We are the San Diego Friends of Fair Trade, working to promote the awareness and use of fair trade in the San Diego region.
World Fair Trade Day, May 10, 2008, is an international celebration and promotion of Fair Trade. Celebrations are spread throughout 70 countries worldwide.
World Fair Trade Day this year is accompanied by the theme, “For the Planet. For the People”, which explores Fair Trade’s links to the environment. Fair Trade is as an option that not only offers consumers the means by which to value the people who make our products, but also the opportunity to reduce our environmental footprint.
For more info visit http://www.fairtraderesource.org/
World Fair Trade Day this year is accompanied by the theme, “For the Planet. For the People”, which explores Fair Trade’s links to the environment. Fair Trade is as an option that not only offers consumers the means by which to value the people who make our products, but also the opportunity to reduce our environmental footprint.
For more info visit http://www.fairtraderesource.org/
1 comments:
mothers day too the 11th!
I've been an environmentalist most of my life, and it surprises me
that even eco-types will run out to Target when a holiday slips up
on them and buy some toxic-laden product that's made with child
labor! Okay, so a lot of us do make the effort to either make something
nice, or find a fair trade shop, etc., but I'm thinking we need to log
websites and shops nearby where we can reliably get a socially
responsible gift at the last minute. I've found a few. One of my
favorites is www.idealistgifts.com. The reason is, they're focused
exclusively on gifts, so I don't have to click a bunch of links for
wholesalers before I find a retailer AND more importantly they
screen their companies to make sure they're socially responsible.
With all the greenwashing out there, I want to make sure I'm supporting
real green companies and real fair trade companies instead of McBigBox
in disguise. Anyway, idealistgifts.com has organic flowers, fair trade
chocolates, all sorts of nice gifts for Mother's Day.
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