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World Fair Trade Day Art Contest!

Damien — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:42:52 GMT

Greetings Fair Trade Educators!
TransFair USA, the third-party certifier of Fair Trade products for the US, is holding a Fair Trade art contest for this World Fair Trade Day, Saturday May 12. The theme of this year's Fair Trade Day is "Kids Need Fair Trade!" and it highlights the ways that children are involved in international trade. Combined with the Fair Trade curriculum that we've put together; this is a fun and interesting way to teach your students about Fair Trade! Check out the links below, and feel free to contact me with any questions you might have about the contest.
Damien
DDroney@transfairusa.org

http://www.transfairusa.org/fairtradeday/
http://www.transfairusa.org/fairtradeday/curriculum.php
http://www.transfairusa.org/fairtradeday/contest.php

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Fair Trade Curricula

Elisa — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:04:58 GMT

Hello everyone,

I just signed up to the group as I'm very enthusiastic about fair trade and education after some wonderful experiences doing fair trade organizing and working with school groups in the Boston area. I am also really interested in your feedback for a set of Fair Trade curriculum materials I'm putting together for Transfair USA, the Fair Trade licensing organization in the US. I've collected some great materials from the UK (where there seems to be more available for educators and youth) but I'd be interested to know what resources you've run across and have found useful, or if you've put anything together yourselves that you'd be interested in having included in the materials I'm assembling.

Or, if you'd be interested/willing to take a look at materials as I draft them, I'd love your feedback! I can be contacted at elisafairtrade@yahoo.com.

Thanks,

Elisa

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Fair Trade Chocolate Essay & Art Contest!

Tim — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:59:05 GMT

FAIR TRADE CHOCOLATE ESSAY AND ART CONTEST!

People around the world share a love of chocolate, one of the most delicious and pleasurable foods on earth. However, thousands of children in West Africa, especially Cote d'Ivoire, are forced to labor in the production of cocoa, the primary ingredient in chocolate. These child workers labor for long, punishing hours, using dangerous tools and facing frequent exposure to dangerous pesticides as they travel great distances in the grueling heat. Those who labor as slaves must also suffer frequent beatings and other cruel treatment.

As people across the country observe Easter and Passover, we will be holding an essay and art contest to raise awareness about child labor in the chocolate industry and find out what young people want to do to stop it!

Who should enter: There are three age groups: 1) Third to Fifth Grade; 2) Sixth to Eighth Grade; 3) High School

ESSAYS: The Question: Third to Eighth Graders: Why should young people in the US be concerned about child labor in the chocolate industry and what should they do about it?
High School Students: Why is fair trade chocolate important to you?

Length: All essays must be a maximum of 550 words

The Prizes:
First Prize: Essay published online; Fair trade chocolate; Soccer ball from Fair Trade Sports
Top 5 Runner-Ups: Fair trade chocolate bar

How your essays will be used:
While the winning essay will be published publicly, all essays entered in the contest will be delivered to Nestle, Hersheys, Godiva, World's Finest Chocolate, Cadbury and M&M/Mars to let these companies know that the public wants fair trade chocolate!

ART: The Theme: Submit your drawings to us based on the theme of child labor in the chocolate industry and what should be done about it.

The Prizes:
First Prize: Essay published online; Fair trade chocolate; Soccer ball from Fair Trade Sports
Top 5 Runner-Ups: Fair trade chocolate bar

Deadline: April 2, 2007 (Winner announced on April 11, 2007)

How to enter:

Send art by post mail only to the address below. Essays may be sent via e-mail, fax or post mail (e-mail is encouraged):
Via e-mail: tim.newman@ilrf.org
Via fax: (202) 347-4885

International Labor Rights Fund/ Essay Contest
c/o Tim Newman
2001 S St. NW #420
Washington, DC 20009

For more information about the chocolate industry, please visit:
http://www.laborrights.org
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/cocoa/

