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Second International Fair Trade Towns Newsletter - August 2011
Posted on August 26th
A lot has been happening in the world of Fair Trade Towns since the first Newsletter in April this year and I hope you enjoy this second edition. Also don’t forget to visit the new Campaign of the Season slot on this website here, the first of which highlights the new Fair Trade Way long [...]
1,000 Fair Trade Towns and beyond
Posted on June 21st
On Saturday 4 June 2011 joint declarations in the following twelve towns and cities saw the number of Fair Trade Towns worldwide top 1000!
1. Whitehorse City, Australia
2. Kumamoto, Japan
3. Madrid, Spain
4. Kontich, Belgium
5. Bilzen, Belgium
6. Herne, Germany
7. Delft, the Netherlands
8. Witney, England
9. Rutherglen, Scotland
10. Cambuslang, Scotland
11. Aberaeron, Wales
12. Greenwich,USA
Spain’s capital city Madrid joined the UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s constituency Witney, and Kumamoto in Japan, which declared [...]
Image Gallery
Posted on May 20th
As part of the celebrations of the 1000th Fair Trade Town worldwide, you are invited to upload creative ‘Make Trade Fair’ photo messages here. The photos will be presented at the G20 Agricultural Ministerial meeting in Paris on 22 -23 June, to accompany the petition.
You can do it with a group or on your own, [...]
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We now have 1,000 members, lets hear from you!
2013-04-03
I know this forum has been a bit quiet recently but you may be pleased to know that we now have 1,000 members. With over 1,250 Fair Trade Towns in 24 countries this global...
USED PLASTIC DRINKING STRAWS RECYCLING PROJECT
2013-03-25
Dear Fair Traders,
More collaboration
We have talked a lot this weekend at the 6th Internationl fairtrade towns conference about the need for more networking and collaboration. So I have set myself the mission to...2012-11-11
