[2099] in peace2
Thurs (12/5): talk on child slavery in chocolate production
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anke Hildebrandt)
Tue Dec 3 14:30:05 2002
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Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 14:28:36 -0500
To: Anke Hildebrandt <hildebra@mit.edu>
From: Anke Hildebrandt <hildebra@MIT.EDU>
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<font size=4><b>Child Slaves: An Ingredient You Wouldn't Expect In
Your Chocolate<br>
</font>Thursday, December 5<br>
7:00 PM, room 4-231<br>
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a talk by Steven R. L. Millman<br>
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A talk about what can go wrong with globalization and free gourmet
chocolate (no slavery added) to taste.<br>
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Event sponsored by Students for Global Sustainability and the Graduate
Students Council<br>
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<b>Abstract:<br>
</b>It is one of the cruelest ironies of the modern world that children
in rich, industrialized nations eat chocolate everyday made with cocoa
grown and harvested by child slaves their own age in the Ivory
Coast. Some are as young as eight years old, stolen away from their
homes and families, barely fed, and savagely beaten if they work too slow
or attempt to escape. Ivorian cocoa (~45% of all cocoa produced) is
used by nearly all of the major chocolate companies, and represents a
crown jewel in what can go wrong with globalization and poor planning in
sustainable development. <br>
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<b>---<br>
</b>ps. Since so many people asked: yes, we will gladly show the movie
"Food" again soon, most probably during IAP. This time
hopefully with a clear picture ..<br>
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