June 27, 2008 CommonDreams.org [Fair Trade > Chocolate]
	Tainted Love? -- Even though the chocolate industry committed to ending the worst forms of child labor in cocoa production by today — July 1, 2008 — the slave-free label is still missing from lots of chocolate boxes…and chocolate bars and ice cream and syrup and other products made with cocoa.
June 10, 2008 The Guardian [Fair Trade > Chocolate]
	Small Is Bountiful -- Peasant farmers offer the best chance of feeding the world. So why do we treat them with such contempt?
May 27, 2008 OneWorld U.S. [Fair Trade > Chocolate]
	Fair Trade: Spreading the Wealth -- Before the advent of the Fair Trade system some 60 years ago, an average farmer in Ecuador could expect to receive only a few cents per pound for his crops -- barely enough to sustain himself, his family, and his farm.
April 25, 2008 Chicago Tribune
	Fertile ground -- The Green Festival, which drew some 35,000 attendees to some 500 speakers and exhibitors last week at Navy Pier, had all that and more, covering topics from green building and renewable energy, to clean technology, natural foods and socially responsible investing.
April 25, 2008 Chicago Tribune
	Fertile ground -- The Green Festival, which drew some 35,000 attendees to some 500 speakers and exhibitors last week at Navy Pier, had all that and more, covering topics from green building and renewable energy, to clean technology, natural foods and socially responsible investing.
April 17, 2008 Environment News Service
	Seattle's First Green Festival Proves Popular -- Global Exchange Co-Founder Kevin Danaher said, "With something for everyone, the green in Green Festival encompasses it all - environmental and community health, social and economic justice, fair trade, education and inspiration."
April 14, 2008 PR Newswire
	Environmental Concern Changing Consumers' Lives and Buying Habits -- NEW YORK, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Concern about the environment and global warming is not only influencing how consumers live their lives, but also impacting their buying habits.
April 13, 2008 The Seattle Times
	Finding out what green means at Green Festival in Seattle -- Nearly 38 years after the first Earth Day, what does it mean to be green?
April 07, 2008 New America Media
	Buy Wind and Lessen Carbon Footprints -- Investing in green projects can also be financially profitable, says Kevin Danaher who, with Shannon Biggs and Jason Mark, compiled the book, Building the Green Economy: Success Stories from the Grassroots.
April 02, 2008 Sweatfree Northwest [Corporate Accountability]
	Anti-Sweatshop Campaign Calls on Oregon to Pass “Sweatfree” Bill -- Salem, OR —Sweatfree Northwest to kick-off the Oregon Sweatfree Campaign at 12noon on April 1, 2008, on the Capitol Steps in Salem. The Oregon Sweatfree Campaign will encourage Governor Kulongoski to pass an Executive Order for Sweatshop Free Purchasing for Oregon.
February 28, 2008 The Progress Report [Fair Trade]
	What is Earth-friendly Chocolate? -- People who moan over chocolate and those who cultivate the bush often live worlds apart.
February 15, 2008 Fortune [Fair Trade]
	Chocolate's bittersweet economy -- Seven years after the industry agreed to abolish child labor, little progress has been made.
February 14, 2008 Democracy Now! [Fair Trade]
	Theo Chocolate Founder, CEO Joe Whinney on Fair Trade Cocoa -- ...Global Exchange is sending the CEOs of major chocolate companies bouquets of Fair Trade certified flowers with a note attached calling on them to make a real commitment to ending child labor on cocoa farms in West Africa.
February 14, 2008 expatica.com [Fair Trade]
	Valentine's Day chocolates - product of slave labour? -- Child slaves on the farm face appalling working conditions with 12 to 14 hours of severe manual labour, cutting down cocoa pods using big knives or machetes, thereby risking severe injuries which can often maim them permanently, Global Exchange, a fair trade organisation said. Some are also killed and many are beaten or abused.
February 08, 2008 petergreenberg.com [Fair Trade > Chocolate]
	The Sweetest Chocolate Tours: Good for the Body and Soul -- Through Global Exchange, you can participate in their National Valentine’s Day of Action by contacting at least five teachers in hopes of generating more awareness about Fair Trade initiatives among our nation’s youth.
