Hey all,

I was wondering whether anyone has any interesting facts and/or statistics about (un)fair trade.

Links to sites are also welcome.

Thanks in advance.

 

**and yeh, I have checked out the maketradefair site.

Anyone?

yes i am interested. also important for those who are not, because it is necessary to open their eyes.unfortunately i do not have any links. i will look for and post, if i find any...

I posted some links here: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35025 (3rd post down). The 4th link does a fine job of explaining the concept fair trade (in a short little video), and how its practice can help marginalized producers/farmers become self-sustaining (allowing them a living wage and sustainable development) while still participating in the global market.

 

Go here: http://www.eq.tv/

 

This thread would be a great place to start up a lively discussion about fair trade...if people have questions/comments about what it is, post them here!

Have you guys seen that Two Fingers to Poverty video? It's the clip of Chris while in Ghana. Chris gives quite a bit of insight on how unfair trade hurts farmers and their families. It's really short, but definitely gets the point across.

 

Anyway, here's a few petitions one can sign to help the cause and inform ourselves a bit! :smiley:

 

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/619386565

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/265059134

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/732707055

Have you guys seen that Two Fingers to Poverty video? It's the clip of Chris while in Ghana. Chris gives quite a bit of insight on how unfair trade hurts farmers and their families. It's really short, but definitely gets the point across.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwcC5Kr9Enk

(thanks twistedclocks)

 

:)

cheers for your help guys! Much appreciated.

Im doing some presentation and I chose to do it on Fair Trade, so I need some statistics and interesting facts - so hopefully these links you all gave help out!

Thanks once again.