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Fair Trade at the CCEL Office

We are hosting an event at CWRU’s CCEL office to provide students not only with free food made and delivered with good practices, but also with information regarding the important topic of free trade around the world.

Fuel Up for Finals!

We will host a Fair Trade Coffee Break during exam week. We will provide Jaspers with Fair Trade coffee and tea as well as some Fair Trade snacks and bananas – and lots of Fair Trade information – plenty of Fuel for Finals!

Fuel Up With Fair Trade

Finals week motivation in the form of fair trade chocolates and coffee the week before finals! Find us in between the student center and library.

Alternative Gift Faire

Mark your calendars for The Alternative Gift Faire in November. The Alternative Gift Faire offers a rare opportunity to purchase unique and thoughtful gifts for family and friends while helping those struggling to survive. Vendors this year include: Ten Thousand Villages who feature items from communities throughout the developing world. Every inspired design is crafted […]

Fair Trade Designation Day

: Celebrating the designation of Rockhurst University as the first Fair Trade university in Missouri with Senate’s Leadership Symposium Week. University President, Fr. Tom Curran, will be sharing about why this is important for the Rockhurst community and will be presented our Fair Trade Certificate. Free Fair Trade food, Free raffle prizes, and more!

Fair Trade Finals

St. John’s University will be hosting “Stress Busters” for finals again this semester, and Fair Trade will take part! We will have Fair Trade coffee, tea, chocolate, and even handmade jewelry available for the students enjoyment, as well as informational material to spread more awareness of Fair Trade on campus.

Green Mountain College Fair Trade Finals Frenzy

Stop by our info table in Withey Hall at Green Mountain College to learn about Fair Trade, GMC’s campaign to be a Fair Trade Campus, and how to get involved. While your their, pick up some Fair Trade items to help power you through your finals.

Fair Trade Your Finals

Join us in the Lower Commons at Roger Williams University to get through your finals with fair trade goodies. We’ll be featuring coffee, tea, chocolate, bananas, and cereal! December 12 – December 15

“The True Cost” — Documentary Screening

This is a story about clothing. It’s about the clothes we wear, the people who make them, and the impact the industry is having on our world. The price of clothing has been decreasing for decades, while the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically. The True Cost is a groundbreaking documentary film that pulls […]

Bracelets, Coin Purses, and Bowls…Oh my!

Crate and Barrel has nothing on us. We will be selling the cutest fair trade goods at our booth right out front the BriarPatch store. The PJT box organization will be sending us their amazing handmade goods such as friendship bracelets, coin purse, and pineapple bowls. We will also have a information booth handing out […]

Nevada City Farmers Market

Fair Trade Grass Valley team will have a information booth at the Nevada City Farmers market handing out brochures and selling fair trade coffee. We will have a booth at weekly farmers market, every Saturday morning from 8:30 to 1pm. We hope to see you there.

This is a half day event focusing on how Fair Trade helps prevent and rescue people from human trafficking as well as how our community and individual citizens can help prevent and stop the crime of human trafficking in our area.

Chicago Students for Fair Trade and Sweatfree

DESCRIPTION Join us for our bi-annual fair trade student summit. This summit will equip students with the tools to organize and drive their own fair trade campaigns at their respective universities, offer a community resource for sharing struggles and successes, and arm leaders with motivation & tools for the upcoming school year. We are thrilled […]

Fair Trade Shopping Event

Shopping that Makes a Difference! Shop for fair trade gifts, home decor and jewelry handcrafted from a variety of local vendors! Enjoy sampling fair trade coffee, tea and chocolate. At 10am free scoops of Ben and Jerry’s fair trade ice cream will be served. The fifth grade class from St. Martin Academy will also be […]

Shopping That Makes Difference

Shop for fair trade gifts, home decor and jewelry handcrafted from a variety of vendors. Enjoy fair trade coffee, teas and chocolate while shopping. The fifth grade class will be selling delicious fair trade chocolate bars from Equal Exchange. At 10am enjoy scoops of Ben & Jerry’s fair trade ice cream!

Conscious Christmas

Conscious Christmas is a one day event created to help shoppers seek justice by taking action in their own communities. Our aim is to integrate purposeful shopping practices that promote sustainability, fair wages and ethical “people first” business practices. This year’s Conscious Christmas will take place on Saturday, November 19th. We will once again partner […]

First Fair Trade USA Meeting

On september 15th, 2016, we will be hosting our very first fair trade meeting where we will elect our club officers and get the students acquainted with the site and with one another. We will be starting off our meeting by elaborating what fair trade is and why it is important. It will then be […]

LA Green Festival

Join Fair Trade LA’s booth #251 at the Green Festival! On September 18th at 1:30-2:30pm, FTLA member Rachel Winokur will moderate and panelists include FTLA member Sica Schmitz. The Green Festival is September 16-18. Find more info at http://greenfestivals.org/los-angeles-2016-sep-16-18.html#!Chevy