Fairtrade Towns Conference 2011 - Malmö

Author: Adam

Beyond 1,000 Fair Trade Towns – 5th International Fair Trade Towns conference in Malmö, Sweden.

Malmö, Sweden hosted the fifth annual Fair Trade Towns conference; five years after becoming the first Fairtrade City in Sweden. Over 200 delegates attended from around the globe, to share ideas and discuss how to go ‘beyond 1,000 Fair Trade Towns’.
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1,000 Fair Trade Towns - Join in!

Author: Bruce

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 [...]

Fairtrade and Local Produce

Author: Bruce

As understanding and concern around climate change grows, more and more of us are increasingly looking for ways we can reduce the negative impact of our behaviours on the environment. This has given rise to debates where local produce and Fairtrade may be pitted against each other, but Fairtrade and local produce can lie side by side in an environmentalist’s shopping basket.

Fairtrade and climate change - a discussion paper

Author: Hannah

As the climate crisis looms, this discussion paper looks at the role of Fairtrade in a just, global response to climate change.

Impact of the European Fairtrade Towns Movement

Author: Hannah

An independent study exploring Fairtrade Towns in Europe and the role of the campaigns as a uniquely powerful movement for local change and global sustainable development. Read how Fairtrade Town campaigns influence awareness and action on Fairtrade and wider development issues and the impact local campaigns have on sales and availability of products.

A report on Fair Trade in 33 consumer countries

Author: Hannah

A report on Fair Trade in 33 consumer countries, prepared on behalf of DAWS – Dutch Association of Worldshops, Netherlands (2007)

European Fairtrade Town conference 2009

Author: Hannah

Delegates from 18 countries attended to share the latest ideas and innovation in the world of Fairtrade Towns. International representatives from Ghana, Peru and Brazil also attended, interested in exploring what a Fairtrade Town would look like in their home country.

European Fairtrade Town Conference 2008

Author: Hannah

The second European Fairtrade Town conference took place in Brussels in 2008. Read the full report here and catch up on the best practice, ideas and expertise shared through speaker presentations and workshops.

European Fairtrade Town conference 2007 - speaker presentations

Author: Hannah

Experts from around the world share top tips and experience through presentations at the first European Fairtrade Town conference, London 2007.

European Fairtrade Town Conference 2007 - workshop notes

Author: Hannah

Fairtrade Town activists, coordinators and partners met in London for the first European Fairtrade Town conference. With funding from the European Union, the Fairtrade Towns in Europe project aimed to share and develop best practice and enable other countries to set up national Fairtrade Town campaigns.