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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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