Category Archives: World

This morning I visited the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow to see this years Fair Trade Experience – some of you may recall Betty’s visit last year, read her thoughts here. Initial impressions were less than promising – if I … Continue reading →

Call me nuts (Liberation Nuts perhaps?) but this weekend was spent on a bus. Well two buses actually. One going down to London and one coming back up 18hrs later. The reason? The Fairtrade Foundation ran a campaign day in … Continue reading →

Even if I hadn’t known about the Fair Trade Experience the plethora of ‘Nuts about Fairtrade’ cotton bags around Glasgow last weekend would have been an indication that something was happening. Upstairs in the Concert Hall I was greeted with … Continue reading →

Today I visited the first ever public launch of Fairtrade Fortnight, the Fairtrade Fairground in London. There was plenty of stalls, a helter skelter, tea cup rides and many, many smiling faces. I believe making the launch party a public … Continue reading →