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Flowers, Expression & Hidden Cost of Valentine's Day
Romantics in the UK should woo their loved ones with flowers imported from Africa rather than those grown in Europe, a minister has said.
International Development Secretary Hilary Benn asked consumers to aid "social justice" on Valentine's Day.
Importing African flowers is better for the environment as they are not grown in heated greenhouses, he said.
The European Federation of Professional Florist Associations called Mr Benn's argument "very strange".
'Do their bit'
The minister told a sustainable food conference that emissions produced by growing flowers in Kenya and flying them to the UK can be less than a fifth of those grown in heated and lighted greenhouses in Holland.
"People want to buy ethically and do their bit for climate change, but often don't realise that they can support developing countries and reduce carbon emissions," he said.
This is about social justice and making it easier, not harder, for African people to make a decent living
Hilary Benn, Minister
"Recent Research shows that flowers flown from Africa can use less energy overall than those produced in Europe because they're not grown in heated greenhouses.
"So, this Valentine's day, you can be a romantic, reduce your environmental impact and help make poverty history.
"This is about social justice and making it easier, not harder, for African people to make a decent living."
Mr Benn said: "Climate change is hugely important to the future of developed and developing countries but if we boycott goods flown from Africa we deny the poor the chance to grow; their chance to educate their children and stay healthy."
It is estimated that almost a third of the UK's imported flowers come from Kenya, with about 70,000 people, most of them women, working on the country's flower farms.
news.bbc.co.uk
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Secret Cost
But beneath the graceful Expression of love the roses convey and the lucrative business flower production is, there is the hidden cost little known to many: Environmental Degradation, Socio-economic Imbalance, blatant human rights violation and adverse health consequences for workers.
Secret Cost
But beneath the graceful Expression of love the roses convey and the lucrative business flower production is, there is the hidden cost little known to many: Environmental Degradation, Socio-economic Imbalance, blatant human rights violation and adverse health consequences for workers.
Secret Cost
But beneath the graceful Expression of love the roses convey and the lucrative business flower production is, there is the hidden cost little known to many: Environmental Degradation, Socio-economic Imbalance, blatant Human Rights Violation and Adverse Health Consequences for Workers.
www.islamonline.net
International Development Secretary Hilary Benn asked consumers to aid "social justice" on Valentine's Day.
Importing African flowers is better for the environment as they are not grown in heated greenhouses, he said.
The European Federation of Professional Florist Associations called Mr Benn's argument "very strange".
'Do their bit'
The minister told a sustainable food conference that emissions produced by growing flowers in Kenya and flying them to the UK can be less than a fifth of those grown in heated and lighted greenhouses in Holland.
"People want to buy ethically and do their bit for climate change, but often don't realise that they can support developing countries and reduce carbon emissions," he said.
This is about social justice and making it easier, not harder, for African people to make a decent living
Hilary Benn, Minister
"Recent Research shows that flowers flown from Africa can use less energy overall than those produced in Europe because they're not grown in heated greenhouses.
"So, this Valentine's day, you can be a romantic, reduce your environmental impact and help make poverty history.
"This is about social justice and making it easier, not harder, for African people to make a decent living."
Mr Benn said: "Climate change is hugely important to the future of developed and developing countries but if we boycott goods flown from Africa we deny the poor the chance to grow; their chance to educate their children and stay healthy."
It is estimated that almost a third of the UK's imported flowers come from Kenya, with about 70,000 people, most of them women, working on the country's flower farms.
news.bbc.co.uk
___________________________________ ___________
Secret Cost
But beneath the graceful Expression of love the roses convey and the lucrative business flower production is, there is the hidden cost little known to many: Environmental Degradation, Socio-economic Imbalance, blatant human rights violation and adverse health consequences for workers.
Secret Cost
But beneath the graceful Expression of love the roses convey and the lucrative business flower production is, there is the hidden cost little known to many: Environmental Degradation, Socio-economic Imbalance, blatant human rights violation and adverse health consequences for workers.
Secret Cost
But beneath the graceful Expression of love the roses convey and the lucrative business flower production is, there is the hidden cost little known to many: Environmental Degradation, Socio-economic Imbalance, blatant Human Rights Violation and Adverse Health Consequences for Workers.
www.islamonline.net