consider ourselves lucky compared to the native tribes and endangered flora and fauna that inhabited these formerly beautiful areas of land. They now have nowhere to go, and probably lost some of their kind to the fires.
So now you're probably wondering: What kind of evil creature would in their right mind want to do this to innocent people and animals? Two words: PALM. OIL. This substance is found in pretty much anything you can think of, ranging from shampoo to instant noodles. Cookies to lotions. Hand soap to chocolate bars. The list goes on and on. But is it really the palm oil itself that's causing all these problems?
The actual monster behind this Haze is the non-sustainable farming used to grow these oil palm trees. But it doesn't have to stay this bad. The RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) organization helps cooperating companies to monitor their palm oil and convert to CSPO (Certified Sustainable Palm Oil) usage. Check out these two links to find out how certain brands are doing and to find out more about sustainable palm oil:
http://assets.panda.org/downloads/po_scorecard_2013_latest.pdf
https://webreathewhatwebuy.com/index.php/haze/
