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Fair Trade Fiesta
October 24, 20142nd Annual Fair Trade Fiesta Global Hand-Crafted Sales Event! Fri Nov 8 from 5-8 pm & Sat Nov 9 from 10-5. Green Earth Community Room, 4 Market St, Oneonta, Hand-woven textiles, batiked & dyed silk scarves, purses, clothing and home goods, embroidery art, wall hangings, jewelry, holiday ornaments, baskets meditation items and more from Mexico, […]
Share the Journey Celebration
October 23, 2014Join us as we formally celebrate as a community the recognition of Hartwick as the 25th Fair Trade College! Listen to President Drugovich, Professor O’Donnell, and student organizers share the journey towards Fair Trade recognition. Refreshments and fair trade certified coffee and tea will be served.
Catholic Relief Services Ambassador Training
October 21, 2014“Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. We are motivated by the Gospel of Jesus Christ to cherish, preserve and uphold the sacredness and dignity of all human life, foster charity and justice, and embody Catholic social and moral teaching as […]
Fair Trade Fair
October 17, 2014Outside vendors, as well as students, bring their fair trade items to either sell or just share with the Cal Lutheran student body. We will have vendors such as Fair Trade LA, Colores del Pueblo, Dr. Bronners Magic Soap, Pura Vida Bracelets, and a few others. The fair is all about educating the student body […]
Speaking of Food–Coffee Ties the World Together (and Why Your Coffee Choices Matter)
October 16, 2014Most adults in the USA drink coffee at least occasionally, but few know much about coffee’s social, economic, and environmental impacts. Globally, coffee is one of the world’s most valuable commodities, but it is produced by some of the poorest people. It has little nutritional value, yet it dominates some of the planet’s most fertile […]
Winds of Change Radio Show
October 15, 2014The Office of Peace and Justice was interviewed on the Winds of Change Catholic Radio Show, reaching 1,000 listeners. We talked about Fair Trade and the Catholic Faith.
Winds of Change Radio Show
October 15, 2014The Office of Peace and Justice was interviewed on the Winds of Change Catholic Radio Show, reaching 1,000 listeners. We talked about Fair Trade and the Catholic Faith.
Reverse Trick or Treating Maria Carrillo High School
October 15, 2014WHO: Two hundred residents in Santa Rosa will be visited by students of Maria Carrillo High School’s Amnesty International Club on Halloween October 31 to deliver a scary message about chocolate. WHAT: Instead of the traditional receiving of candy, young people will be going door to door giving away fair trade chocolate to residents and […]
Faith and Fraps: Lunch Retreat
October 15, 2014We will be presenting at the Cardinal Meyer Pastoral Center on Fair Trade and why it is important to us because of our faith, lead a meditation on the coffee process, and we will be giving out Fair Trade Frappes.
Bananaland Screening
October 14, 2014Screening of the film Bananaland. For millions of residents in the banana lands, the production of bananas means social upheaval, violence, and pesticide poison. How can workers, producers, and consumers address the disparate realities of banana consumers and producers? Introduced by Fair Trade Bloomington
Connected by Coffee Screening
October 14, 2014Come see Connected by Coffee and get the chance to see Jonathan Rosenthal, co-founder of Equal Exchange, introduce the film.
Diversity & Culture Event
October 14, 2014Come see Hoosier Fair Trade among multiple student organizations and win a prize by spinning the wheel and correctly answering a fair trade question! Hot chocolate will also be available.
Hartwick Halloween Harvest
October 8, 2014Res Life is putting on an event for community members and their children. At the event, the Fair Trade Campaign will be playing a toddler-friendly version of Scary Chocolate. Help us harvest the cocoa pods and get paid in fair trade chocolate or other prizes! 283 children were accompanied by family members to the event!
Fair Trade Bazaar
October 3, 2014An international marketplace with distinctive crafts, clothing, jewelry, food, live music and more! Buy Fair Trade, local, ethically sourced and produced. A two-day event: Saturday, Nov. 15 from 11-5; Sunday, Nov. 16 from 11-3.
Fair Trade Tea With The President
October 2, 2014Sip on some lovely fair trade tea with fair trade sugar and learn about Geneseo’s Fair Trade University campaign. Come and participate in some casual conversation while enjoying some tea and dainties.
1st Annual SJU Food Week
October 1, 2014Saint Joseph’s University will be hosting its first annual food week featuring: (1) 10.20 – A showing of Growing Cities: A film about urban agriculture in the US (6:00 – 7:30PM) in the Mandeville Teletorium. (2) 10.22 – Food 101. A Panel Presentation (6:00 – 7:30PM) in the Mandeville Teletorium. This panel will provide information […]
St. Francis Day!
September 30, 2014The Agape Community is a nonviolent, Christian community that is focused on sustainability efforts and caring for those in need. On Sunday, October 5th, they will be holding an event called “Faith and the Environment”, to bring together people from all over and celebrate the ideas of St. Francis. There will be speakers, including professors […]