February 04, 2008 BBC News
	Society depends on more for less -- If the world is to end the threat from climate change, we need to produce more with less energy, says Mark Moody Stuart. In this week's Green Room, he outlines his vision that will help society fulfil this goal.
February 02, 2008 The Progress Report [Fair Trade]
	What is Earth-friendly Chocolate? -- People who moan over chocolate and those who cultivate the bush often live worlds apart.
February 01, 2008 The New York Times
	A Green Energy Industry Takes Root in California -- SAN FRANCISCO — The sun is starting to grow jobs.
January 16, 2008 The New York Times
	Blue-Collar Jobs Disappear, Taking Families’ Way of Life Along -- JACKSON, Ohio — After 30 years at a factory making truck parts, Jeffrey Evans was earning $14.55 an hour in what he called “one of the better-paying jobs in the area.”
December 12, 2007 The New York Times [Fair Trade]
	So Little Time, So Many Charities to Feed -- Global Exchange, a human rights organization, operates a fair trade store online with things like coffee and chocolate made by producers who are making a decent wage.
December 06, 2007 Clean Clothes Campaign [Sweatfree Communities]
	The Clean Clothes Responds to G-Star's Withdrawal from FFI/JKPL -- Today G-Star announced its withdrawal from supplier FFI/JKPL. The Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) and the India Committee Netherlands (ICN) are pleased that G-Star has finally taken this important first step toward socially responsible practices. Part and parcel of this decision should be G-Star's effort to maintain jobs for the workers of the FFI factory.
December 03, 2007 Clean Clothes Campaign [Sweatfree Communities]
	Indian court issues international arrest warrants for Dutch labour activists -- NGOs, Unions outraged at attempt to imprison human rights defenders.
December 02, 2007 Bloomberg.com [Sweatfree Communities]
	Wal-Mart Protesters Picket Mexico City Store to Demand Union -- ``Wal-Mart in Mexico is no different from Wal-Mart in the U.S.,'' said Maria Pantoja, a Mexico City representative of Global Exchange, a San Francisco-based group that is helping local workers organize. She said the company pays low wages and drives small shops out of business with its low prices.
November 27, 2007 BBC News [WTO]
	African nations in EU trade deal -- The five countries that make up the East African Community have agreed a plan that will gradually open their markets to the European Union (EU).
November 24, 2007 San Francisco Chronicle
	Festival tries to determine what 'green' really means -- "This is the tipping point," said Kevin Danaher of Global Exchange, festival organizer with Co-op America. "As the environment gets destroyed, and it's in the paper and on the radio, it gets easier to recruit people into the green revolution."
November 16, 2007 commondreams.org [Sweatfree Communities]
	Wal-Mart’s New Greenwashing Report -- Wal-Mart’s massive scale also undermines the independent businesses that form the fabric of healthy, sustainable communities. Global Exchange and the Mexican group CILAS look at how the company has hurt communities, jobs and the environment in Mexico, where it is also the leading retailer. Jobs with Justice and the American Independent Business Alliance share first-hand accounts of community impacts and resistance, while Good Jobs First documents how Wal-Mart has strained communities by pocketing massive subsidies - at least $1.2 billion to date.
November 11, 2007 San Francisco Chronicle [Fair Trade]
	Ivory Coast conflict exposes the darker side of chocolate -- ...Ivorian cocoa also is tagged to darker images: child labor, corruption and accusations that it has fueled a low level war that began in 2002 and split the country into a rebel-held north and a government-controlled south.
November 05, 2007 BBC News
	Most ready for 'green sacrifices' -- Most people are ready to make personal sacrifices to address climate change, according to a BBC poll of 22,000 people in 21 countries.
October 29, 2007 NEW DELHI (AP) [Sweatfree Communities]
	India Activists Decry Gap Child Labor -- With Gap Inc. under fire for selling clothes made by children in India, activists and police raided a sweatshop in New Delhi where 14 boys were embroidering women's garments Monday, illustrating the widespread problem of child labor in the South Asian country.
October 28, 2007 The Observer [Sweatfree Communities]
	Child sweatshop shame threatens Gap's ethical image -- An Observer investigation into children making clothes has shocked the retail giant and may cause it to withdraw apparel ordered for Christmas