India, Jan. 13 -- We don't usually think about the destruction of rainforests while washing our hands, brushing our teeth, cooking those 2-minute noodles or doing our laundry, but our ignorance inadvertently contributes to climate change. How? Because a majority of the products we consume in India on a daily basis contain palm oil-an ingredient whose unsustainable production is directly linked to the destruction of precious habitat.
It is estimated that the equivalent of 300 football fields is cleared every hour in the world to make way for palm oil plantations, exacting a terrible cost not only on the environment but also on humans.
With over 1.3 billion people, India is both the world's largest consumer as well as the biggest importer o...