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4th International Fair Trade Towns Newsletter - March 2012

Posted on March 27th

There are now 1,101 Fair Trade Towns internationally; it looks as if the success of Fair Trade Towns in 2011 will continue into and throughout 2012.
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1. 6th International Fair Trade Towns conference in Poznan, Poland
2. World Fair Trade Day Breakfasts
3. World Fair Trade Day Photo campaign, Belgium
4. Take a step for Fairtrade in 2012, UK
5. Fairtrade [...]

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Fair Trade International Symposium 2012

Posted on February 2nd

Following on from the success of the first three Fair Trade International Symposiums held in Montreal (2002 and 2006) and Montpellier (2008), a 4th symposium will be held at Liverpool Hope Buisness school on 2nd - 4th April 2012. For more details go to the events page of the international Fair Trade Towns Discussion Forum [...]

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Third International Fair Trade Towns Newsletter - December 2011

Posted on December 8th

2011 has been a great year for the international Fair Trade Towns movement that saw the celebration of 1,000 Fair Trade Towns worldwide, Differdange as the first Fair Trade Town in Luxembourg, New Koforidua as the first Fair Trade Town in Ghana and Africa, Kumamoto as the first Fair Trade Town in Japan and Asia [...]

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Fairtrade Town Signage

2012-04-14

pHello all, /p pWe are currently seeking support from our Council to get some Fairtrade Town Signs put up to celebrate our status as a Fairtrade Town (we have been one for...

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2012-04-03

pPrimary school children from Yorkshire, UK have taken part in the Leeds DEC ‘Take a Step’ competition to show the journey of a Fairtrade product in a fun and...

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