Waste of products made from palm oil. We are keenly aware of the detrimental impact that excessive and reckless consumption, coupled with a lack of mindfulness, has inflicted upon our environment.

Regrettably, we find ourselves gradually confronting the repercussions of our own actions. It is often taken for granted that the products we partake in have undergone legal production processes, for how else could they find their way onto the market?

Furthermore, it is widely acknowledged that the quality of these goods varies depending on the degree of conscious and sustainable practices employed in their creation. Yet, our understanding of the harsh realities faced by displaced families and communities remains painfully limited—a consequence of our very consumption patterns.

Scant information is available regarding the means by which multinational corporations and landowners legally appropriate foreign lands. Such is the reality that unfolds at Hacienda Las Pavas, situated in the unassuming village of Buenos Aires, nestled within the municipality of El Peñón in the southern region of Bolívar, Colombia. In the year 2003, the harrowing consequences unfolded as over 122 families were forcibly displaced by the paramilitary group known as AUC.