fair trade
Last updated by PromisingGrowth on Fri, 03/28/2008 - 15:11.
For too long, Colombia’s good people have been overshadowed by the stories of cartel and terrorist groups. This reputation has prevented others from bringing aid to a small, but desperate population. On our last trip there, we met a woman entrepreneur that has been volunteering her knitting skills to help poor artisans in desolate villages. She asked for our help, and we created project "Promising Growth" or "Asi Crecemos" ("how we grow" in Spanish).
Last updated by consciouslifestyle on Mon, 01/07/2008 - 14:32.
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Last updated by lindsmoore on Sun, 01/06/2008 - 07:46.
The Cauponor Institute is a research group which educates farmers to have the knowledge and skills to define and implement fair trade for themselves. There is a great need for an organization that fosters community development as defined by the farming communities and educates farmers about the rights that fair trade has claimed to give them. Currently, fair trade regulations apply western solutions to communities that are not familiar with western social principles.
Last updated by xoxtori_lorixox on Wed, 11/28/2007 - 19:41.
My friends and I have put together an Environmental Group at our school. Some of our projects are making our school district an idle-free zone, creating a school garden, recycling, and raising advocacy about environmental issues in our school and community. Our main focus is currently the Fair Trade Cafe. We are in partnership with a local fair trade coffee company that supports small scale farmers in Tanzania, and Bolivia. We are also selling fair trade chocolate bars, hot chocolate, and using fair trade cane sugar at our cafe, as well as buttons and bumpers stickers.
Last updated by ruthdegolia on Wed, 08/15/2007 - 10:46.
Mercado Global is a non-profit fair trade organization that links the world’s most rural and economically-disadvantaged cooperatives to the U.S. market through a model that provides both fair wages and investments in each community’s long-term development. We work with women’s artisan cooperatives in Latin America, helping them to develop and produce beautiful, all-natural handmade products. Our primary product lines include: organic, naturally dyed cotton products, eco-friendly ceramics, and all-natural jewelry.
