Fairtraide fortnight is a chance to get involved and shout about all things Fairtrade!!!
Its about improving trade for farmers in developing countries by ensuring they get better prices and better working conditions. It helps to improve their lives and prevent discrimination against poorer producers.
Boostingawareness of this will help to get the Fairtrade Message heard. ‘2012’s theme is ‘Take a Step’ by simply swapping your usual groceries for a Fairtrade brand. (I swapped my usual supermarket roses for some fairtrade ones yesterday).
For more details and lots of ideas on how to raise awareness go to the website http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/
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Thanks, I didn’t know about Fairtrade Fortnight. It’s a very good idea.
I’ve also just found the video which is brilliant, wish I’d found it before I wrote this , but the more publicity the better. Thanks Tom 🙂
I’m a Fairtrade fan, Barbara, so thanks for flagging this up! And some people might not know that it’s possible also to buy ‘fairtrade clothes’ – eg M and S do tee shirts made of fairly traded cotton.
And fairtrade drinking chocolate is especially nice! :yes:
Oh, yes I have seen them in M&S and had the chocolate. I’ve just found a brilliant video on it, do take a look. Thanks gilly 🙂
Excellent x
It needs to be advertised a bit more I think, so I’m doing my bit 🙂
Thank you Fairtrade fans!
Did you know there’s loads of info on Fairtrade sugar, tea and cocoa producers on the Fairtrade site? http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/producers/default.aspx
You may also be interested in our producer tour:http://fairtradeproducertour.tumblr.com/
If you’d like to help spread the word, please:
1. Follow us on Facebook, post on our wall, have a chat with our supporters, like our wall posts, share our posts on your page
2. Tweet your steps for Fairtrade using #takeastep #fairtradefortnight, #fairtrade
3. Watch, like and share our films on YouTube – and add your own
4. Add photos to Flickr and share them
Thanks,
Fiona
Thanks very much for all the info Fiona 🙂