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Fair Trade Finals Snacks and Fair Trade Cocoa 101!

Take a Break from Studying for finals and get a Free Fair Trade Hershey bar and complete Fair Trade cocoa 101 .

Fair Trade Finals Snacks and Fair Trade Bananas 101!

Take a Break from studying for finals and get a Free Fair Trade banana and complete Fair Trade Bananas 101 .

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World Fair Trade Day

To celebrate World Fair Trade Day, Fair Trade Pasadena will have a outreach table located at Ten Thousand Villages Pasadena on May 12, 2018. A demonstration will take place by a local artisans group to show support and discuss how simular support reaches thousands of global artisans through fair trade. While engaging the community on […]

World Fair Trade Day 2018 – Live Fair, one product at a time

Join us at WHEAT’s Fair Trade Store and take a tour of the world, celebrating Fair Trade. Learn about the artisans, farmers and cooperatives that are feeding their families thanks to purchases of their quality foods and handcrafts. Celebrate with a Fair Trade Tattoo (temporary), iced coffee and scrumptious goodies made with fair trade ingredients.

Celebrate Earth Day

Come by WHEAT’s Fair Trade Store and sample coffees, chocolates and hear the stories of the artisans who have upcycled and reused throw-aways and made them into beautiful art – metal wall hangings, baskets from magazines, necklaces from candy wrappers and so much more!

Leadership Conference

I have been given the opportunity to do a presentation over fair trade efforts and this campaign at a small leadership conference being put on at the school. 🙂

Earth Day 2018

The event will take place in Rudder plaza next to the Memorial Student Center on the Texas A&M University campus on Monday, April 23, 2018, from 10 AM to 2 PM. The theme for Earth Day this year is national parks. Our Earth Day celebration will involve many events, including an informational eco-fair, environmental activists […]

Cocoa Campaign: Fair and Ethical Chocolate

This program has a focus on the issue of child slavery and human trafficking in the cocoa industry. It is designed to educate, brainstorm solutions and create tangible action steps that fit each participant. Join us at 2:30 for the New PJC Volunteer Orientation.

Fair Trade 101

Trade has developed for three reasons: need, greed, or curiosity. The aim of this presentation is to give some background on the history of global trade and how trade has historically come at the expense of marginalizing people in the Global South. Capitalism is part of the many ways that exploitation is carried out. The […]

Earth Day Dallas 2018

The Fair Trade Club will collaborate with the Jesuit Engineering Society and the AP Environmental Science class to host a booth the is both information and interactive. The event location is Fair Park and will last from April 20 – 22. Earth Day Dallas is a 3 day event being held from 20th April to […]

Fashion Revolution. Be Curious. Find out. Do Something.

Join us for an inspiring evening exploring ethical apparel choices including a fair trade fashion fair, inspiring guest speakers, and a ‘Sustainable Style’ fashion show! Fashion Revolution Week occurs every year in remembrance of the Rana factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed 1,138 people due to gross negligence of safe working conditions. This year, several […]

Nasreen-Sheikh: One Person CAN Make a Difference!

Nasreen Sheikh ran away from her village in Nepal at the age of 11 to escape forced marriage and oppression. She worked 12-15 hours a day in a sweatshop in Kathmandu and slept on the floor. At 16, she launched a women’s sewing cooperative and a foundation to help other young women and children in […]

CSC Fair Trade Finals 2018

Students will be able to learn more about the fair trade certification. Students will also be told what & where fair trade products are all around the Colby-Sawyer campus.

VT Peace Conference 2018: Building a World Beyond War

The purpose of this annual conference is to revitalize the Vermont peace movement and focus on the financial, social, and environmental costs of war and militarism in our state and beyond. It will bring together various social justice groups and individuals interested in understanding war and how to build a world beyond it. Speakers, workshops, […]

Social Justice Symposium

A day-long event to learn about and share the good work being done in our community. This event is for community organizations or groups wanting to recruit new participants, members, and volunteers while networking and connecting with other local groups. It is also for community member looking to find out more about what is happening […]

S’mores and Stars w/ GEO

Fair Trade Gonzaga will be partnering with GEO (Gonzaga Environmental Organization) at S’mores and Stars to celebrate Earth Week! Come learn about Fair Trade and enjoy some Fair Trade chocolate with your friends!

FAIR TRADE FINALS – SPRING 2018

We plan on handing out coffee, tea, chocolate, and any other items that we receive to hand out finals week in order to “energize”our students. We plan on setting up a large booth to both grab peoples attention and promote fair trade products.