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The latest from the international Fairtrade Town movement.
First International Fair Trade Towns Newsletter - April 2011
Posted on April 3rd
It is with great sorrow that in this first international Fair Trade Towns newsletter I have to report on the shocking devastation and loss of life due to the recent earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand. The newly formed Fair Trade Towns Forum in Japan was to hold its first assembly on March 20th, but [...]
1,000 Fair Trade Towns - Join in!
Posted on April 3rd
What’s happening?
At 2pm on Saturday 4 June 2011 Fair Trade Towns will declare sequentially from East to West across time zones to celebrate 1,000 Fair Trade Towns worldwide. If you are a Fair Trade Town or are likely to declare status between now and then you can be a part of this thrilling, milestone celebration [...]
Fourth International Fairtrade Towns Conference in Bonn/Germany
Posted on November 16th
PRESS RELEASE
10 Years of Fairtrade Towns
Fourth International Fairtrade Towns Conference in Bonn/Germany
Cologne/Germany, 4 November, 2010: In 2010, the 10-year anniversary celebrations are under way for the international Fairtrade Towns Campaign. And it keeps on kicking up a gear: Over 850 towns in 20 countries have already been awarded Fairtrade Town status, and several hundred are [...]
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Fair Trade International Symposium
2012-02-03
pFollowing 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...
Food miles
2012-02-01
pI have been selling fairtrade goods as a matter of principle for about 15 years, but recently have begun to question how the fairtrade policies at producer level may run...
Latest Campaign of the Season
2012-01-30
pTake a look at the latest Campaign of the Season a href=http://www.fairtradetowns.org/resources/campaign-of-the-season-1/ target=_blankhere/a to see how you can take part...
