Give us a Break

March 31, 2010

Greenpeace, Kit Kat, Indonesian rain forest, Nestle, palm oilNestle’s Kit Kat chocolate bar is synonymous with the catch phrase, Give me a Break. However the slogan was recently turned upside down by Greenpeace, who were chastising Nestle for purchasing ingredients such as palm oil from companies that are clear cutting the forests of Indonesia. Greenpeace argues that the use of palm oil, and ultimately the consumption of Kit Kat bars is threatening all species of wild fauna and causing the extinction of orangutans from their natural habitat.  Greenpeace released a bizarre, and somewhat grotesque video and website to get their point across and encourage the world to find out about the situation.