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“Stop bottle baby deaths. Boycott Nestlé.

As you probably know, A Much Better Way supports the boycott of Nestlé products. According the the World Health Organisation Authority (WHO) 1.5 million babies die every year as a result of inappropriate feeding.

Despite this Nestlé continues to push it’s artificial baby food in breach of international standards. Monitoring by groups on the ground around the world shows Nestlé is responsible for more violations than any other company.

That’s why Nestlé is singled out for boycott action. If you don’t boycott Nestlé already, I ask that you consider looking at the evidence and giving up Nestlé products. The boycott has forced some changes from the company, but it is still a long way from complying. Campaigners are also working for laws. Nestlé can comply when it is given no choice. It is not being asked to do something that is impossible, but without pressure it continues to put its own profits before infant health and mothers’ rights. You can find out more information and look at the evidence yourself on the Baby Milk Action website and you can also sign up there to support the boycott.

How Breastfeeding is Undermined by Nestle

• Promotion using free supplies
• Inappropriate language
• Using “humanitarian aid” to create markets
• Labels which undermine breastfeeding
• Promotion to mothers and pregnant women
• Promotion to health professionals
• Undermining implementation of the International Code

“Nestlé is targeted with the boycott because monitoring conducted by the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) finds it to be responsible for more violations of the World Health Assembly marketing requirements for baby foods than any other company (see the codewatch section for profiles of the different companies to target their malpractice).

As UNICEF has said:

“Marketing practices that undermine breastfeeding are potentially hazardous wherever they are pursued: in the developing world, WHO estimates that some 1.5 million children die each year because they are not adequately breastfed. These facts are not in dispute.”

The following is a partial list of commonly used Nestlé products. The list also contains brands that Nestlé may not own directly but they still profit from indirectly. You can find more of their products at Nestlé.com

• Nescafe
• Carnation
• Coffee Mate
• Kit Kat
• Alcon Contact Lens Care
• Perrier
• San Pellegrino
• Nesquik
• Nestea
• Cheerios
• Honey Nut Cheerios
• Golden Grahams
• Garnier
• Maybelline
• Loreal
• Redken
• Friskies
• Purina
• Stouffers
• Lean Cuisine
• Buitoni
• Hot Pockets
• Poland Spring
• Pure Life Water

Click here to sign the Nestlé Boycott and show your breastfeeding support.

It might be a small thing for you, but the cumulative effect can be tremendous. The long term impact of energy awareness will have an even greater and long-lasting impact than the energy savings itself.

I am referring to Earth Hour, from 8pm-9pm local time on Saturday, March 29. Although it originated in Sydney, Australia last year, the idea took hold and is now a national event in the US as well. Many cities are participating but even if you live in small town USA, go ahead and turn your lights out from 8-9pm.

Even google went “black” for the day to honor and bring awareness to Earth Hour. Check it out, it is pretty neat to see a black google page! There is some speculation that this will be an annual occurrance on the last Saturday of March. Environmentalists fear that people will believe they have “done their part” for the year, however. Our hope is that it will make people stop and think about their energy uses and look for alternative ways to conserve.

Learn more at Plentymag.com or WSJ.com or better yet, google “earth hour” so you can check out their black page for yourself!. You can also check out the following Earth Hour videos (some from 2007) if you would like to learn more.