1. The word "sustainable" is tossed around a lot. What does it mean to you? 2. Is it fair for environmentalists to single out companies like Unilever and Nestl that are comparatively small consumers of palm oil? Or is this justified simply as a matter of strategy? Explain your answer. 3. Do consumers have an obligation to ensure that the products they purchase are ethically sourced? Or does all responsibility for ethical sourcing fall exclusively with producers? Explain your answer. 4. Do you know if you own or regularly consume any products that contain palm oil? Do you know where the palm oil came from? If you don't know, do you know if you're able to find out where the oil came from? 5. Preventing deforestation is important. But after previously forested land has been cleared whether six months ago or sixty years agois there anything wrong with continuing to use it to produce palm oil now? Or should some existing palm plantations be shut down and reforested? Explain your reasoning. 6. Developing countries like Indonesia are responding to increased demand for palm oil by Western consumers in developed countries. Is it fair for Western consumers to demand that developing