Chocolate Slavery

Modern day slavery takes on many forms, including the classical millennia old ones.

The latter are now deep within some societies that have yet to emerge into the 21st Century of human rights.

But human trafficking and other new forms of slavery have replaced the old styles.

Again, Green is not just environmental but all-encompassing, holistic.

Modern day slavery does not promote sustainability, it is all a matter of time before the Human Spirit rises up against such slavery: those on the wrong side of the innate desire of humans to be free from oppression will suffer the consequent negative market effects.

Easter is celebrated with chocolate … but horrific stories of exploitation have appeared recently in the media.

Stories that are primal even as futuristic technology explodes all around us, like Google's Project Glass announcements (aka Google Goggles) and Terrafugia's Flying Car!

CNN has developed a very strong anti-slavery campaign, and featured a documentary on the exploitation of children in the chocolate industry.

http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/

The link above provides a global look at today’s slavery.

The chocolate slavery petition by change.org below is an opportunity to sign and pressurize those corporates that are still turning a blind eye to the exploitation.

http://www.change.org/petitions/lindt-and-ferrero-end-child-slave-labour-in-your-chocolate-this-easter-childslavery#

Euro News featured an article as well on child exploitation in the chocolate industry. See Marguerita Sforza's interviews below:

http://prod-euronews.euronews.net/2012/04/06/europe-weekly-chocolate-the-bitter-sweet-truth/

As responsible consumers we can help to make progress against such human rights abuse.