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The Sun Times, CAN Liz Dadson
Liz Campbell believes Saugeen Shores could become the third “fair trade town” in Canada.
“By becoming a fair trade town, we are confirming our community’s commitment to supporting the principles of fair trade and improving the livelihood of millions of farmers and workers in the global south who benefit from the fair trade certification system,” the Port Elgin resident told a town council committee of the whole meeting earlier this month.
Campbell said among of the major goals of the program are to encourage access to fair trade-certified products in the community and to increasing public awareness of the issue of fair trade. (more…)
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Daily Dorset Echo, UK Robin Thompkins
CHINA has just outlawed them and they have been taxed in Ireland for the past 15 years - now Christchurch is being urged to say no’ to plastic bags with the launch next month of a community crusade to banish the bags.
Instead of the plastic carriers issued by supermarkets, shops and stall holders, customers in Christchurch will be encouraged to carry their shopping home in eco-friendly Fair Trade reusable cotton bags.
The specially commissioned bags - sourced from India - and emblazoned with the slogan say no to plastic bags, please’ will go on sale from February 2 when the campaign is launched at the Regent Centre. (more…)
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www.newswales.co.uk News Wales
Children at St Joseph’s RC High School, Newport, have set-up a Fair Trade shop, ensured supplies of Fair Trade products in the canteen, used Fair Trade flowers in services and even have Fair Trade footballs in PE Lessons. (more…)
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icWales Sally Williams
WALES is battling with the small principality of Liechtenstein in a bid to become the world’s first Fairtrade country.
And yesterday it emerged that Wales has forged ahead of the Alpine nation near Switzerland, now that the large county of Powys has been given status confirming its commitment to ethically produced goods.
The county follows in the footsteps of Denbighshire in North Wales and cities including Cardiff and Swansea in South Wales. It means Wales is now just three towns short of gaining the accolade.
Leslie Ann Dupre, co-ordinator for Fairtrade in Powys, said, “The county-wide criteria was met in Powys, making the declaration of Wales as a Fairtrade country an imminent prospect. (more…)
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Inter Press Service News Agency Feizal Samath
KANDY, Nov 27 (IPS) - Organic farmers in this hilly, central region of Sri Lanka are convinced that they have a simple fair trade model that could be replicated in other parts of the world.
“What we have created is the most sustainable model of fair trade and organic food in the world,’’ insists Sarath Ranaweera, founder of the Small Organic Farmers Association (SOFA), speaking with IPS.
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Financial Times (London, England) MARIA DOULTON
Pg. 18 –With a US embargo on Burmese diamonds, horror stories of “dirty gold” and the forthcoming film Blood Diamond, in which stones are the currency of war, shopping for a trinket this Christmas could be tricky for the well-intentioned.
Unlike chocolates or coffee, there is to date no “fair trade” certified jewellery. (more…)
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The Herald (Glasgow) JAMES MORGAN
DOUGLAS Alexander entered the Dragons’ Den yesterday to raise awareness of fair trade in Glasgow.
The embattled minister, heavily criticised for the fiasco of the spoiled ballot papers at May’s election, visited Lourdes Secondary School to judge a contest based on the BBC2 programme, where would-be entrepreneurs bid for money from millionaire business moguls.
Students from secondary schools Hillhead, Hyndland, Lourdes, Holyrood and St Margaret Mary’s made brief presentations about the fair trade groups they have set up in the hope of winning some money for their venture. (more…)
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The Toronto Star
SECTION: OPINION; Pg. AA08
The Dalai Lama speaks today at the Rogers Center. He is coming to deliver a talk on human happiness, but it is his presence and his example that is shifting the priorities of local business in Toronto. (more…)
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South China Morning Post Evelyn Fok
[FTRN: On October 31, a series of students' letters to the editor appeared in the South China Morning Post. This one pertains to Fair Trade.]
The gap between the rich and the poor has risen dramatically over the past decades.
There is a lot that has to be done. We can help solve this problem through equal global wealth distribution. (more…)
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The Gazette Mark Anderson
That granola-crunching sound emanating from the little town of Wakefield, a half-hour north of Ottawa on the banks of the Gatineau River in Quebec, is about to get a lot louder.
On Nov. 9, the sprawling municipality of La Pêche (of which Wakefield is the undisputed centrepiece), will unveil its new identity as Canada’s second official Fair Trade Town, following in the footsteps of Wolfville, N.S.
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