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Five Ways (You Haven’t Thought of) to Fair Trade Your Holiday

Posted by in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign, Global Exchange Store Updates on 12th December, 2011 | 12 Comments

Fair Trade holiday treeThe 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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Fair Trade Gift Staff Picks Complete With Sample Holiday Gift List

Posted by in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign, Global Exchange Store Updates on 30th November, 2011 | 5 Comments

Corinne at the GX SF fair trade store showing off handstitched floral pillows from India.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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Fair Trade Roundup: Fair Trade and the Occupy Movement Unite

Posted by in Fair Trade News & Views, Fair Trade Roundups, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign, Global Exchange Store Updates on 10th November, 2011 | 1 Comment

Fair Trade Store Manager Jocelyn at Oakland General StrikeHow 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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Reverse Trick-or-Treating Report Back

Posted by in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 4th November, 2011 | 2 Comments

Raise The BarThis 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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We Have a New Executive Director, Everyone!

Posted by in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign, Global Exchange Store Updates on 27th October, 2011 | No Comments

kirsten_carleenOHThe 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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Build Your Own Fair Trade Dia de los Muertos Altar

Posted by in Featured, Global Exchange Store Updates on 25th October, 2011 | 1 Comment

altarStop by your local Bay Area Global Exchange Fair Trade Stores for all you need to build your own Dia de los Muertos altar! The San Francisco and Berkeley Global Exchange stores are stocked with everything from retablos to sugar skull molds and meringue power to paper marigolds.
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I Used to be Plastic. Now I’m a Beautiful Fair Trade Product!

Posted by in Global Exchange Store Updates on 12th October, 2011 | 3 Comments

ecoresin ringUpcycling is a great way to convert waste materials into useful products of high quality, keeping plastic and other materials that are non-biodegradable out of landfills. Stop by the Global Exchange Fair Trade Store in San Francisco and check out our new upcycled products, from plastic jewelry to clutches made out of cassette tapes!
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Reverse Trick-Or-Treating Brings Child Labor Plight to Light

Posted by in Fair Trade News & Views, Featured on 11th October, 2011 | 3 Comments

The following piece was originally written by Debra Atlas for the Redding Record Searchlight (Redding.com) An environmental journalist and blogger, Debra Atlas is reachable through www.Envirothink.wordpress.com or debraatlas@gmail.com. —————- Halloween is a time for ghosts, goblins and the latest cartoon or sci-fi characters. And oh the candy! This year is the fifth annual Reverse Trick-or-Treating »
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Fair Trade Roundup: Fair Trade USA Withdraws from FLO

Posted by in Fair Trade News & Views, Fair Trade Roundups, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 6th October, 2011 | No Comments

ben-and-jerryLots 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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October is Fair Trade Month! How You Can Take Action Locally

Posted by in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign, Global Exchange Store Updates on 3rd October, 2011 | No Comments

ft-month-20091-150x150As 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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