Posted in ethical, fair trade, fairtrade, london, organic, tagged camden, lifestyle on April 20, 2008 | No Comments »
To be honest, Angel is probably the furthest north I go in London (being of South East alliances).. and even that is EC1 isn’t it?! Haha, well for those of you that are more adventurous (or more likely, live there)… Camden’s got an up and coming ‘Green Fair and Bikefest’…
It’s June 1st 2008 and runs [...]
Posted in ethical, fair trade, fairtrade, london, organic, tagged education, schools on April 17, 2008 | No Comments »
The Fairtrade Foundation are hosting a conference which aims to help schools with their questions about becoming Fairtrade-friendly.
The one for London is on 18th June 2008 at The University of Westminster
Each school has got to register and is restricted to one adult/teacher and 2 pupils. Schools that have already gained Fairtrade status can also be [...]
Posted in ethical, fair trade, fairtrade, london, organic, tagged bbc on April 16, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve already posted up the video about Newham becoming a Fairtrade Borough (See a few posts below)… But have just found the webpage in which the BBC talks in more detail about Fairtrade in London.
VERY relevant, have a look:
CLICK HERE
Posted in ethical, fair trade, fairtrade, london, organic, tagged croydon on April 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Thanks so much to Chris Hunt from the Croydon Fairtrade Network for letting me know of these events that are coming up in the South
1) April 26th: Fairtrade Dance and Auction
Venue: Regina Coeli school hall, Pampisford Road, South Croydon
Time: 7:30pm
Tickets: £7.50 - including Fish & Chip supper, bring your own drinks
2) May 3rd: The world’s [...]
Posted in ethical, fair trade, fairtrade, london, organic, tagged nicaragua on April 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Hey everyone, Sorry I’ve been absent for the last few days, I’ve been getting up at 5am and working 12hr shifts with my other job.. but no need to quake in your boots, the lovely Natasha is back haha
Well the sun and heat is out, showing its face - Summer is quite obviously on its [...]
Posted in ethical, fair trade, fairtrade, london, organic, tagged barnet on April 11, 2008 | No Comments »
If there are any visitors here who live in or near the Borough of Barnet, there is a town campaign meeting happening on the 19th April from 3pm-4pm to bring together people who want to make Barnet a Fairtrade town… and to brainstorm ways in making this happen.
It’s happening at:
The Hendon Library
The Burroughs
Hendon
NW4 4BQ
Contact: Maria [...]
Posted in ethical, fair trade, fairtrade, organic, shopping on April 9, 2008 | No Comments »
I don’t usually do this as it’s not my standard reporting of news and events on Fairtrade in London but I just had to mention this company called Babi Pur (Welsh for Pure Baby!)…
They sell a range of real top-quality baby products and gifts that are all sourced from Fairtrade origins. They do everything from [...]
Posted in ethical, fair trade, fairtrade, food, london, organic, tagged newham on April 8, 2008 | No Comments »
This video was on the BBC website, posted on April 1st and talks about Newham becoming a Fairtrade borough and funnily enough had a comment from Westminster Council saying that they have absolutely NO plans to turn Fairtrade as they don’t think it’s up to them to tell people to spend ethically!!
And London just has [...]
Posted in ethical, fair trade, fairtrade, food, london, organic, tagged berwick street on April 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Many of you may not know about this place because it is so well hidden (despite being in the centre of everything London)…I’m talking about a Fairtrade shop called ‘Fair Share’ which is on Berwick Street in the West End.
You know Berwick Street, it has that fruit n’ veg market and a Somerfields down the [...]
Posted in ethical, fair trade, fairtrade, london, organic, tagged kings college, westminster on April 7, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve just spoken to Tom from a group at Kings College who are campaigning for a Fairtrade Westminster - and he says that Fairtrade Fortnight went really well this year:
. They had 8 stalls giving out free chocolate, tea, coffee, info sheets and postcards
. They held a Fairtrade Club night - I wonder what that [...]
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