News & Events
The latest from the international Fairtrade Town movement.
Committee of the Regions speaks out for Fair Trade
Posted on February 16th
The Fair Trade movement applauds the European Union’s Committee of the Regions (CoR) in its unanimous adopting in support of Fair Trade and calling for the need to adopt a European Strategy and action plan for Fair Trade for Local and Regional Authorities.
Fair Trade Towns 10th Anniversary
Posted on February 2nd
At a Public Meeting in April 2000 the people of Garstang declared their town a Fairtrade Town. There are now over 760 Fair Trade Towns in 19 countries worldwide. Don’t miss out on this very special international celebration.
Public Affairs project reaches the halfway mark
Posted on August 6th
The Public Affairs team needs you! If you know public purchasers with best practice to share and want to be part of shaping the future of Fair Trade in European Public Procurement, please take this opportunity to make sure their example helps and inspires other local authorities to bring about positive change through Fair Trade.
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News from online community
Bruce Crowther Interview on Ethical TV
2010-03-08
Hi everyone, thought you might be interested in this new video with Bruce Crowther. He discusses the challenges of Garstang becoming the
world’s first Fairtrade...
Microblogging
2010-03-03
Did you know that both Twitter and Facebook have now got links within Ning?
If you have an account with either of these tools you can now "tweet" or "post a link"...
Fairtrade Counties
2010-02-14
Does anyone have experiences and ideas to share about a constitution for a Fairtrade County steering group.
I'm part of a steering group just formed to take...
