Posted by Kirsten Moller in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 8th February, 2012 | No Comments
Valentine’s Day is a major chocolate buying holiday, but gifts for your sweetheart should not come at the expense of worker rights. Forced labor, child labor and trafficking continue in the cocoa industry in West Africa. Here’s how YOU can make a difference!
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Posted by Kirsten Moller in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 1st February, 2012 | 12 Comments
On January 30th, after years of being targeted by organized consumer Fair Trade actions, Hershey has finally made a move! Hershey’s announced that it will make a commitment to purchasing Rainforest Alliance Certified cocoa and invest $10 million dollars in education and its smart-phone CocoaLink project. So what does this actually mean? Have we won an important first step or are we being duped?
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Posted by Kirsten Moller in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign, Global Exchange Store Updates on 12th December, 2011 | 12 Comments
The holiday season seems to take over like a train barreling down the tracks faster than you can control. You want to live up to your values, appreciate your friends and family and have fun during this season. Here are five ways you can accomplish all three (that you probably haven’t thought of):
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign, Global Exchange Store Updates on 30th November, 2011 | 5 Comments
We work with Fair Trade products all year long, so who better to ask what to get Dad for Christmas than one of our trusty Fair Trade store staffers?! Here’s a sample gift list with gift suggestions to match, put together with love and care by the staff at our San Francisco Fair Trade store.
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Fair Trade News & Views, Fair Trade Roundups, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign, Global Exchange Store Updates on 10th November, 2011 | 1 Comment
How are the Fair Trade and Occupy movements converging? How can you provide input to Fair Trade USA around their recent changes? Find out both plus more in our latest Fair Trade Roundup.
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Posted by Kylie Nicole-Nealis in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 4th November, 2011 | 2 Comments
This past Halloween, children and families spread the word about fair trade, switching up holiday conventions a bit while having a good time to boot. Folks from across the country sent in orders for the popular Reverse Trick-or-Treating kit, and Global Exchange distributed nearly 1,000 of them to supporters, both seasoned vets of Reverse Trick-or-Treating and first-timers.
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Posted by Admin in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign, Global Exchange Store Updates on 27th October, 2011 | No Comments
The Board of Directors of Global Exchange is pleased to announce Ms. Carleen Pickard as the organization’s new Executive Director. Carleen will follow Kirsten Moller’s twenty-three year legacy of leadership and compassion. We are collectively elated about the new energy, new ideas, and new skills that Carleen brings to Global Exchange. Her long history of organizing, both nationally and internationally, allows Global Exchange to continue and expand our near quarter-century of activism. Carleen will complement our “people-to-people” traditions–advocating for progressive domestic change and credible alternatives to corrupt global-economic and political policies. Join us in welcoming Carleen Pickard. Walter Turner, Board President
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Fair Trade News & Views, Fair Trade Roundups, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 6th October, 2011 | No Comments
Lots happening in the Fair Trade movement…Fair Trade month, Reverse Trick-or-Treating, Fair Trade featured on late television and Fair Trade USA resigns its membership to FLO.
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Posted by Kylie Nicole-Nealis in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign, Global Exchange Store Updates on 3rd October, 2011 | No Comments
As we move into fall and the weather gets cooler and the leaves start to cover the ground, we have something very important to celebrate: Fair Trade. Of course the Fair Trade movement is working to improve the lives of farmers, artisans, and their families all over the world all year long — but this »
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Posted by Zarah Patriana in Featured, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 1st September, 2011 | 2 Comments
Reverse Trick-or-Treating is back for it’s fifth year to give you the opportunity to treat-n-teach your neighbors! This year, Global Exchange is offering a limited quantity of kits to individuals so be sure to get your order in quickly!
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