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Wed 6pm Fair Trade SMores Happy Hour in Dolores Park August 14, 2008 -
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Bring Your Own: Graham crackers, marshmallows, something to roast marshmallows on (ie sticks, wire hangers), Fair Trade chocolate (which you can find near Dolores Park at stores like Global Exchange, Bi-rite, Rainbow, etc)* (more…) With fair trade, we all come out winners July 7, 2008 -
www.suntimes.com
You’ve probably seen the fair-trade labels on products like coffee, tea, chocolate, and on some clothes and crafts. Now a campaign is under way to make all Chicago a fair-trade city. Organizers with Chicago Fair Trade are calling on the City Council to pass a resolution in support of fair trade and to encourage city departments to buy fair-trade goods. (more…) America’s First Fair Trade Town Holds Fair Trade Live Concert in Media, PA July 2, 2008 -
The Earth Times
America’s First Fair Trade Town, Media, PA, will bring national and international attention to the significance of Fair Trade by holding its first Fair Trade Live Concert in the heart of downtown Media on Sunday, September 14, 2008, from 12 to 8 p.m. (more…) First coffee and chocolate, now entire towns obtain Fair Trade status June 6, 2008 -
Plenty Magazine
Ama Kade harvests cocoa pods in Ghana. Kanya Osori grows rice in northeastern Thailand. Palemon Cuno Surco creates traditional Peruvian pottery in a small village near Cusco. They live thousands of miles away from each other, speak different languages and their cultures couldn’t be more different. But they do have something in common: people in Taos, New Mexico, and Media, Pennsylvania, want to buy their goods and pay them a fair price. So do the people in Amherst, Massachusetts, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. These communities are part of a small but growing group committed to supporting fair trade, so much so that they’ve gone through the steps to become recognized as Fair Trade Towns. (more…) San Francisco to Be Named an Official Fair Trade City May 10, 2008 -
Dolores Park promises to be buzzing with more than the usual weekend activity this Saturday, May 10, 2008. In honor of World Fair Trade Day, TransFair USA, the Bay Area Fair Trade Coalition, the United Students for Fair Trade, Global Exchange, Oxfam America, Alter Eco Americas, Numi Teas, 1800Flowers.com and Adina World Beat Beverages will host a celebration for the people of San Francisco. (more…) World Fair Trade Day May 9, 2008 -
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Wednesday is World Fair Trade Day. The Chicago Fair Trade Organization will celebrate by launching a campaign to make Chicago a fair trade city. That means engaging Chicagoans in purchases that are not only environmentally sustainable but also guarantee producers a living wage for their work. Chicago Fair Trade is celebrating World Fair Trade this Wednesday at Daley Plaza. In addition to more than 20 vendors selling fairly traded gifts, home accessories and jewelry from more than 30 countries, Chicagoland residents will have the opportunity to learn how to support fair trade and help us make Chicago a fair trade city! (more…) It’s time for fair trade May 2, 2008 -
Amherst Bulletin
Land and water conservation, environmental education and the common good of our community are values shared by residents of Amherst. We might add to that list social justice and economic well-being. These are topics that are spoken of in this newspaper, in Amherst’s Town Meeting, and not infrequently in the coffee shops and restaurants. Amherst residents care for the quality of life here, and Amherst is seen as a progressive community. These same values of caring for the land and environment, for the common good and for each other, are shared in communities worldwide. Families and farmers living in developing countries, who provide us with some of our daily consumed items, share these ideals as well. However, because of social and economic injustice, many can’t send their children to school, have to work in dangerous and unhealthy conditions, and are not fairly compensated for their work. (more…) Taos earns fair trade town designation April 25, 2008 -
TAOS, N.M.—Taos has been designated a fair trade town. “Right now, it’s of a nascent concept here,” said Steve Gloss of Sustaining Cultures, a Taos educational organization that runs a gallery of crafts from around the world. (more…) Fair Trade products increasing in U.S. towns April 21, 2008 -
The Daily O'Collegian
Finding a politician with a clean conscious may be harder than finding a Brazilian who is bad at soccer. However, at least six mayors in the U.S. can say they are doing an honest action just by sipping their coffee every morning. They know the coffee they’re drinking comes from a non-exploitative factory and they are helping an underdeveloped country come out of poverty one cup at a time. Northampon, Mass., became the sixth “Fair Trade Town” in the U.S. last Thursday. From now on, Northampon City Council will encourage residents to buy and sell products that come from labor and environmentally friendly practices, and are guaranteed a fair price for the costumer and the producer. (more…) Northampton Becomes the 6th Fair Trade Town in the USA April 18, 2008 -
www.CSRwire.com
NORTHAMPTON, MA - Northampton Fair Trade Committee is proud to announce that Northampton, Massachusetts, has become the 6th Fair Trade Town in the USA with the unanimous passing of the “Buy Local, Buy Fair” Resolution at the City Council meeting Thursday night. The Fair Trade Towns movement began in the UK in 2001 as a way to promote awareness of how fairly traded products make a difference in the lives of producers and their communities by providing them with a fair, living wage for their work. Since then, over 300 communities worldwide have become Fair Trade Towns, but the movement is just getting started in the United States. (more…) |
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