Sunday 23 January 2011


This Fairtrade Fortnight get loud and proud about Fairtrade by asking everyone to Show Off Your Label.  Show off your passion, your favourite product, your favourite clothes and send in your photos by email, facebook, blog or twitter (#ftlabel, #fairtrade), take part or run your own ‘Kit on’ event (see below).



This year we are highlighting the injustices that make Fairtrade a vital lifeline for cotton farmers in West Africa and India.  As part of Fairtrade Fortnight, Fairtrade Association Birmingham is asking you to get your kit on for fairtrade.  We are asking you to simply pile on your fairtrade clothes and forward your photos.  Why not go one step further and organise a ‘Kit on’ party?  If you are a teacher, can you run a fairtrade assembly?  Could you run competitive ‘Kit-on’s and show us your photos?
 

If you need resources or ideas, help or support with activities in schools, check out the following links:




Saturday 22 January 2011

Show off your label!


Use facebook, twitter, whatever to show off your label.
Email to us to have your labels shown off on our blog!
see #ftlabel or #fairtrade for more

Thursday 20 January 2011

KHCC stay and play FT coffee

show off your label. Kings Heath Community Centre stay and play fairtrade tea and coffee for parents
Sent from my BlackBerry smartphone from Virgin Media

Tuesday 4 January 2011

Faith and Fairtrade: Inspiration and Cooperation

Just thought I'd let you know about this mini documentary I put together after my recent trip to Ghana, entitled Faith and Fair Trade: Inspiration and Cooperation.

I'm currently using the film as part of my interfaith workshops on Faith and Fair trade, and I'm hoping to develop these into a wider fair trade campaign, focusing particularly on Muslims in the UK. The response has been good for the workshops I've done so far, and the film has sparked some good discussions.

If you watch the video it would be good to hear what you think. Also, I'm trying to spread it as wide as I can, so if you can help or advice with that it would be appreciated. Divine Chocolate and the Tony Blair Faith Foundation have already asked to use it one their web sites, and the fair trade cooperative in Ghana, Kuapa Kokoo, may also be using it for theirs. The Fairtrade Foundation are exploring ways to use it, and Bruce Crowther from the Fairtrade Towns movement has already asked for a DVD copy to be used at his events.



Karem Issa