WORLD FAIR TRADE DAY 2008!

FAIR TRADE AND THE ENVIRONMENT (MS Word file: 69KB)

At the core of the Fair Trade system is the recognition that we live in a world of finite resources and fragile environments, to which the prevailing trade system is currently unaccountable. Fair Trade puts the valuing and protection of the natural environment squarely back on the agenda. >See FT standards

Equally, Fair Trade values humanity. Fair Trade supports marginalised communities by creating much needed income generating opportunities, all the while assisting them in maintaining their light environmental footprints.
>Word Fair Trade Day 2008 key messaging (MS Word file: 72KB)

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11/18/2007

Fair Trade Events from University of Calgary, Canada scheduled on November 21st and 22nd

"Fair Trade Workshop 2007" hosted by University of Calgary on Wednesday, November 21 2007 2pm to 4pm, facilitated by Gavin Fridell: Author of "Fair Trade Coffee: The Prospects and Pitfalls of Market-Driven Social Justice", Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario.

The University of calgary will also hold a public forum, "Fair Trade Forum 2007: from production to final markets, a producers' perspective", to examine the progress, priorities and challenges of fair trade producers and their ability to promote human development, on the 22nd of November, 2007.

Details of those events are also available on University of Calgary's official web site:
> http://www.ucalgary.ca/cpia/web/fair_trade_workshop.html (Workshop)
> http://www.ucalgary.ca/cpia/web/fair_trade_2007.html (Forum)

7/25/2007

A Fair Trade Poem

"Fair trade is not too mysterious and remote for you"

Check out WFTD's very own poem from Peter Wahome and the team at Crafts of Africa in Kenya.

6/7/2007

Essay & Drawing Competition Winners!

The first prize went to Trade Aid New Zealand! The second, Sahaj India and the third, Fair Trade Group Nepal! Read an IFAT report—World Fair Trade Day Competition May 12th 2007—at Prize Winners.

5/28/2007

2007 Event Reports & Photos

This year's event reports from Fair Traders in various countries including India, Nepal, Japan, Cambodia, Korea, Bangladesh and Indonesia. Reflecting such regional and cultural diversity, events were held in unique ways and in many cases on a large scale with a great numbers of participants for the common purpose of spreading Fair Trade around the world! Check out each reports at 2007 Event Reports & Photos.

To contribute your own event report, contact us.

5/27/2007

Kids Fair Trade messages

Kumbeshwar Technical School (KTS), based in Kathmandu, Nepal, is an educational and vocational training institute catering to the needs of low income families. Fair Trade enables 150 women to have a stable income through knitting and 250 children to receive free schooling. People Tree funds 50% of KTS's Primary School Expenses.

Safia Minney (People Tree) with two school children who attend KTS' school funded through KTS' Fair Trade activities and partners.

See more at Kids Fair Trade messages

5/19/2007

An Event Report—World Fair Trade Day 2007 in Tokyo, Japan

Thanks to the great awareness of Fair Trade in Japan and to People Tree’s growing profile in the fashion world, this year’s World Fair Trade Day was a resounding success. The event attracted overwhelming support from the public and from some high profile sponsors. ...Read more

5/12/2007

Essay & Drawing Competitions

Drawing from Tofeal Ahand, 10 years old, a student from Thanapara Swallows school, Bangladesh and participant in the local drawing competition for the World Fair Trade Day 2007. The students were asked to illustrate how Fair Trade has changed their lives. Check out more of these drawings from students in Bangladesh at Essay & Drawing Competitions in Kids' Fair Trade messages. If you also want to get involved go to Get Involved.

5/3/2007

Why Kids Need Fair Trade

Children in developing countries are exploited by the mainstream international trading system. The system pays millions of parents a pittance for what they produce. This often means that children have to work rather than go to school, do not have health care when they need it, and are trapped in a vicious circle of poverty. ...Read more

5/3/2007