Posted by Kirsten Moller in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 8th February, 2012 | 1 Comment
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 Tex Dworkin in Fair Trade News & Views on 28th June, 2011 | No Comments
Fair Trade photo contest voting now open. Find out the details about that and a whole lot more. It’s Fair Trade Roundup time.
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Fair Trade News & Views, Fair Trade Roundups, Featured, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 25th May, 2011 | 2 Comments
Models are hot, but Fair Trade models are even hotter! Next week some Fair Trade models will be stepping out during an annual Human Rights Awards Gala. Ben & Jerry are emceeing, and guests will be served Fair Trade Certified ice cream. Find out about this and other news in our Fair Trade Roundup.
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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 12th April, 2011 | No Comments
Some like the first day of Spring. Some prefer Halloween. Well, one of my favorite days of the year is Ben & Jerry’s free ice-cream cone day. And guess what? It’s today! Find out about this and lots more in our weekly Fair Trade Roundup.
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Fair Trade News & Views, Fair Trade Roundups, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 5th April, 2011 | No Comments
It’s roundup time for Fair Trade news and updates. This week, a few deadlines for you to keep in mind, along with some creative ways to incorporate Fair Trade into your Easter or Passover celebration.
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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 9th February, 2011 | 3 Comments
What started as a once-in-a while blog post has turned into a weekly series. There’s lots going on in the Fair Trade movement, so look to our weekly Round Ups for current updates. And now, on to this weeks’ round up.
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Fair Trade News & Views on 27th January, 2011 | 2 Comments
As Valentine’s Day approaches, lot’s of people have chocolate on the brain. Hopefully Fair Trade chocolate! This year, I decided to step up and host my own Dark Side of Chocolate film screening. Read why and when, plus how you too can host your own screening where you live.
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Posted by Zarah Patriana in Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 12th November, 2010 | No Comments
Global Exchange’s Sweet Smarts campaign teaches advocacy skills to kids and youth whose outreach educates communities about Fair Trade. With the official campaign officially kicking off just a few months ago, San Francisco’s chapter leader, 10 year old Marie Hogan is already drawing a crowd.
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Store Updates on 26th October, 2010 | 2 Comments
Celebrate Fair Trade Month by attending a showing of the documentary film The Dark Side of Chocolate or plan your own showing!
This documentary reveals shocking and disturbing new evidence that child labor, trafficking, and slavery are continuing in the cocoa industry, nearly ten years after the cocoa industry pledged to end it.
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