Archive for February, 2007

Fair Trade balls for your store/market

February 28, 2007

When you do alot of public speaking, you quickly learn the definition of a “great question” from the audience.
It’s the question that you have a ready answer for – one that helps reinforce a point you made earlier in your talk.
Here’s an example:
Question: Does my Fair Trade store/market need fairly traded youth soccer balls?
Answer: Great question! [...]

Fighting modern day slavery

February 23, 2007

Please allow me to cash in on any personal goodwill I may have built up with you to ask you, our blog readers, to do me this one thing: take 10 minutes to learn more about a subject normally considered taboo for discussion: modern day slavery.
Visit the site.
I took 50% of my working time over [...]

Fair Trade wallyball tourney

February 21, 2007

Just got back from Boston – a beautiful city currently wearing a blanket of ice from a recent Nor’easter – for a Fair Trade event called Convergence.
Convergence is an annual event that gathers 300+ Fair Trade activists from high school and college campuses nationwide, hosted by United Students for Fair Trade.
Lots of learning and planning goes [...]

Congrats to Grist contest winners

February 8, 2007

Congratulations to the 10 winners of the Grist 2006 fundraising campaign contest! Your donations helped Grist meet its financial goals for ending 2006 on an upswing and starting 2007 off with a bang. Your trio of Fair Trade Sports balls is shipping out to you today.
We hope you enjoy your new Fair Trade volleyball, rugby ball, and soccer [...]

Fair Trade fashion show

February 5, 2007

Ever wonder what a Fair Trade fashion show might look like? If you live anywhere near DC, you can find out on February 28.
A consortium of organizations* is producing the Fashion 4 Development show in the IFCAuditorium, to be followed by a reception at Pangea Artisan Market & Café.
We are joining a host of other companies [...]