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SAVE THE ORANGUTANS

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We have joined up with our friends from the Nature Conservancy for the month of April to help raise awareness and funds for the great work they are doing with the orangutan conservation project in the Borneo forests in  Indonesia. Each bottle of our Orang Utan sold throughout April, we will be donating money to The Nature Conservancy’s orangutan conservation project!

INTERNAL USE ONLY. Young orangutan photographed in Indonesia.

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Meet some of the great team on the ground who are helping make the forests safe for the orangutans for generations to come!

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Yatim, Forest Guardian

‘I live in Wehea and I’m a Petkuq Mehuey, which means Forest Guardian. I camp in the forest for months, and I collect data on the animals I see. My favorite animal is the orangutan; they are so interesting to watch because they are so much like humans. I am helping to protect Wehea because I love the forest and I want my kids to have the chance to see orangutans too.

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Dr. Herlina Hartanto,Forest Program Director,The Nature Conservancy

‘Understanding the challenges that orangutans are facing, the Conservancy’s Indonesia Terrestrial Program sets an ambitious goal of protecting and improving management across 10 million hectares of forests — the orangutan’s forest — by 2020. We will do this by working with forest guardians — communities, companies, non-governmental organizations and all levels of governments to:

  • protect the areas of the orangutan’s forest that are most critical to wildlife and people;
  • transform the way government and companies support and manage the orangutan’s forest; and
  • inspire the people of Indonesia, and all of us, to safeguard the orangutan’s forest and our future.’

 

Find out more about these amazing animals and the vital work The Nature Conservancy is doing at www.tnc.org.hk/our-work @nature_org

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WATER, WATER, WATER

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Water we know we need to drink more, we get it already! Every beauty expert and health advocate in the world recommends it endlessly!  Scientists tell us that our body percentage is made up of 60-65% water so- it does make sense everything functions, feels and looks better when we are well oiled machines! To help get you in the habit of drinking more water we have these funky looking steel Genie water bottles available in store. So no more excuses! You can top up in the morning, pop it in your bag and gulp away at your desk, run around all day or dance all night! $100 available at ifc mall and Hollywood Rd, ‘Teeny Genie” stores.
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Check out everyone’s favourite celeb girl crush Cameron Diaz and her helpful tip on chugging back the good stuff, from her ‘The Body Book’ :
‘Every night before I go to sleep, I fill up a big glass bottle with water and put it on my bathroom counter. First thing in the morning, right after I brush my teeth, I drink it. Because I know that during the night, while I am sleeping, all of that breathing in and out exhales a lot of moisture from my lungs. Imagine how much water you can lose during eight hours of breathing! Because we can’t replenish it while we are sleeping, it’s important to rehydrate once we wake. Once I drink the water in the bottle by my sink, I feel it immediately. I go from being a wilted plant to one that has just been rejuvenated by the rain.’
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LEMON AND PURE ALKALINE WATER

Genie’s alkaline water has a PH of 9.5 and is available with lemon essential oil or good old fashioned plain. Alkaline water will help neutralise acid in the bloodstream, leading to increased oxygen levels and faster hydration – hanging hungover heads take note! If your body is too acidic due to processed foods, medication, stress, pollution etc to compensate your body has to borrow minerals from your bones, teeth and organs to neutralize the excess acidity. Therefore it is important for the body to maintain a pH balance.

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‘The Body’ Elle Macpherson talked about adding alkaline based food and drinks to her diet in a recent magazine article:
“An acidic body is out of balance. Today’s diet of processed food, sugar, alcohol, too much red meat, dairy and coffee – especially for me – along with stress and lack of sleep can affect the way the body functions. My diet was okay but I was busy, eating on the run and sleeping four hours a night. I was feeling tired and toxic and my solution was to take a plethora of synthetic vitamins. After I made lifestyle changes and started to become more alkaline, I noticed benefits right across the board. I felt lighter, lost stubborn weight around my middle and had better digestion and no IBS. It also started to show on the outside – they call it the ‘alkaline glow’. My skin felt moisturised when I’ve always had dry skin. My hairdresser commented that my hair was strong and was growing quickly.”

Drink up everyone!!!!