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Fancy an Eco-Wedding?

In Africa, Community, Fairtrade, Family, justice, makethingsfair, world on 20 March 2009 with no comments

The guardian recently published this interview with five couples who have attempted to minimise the environmental impact of their wedding day:
The idea of exploiting others to enjoy the most special moment of your life seems entirely alien to me. An ethically sound wedding was the only option. Fairtrade was the name of the game – [...]

The painful impact of tyres and toilet paper on 3rd world women

In Africa, Community, Fairtrade, health, justice, makethingsfair, world on 14 March 2009 with 1 comment

Communities in Nigeria, Papua New Guinea and Brazil, are being robbed of their sustainability by the practices of large scale Soap, Toilet Paper and Tyre manufacturers:
In the case of Nigeria, in 2007, the French tire maker Michelin came in to the Iguóbazuwa Forest Reserve, a biologically diverse region supplying food for around 20,000 people. Michelin [...]

Fairtrade Dairy Milk?

In Africa, Community, Fairtrade, justice, makethingsfair, world on 4 March 2009 with 3 comments

At last dreams are coming true! The Big Boys are joining in the fun. Cadbury’s Dairy Milk is becoming Fairly Traded:
100 years ago William Cadbury chose beans from Ghana. A year ago we founded the Cadbury Cocoa Partnership. And from Autumn 2009 Cadbury Dairy Milk will be Fairtrade certified. Welcome aboard.
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