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Registration Open for New England & Southern California Gatherings
August 26, 2013Fair Trade Campaigns is hosting Regional Conferences this Fall in Southern California & New England and you’re invited!
Fair Trade Campaigns in the Media: July/August 2013
August 24, 2013Your monthly digest of Fair Trade Campaigns in the local and national spotlight #FTCampaigns on Social Media Facebook– 2,920 Twitter– 1,170 Instagram– 97 Pinterest– 70 Tumblr– 2 National Updates Late Night Snack Photo Contest Snap a picture of a #FTSnack & enter to win year supply of Ben & Jerry’s Don’t forget about the Late […]
Purchasing Policies Webinar – Save the Date!
July 17, 2013Get your town or campus to institutionalize Fair Trade purchasing! In 2012 we rolled out Fair Trade Purchasing Policies in two towns and two colleges in the U.S. and we have used the results to construct new resources that will help campaigns across the country institutionalize Fair Trade purchasing! Model Procurement Policy Opportunity Assessment – for […]
Case Study: Engage Your Town
June 20, 2013Case Study of how La Mesa, CA accomplished their third goal, Engage Your Town, and their tips for other campaigns. Nancy Ryan La Mesa, CA What was your goal when tasked with this criteria? Our goal was to reach out to organizations and faith based communities within our city with the overall purpose of […]
New Video Resource: ‘The Merits of Fair Trade’
June 17, 2013Over the last few months we have unveiled Organizing Toolkits, an Infographic and now a fun and educational animated video. This short video, entitled ‘The Merits of Fair Trade’, takes viewers through an engaging overview of Fair Trade. Use it to educate and make the case for Fair Trade in your community. Click here to […]
Campaign Spotlight: Fond du Lac, WI
May 17, 2013Fair Trade has been part of the Fond du Lac, Wisconsin landscape for several years, with First Presbyterian Church, Holy Family Catholic Community, and Pilgrim United Church of Christ leading the way by selling and serving Fair Trade products. The Just Fare Market opened at First Presbyterian Church; in spite of limited space and open […]
New Organizing Toolkits!
May 15, 2013Over the last few months the Fair Trade Campaigns team has been hard at work building Toolkits for organizers and advocates. Dozens of campaigns across the country have contributed to create a simple document linking together resources and providing a thorough overview of what it means to organize a Fair Trade Campaign. Now that it’s here, open it up, explore, learn, and share! Within the Toolkits you will […]
Infographic: The Impact of a Fair Trade Campaign
May 13, 2013Our infographic illustrates the elements of a Fair Trade Campaign and correlates the increasing positive impact your work has on communities in developing countries as you advocate for Fair Trade. Display the infographic at your events as an eye-catching and easily digestible explanation of a Fair Trade Campaign for current and prospective supporters.
Fair Trade Your Everyday
April 18, 2013Here are some quick to pamper yourself the Fair Trade way, or easily incorporate Fair Trade into your weekend plans! Spa Day or Night Every woman deserves a spa treatment. Fair Trade is a perfect time to do so. Why not treat yourself and friends to a facial, manicure/pedicure and include aromatherapy products? Here […]
Millennium Develpment Goals Webinar & World Fair Trade Day
March 20, 2013Join 18 countries in collecting signatures from elected officials for World Fair Trade Day! The Millennium Development Goals come to an end in 2015. Leaders of the world will come together at the next United Nations gathering in New York on September 23, 2013 to work on a new global development framework after 2015. The […]
Kickin’ it Series – Live Video Chats with Fair Trade Farmer and Artisan
March 19, 2013This April & May we’re going on tour with Miguel Mateo, Fair Trade Coffee Farmer, and Gloria Chonay, Fair Trade Basket Weaver, from Guatemala. We’ll be visiting Fair Trade Campaigns along the Eastern seaboard giving their campaigns a chance to meet the beneficiaries of Fair Trade first-hand. We want everyone who advocates and purchases Fair […]
Campaign Spotlight – Chapel Hill, North Carolina
March 7, 2013FIRST FAIR TRADE TOWN IN N.C. In the summer of 2012 Nadia took her students on a class visit to Ten Thousand Villages to learn about how Fair Trade can be a solution to exploitive labor practices in the fashion industry. The store manager Keilayn Skutvik mentioned the Fair Trade Towns movement as a possible […]
Webinar: Fair Trade Towns & the UN’s Millennium Development Goals
February 20, 2013The United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals (MDG) are coming to an end in 2015 – what lies ahead? The International Fair Trade Towns community will be advocating for Fair Trade to be incorporated into a Post-MDG framework as a way to reform international trade to benefit farmers and workers around the world. Join Fair […]
Giveaway: Hand in Hand Soap
January 7, 2013We’re giving away 5 bars of sustainable, Fair Trade suds with our friends from Hand in Hand soap! Check out this great company and enter your chance to win at the bottom of this page. The bath & body brand, Hand in Hand Soap was founded by couple, Bill Glaab & Courtney Apple. During research, […]
International Fair Trade Towns Conference – A Global Affair
December 13, 2012By: Courtney Lang, National Organizer – Fair Trade Towns USA It’s hard to know when you’re in Boston, MA or Teaneck, NJ that there are tens of thousands of Fair Trade Town organizers across the globe. As of December 2012, there are 1,227 declared Fair Trade Towns in 24 countries and 6 continents. Imagine if […]
Who is Fair for Life?
December 12, 2012How many of you have enjoyed a delicious Equal Exchange chocolate bar, or woken up to a refreshing Guiyaki Yerba Mate? Have you noticed the Fair for Life label presented to you on their packaging? Through this guest blog post, Fair Trade Towns hopes to clarify who Fair for Life is and the key features […]
Fair Trade Towns USA Now Recognizes Fairtrade International USA Certification
November 21, 2012PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Billy Linstead Goldsmith Date: 11/21/2012 Tel. (267)886-9990 E-mail: blinsteadgoldsmith@fairtradetownsusa.org Fair Trade Towns USA Now Recognizes Fairtrade International USA Certification Oakland, California, 11/21/12 – Fair Trade Towns USA (FT Towns USA) has officially announced the acceptance of Fairtrade International USA under the FT Towns USA criteria. Fair Trade Towns […]
Post Conference Challenge – Win Free Stuff!!
November 5, 2012Thank you everyone who came to the conference, you brought incredible energy and enthusiasm. For those of you who didn’t have the opportunity to attend, take heart; we will be posting reflections, resources and various documents from the conference in the coming weeks. Meanwhile please participate in our Post Conference Challenge! We want to head out […]