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Fair Trade Dinner Gala

Kelley — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 23:26:01 GMT

Samovar Tea Lounge Hosts San Francisco's premier Fair
Trade Dinner Gala

---Fair Trade From the Farmer To You---

When: Wednesday October 18th 7-9:30pm
Where: Samovar Tea Lounge Yerba Buena Gardens at 730 Howard Street, between 3rd and 4th Streets

In celebration of the 3rd annual Fair Trade month in October, Samovar Tea Lounge is hosting San Francisco’s premier Fair Trade Dinner Gala. This will be a wonderful evening featuring a four course fair trade and sustainable dinner, a panel and multimedia
presentation explaining fair trade from the farmer to the consumer, and a traditional Thai bai see kwan
string-tying ceremony. This event costs $40 per person.

The evening’s activities will begin at 7pm with a 20 minute multimedia presentation from our panel speakers. During the presentation guests will enjoy fair trade tea and appetizers prepared by Samovar Tea Lounge. The presentation will be followed by a
question and answer session where participants can discuss significance of fair trade from the farmer, to the importer, to the consumer. Dinner will be followed by a succulent dessert with a fair trade chocolate tasting. To conclude the evening Ubon Yuwa, a fair
trade farmer from Thailand, will invite guests to join in a traditional Thai string-tying ceremony aimed at building relationships between people across borders, embodying the fair trade principles of respect and understanding between producers and consumers.

The panel includes:
• Anna Lappe- Bestselling author and renowned public speaker on food politics and sustainable agriculture, and named among the fourteen forward-thinking Who's Who in Time Magazine's Eco-Guide, Anna has been featured in The New York Times, Gourmet, O Magazine, Organic Style, and Vibe.
• Ubon Yuwa – A rice farmer and leader in the organic movement in Thailand who helped establish the first Fair Trade rice cooperatives in Southeast Asia. Ubon is the Southeast Asian Representative of Via Campesinas, an international farmers organization, and has spoken throughout Southeast Asia and the Americas.
• Tristan Lecomte- is the founder of Alter Eco a leading Fair Trade business that carries a line of one-hundred percent fair trade and sustainable food products sold at retail locations throughout Europe, Australia, and the United States.
• Joshua Kaizer-Joshua Kaiser is one of the leading organic tea importers in the USA working directly with tea growers from China and all over the world. For the past three years, Joshua has been very active in Yunnan, China working to develop Fair Trade tea projects with Yunnan’s ethnic minority groups. He will share his experience of Fair Trade tea in China with our group.
• Maya Spaull- Maya is the tea and rice Account Manager at TransFair USA, the third-party certifier of fair trade products in th US. She has been instrumental in helping connect producers of teas and rice to buyers in the US market.

This event is sponsored by Samovar Tea Lounge, Alter Eco a San Francisco based FairTrade company, TransFair USA the third party certifier of Fair Trade products, ENGAGE an international solidarity organization, RSF | Innovations in Social Finance, Young Women Social
Entrepreneurs, and the Bay Area Fair Trade Coalition. For more information please visit www.samovartea.com

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Fair Trade sports balls

FairTradeSports — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 04:26:56 GMT

We've just launched the first dedicated Fair Trade sports ball company in the US (football, soccer, rugby, volleyball).

We've partnered with sister companies in the UK, Canada, and Australia to bring attention from international media to this specific product line within the Fair Trade movement, and to generate dollars for children's charities (we give away all our after-tax profits).

Hope to see you on the site (www.fairtradesports.com) sometime for a visit!

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A Fair Trade website U can remember

Joe — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 04:04:47 GMT

Hi folks. I know friends at Transfairusa.org etc.

I created a one page website.
http://www.childsafechocolate.com

I'm a teacher who was tired of giving out candy made with child labor. So I found some bite sized candy and created a website that introduces people to the idea of Fair Trade.

no need to bookmark it.

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