Make a commitment during Fairtrade Fortnight 2009!
Take part in Fairtrade Fortnight 2009 and play your part by joining a powerful global movement for change
23rd February - 8th March 2009
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Fairtrade Fortnight 2009 is your school or college’s perfect opportunity to make a commitment to a more just world.
Get your school or college decision makers to put their commitment in writing and be on your way to becoming a Fairtrade School or college.
Read all about how to get involved this Fairtrade Fortnight.
Main News Stories
Fairtrade Campaign 2009 begins with a bang
The People & Planet Fairtrade campaign for 2009 explained
How I went from Sixth Former to Fairtrade Campaigner
Star campaigner Matt McMullen tells us his story
Summer wouldn't be summer without The Gathering
Don't forget to bag your place at P&P's much talked about networking, training and planning event...
St. Brendan's College get Fairtrade Fabulous
Students at St. Brendan's RC Sixth Form College do some fabulous campaigning around fairtrade fortnight.
Fairtrade Fortnight at The Coleshill School
Suzy Windridge from the Coleshill People & Planet group reports back on Fairtrade Fortnignt at her school.
Stop Europe's unfair trade deals
Sign the petition urging Gordon Brown to take urgent action to make Europe's trade deals with poor countries fair.
Urgent email action: Tell TopShop to Stop SweatShopping
Workers in Mauritius producing clothes for the UK high street who have spoken out about serious violations of their rights need your support today.
Sheffield P&P's Unfair Funfair
Sheffield University P&P held an Unfair Funfair at their University. Through unfair tugs of war and table football students learned about how trade agreements are weighted in favour of richer countries and were inspired to take action.
Primark hit by P&P's email action!
Forced child labour, environmental degradation, sweatshop conditions... Activists emailed Primark to get hear what they are doing to improve.
Cleaning up the streets: P&P groups target Primark
People & Planet groups organised a series of coordinated protests at Primark stores around the country on Saturday 10 March. Armed with banners and ironing boards they withstood counter-flyering attacks from Primark and collected hundreds of petitions.
Trade is a matter of life and death for many of the world’s poorest people.
But the rich and powerful are pursuing trade policies that put profits before the needs of people and the planet.
Choosing to buy Fairtrade products as an individual is an important way to ensure that the people who have made those products are being treated fairly. Raising awareness of the difference Fairtrade can make is also vitally important. Getting your canteen to stock Fairtrade products is a big step towards making a difference to more people. Doing all of this is crucial if Fairtrade is going to have an impact on farmers in the developing world.
But, despite the massive growth in sales of Fairtrade labelled goods the unfair trade rules that helped to create a situation where the poorest 40% of the world’s population receive less than 5% of global wealth remain.
In the meantime the examples of unfair trade continue. Rich countries give $1 billion a year in aid for agriculture in poor countries while they spend $1 billion a day subsidising their own agriculture.
The support given to rich countries in subsidies means they can sell their goods for less than the cost of production — undercutting producers in developing countries, and driving down world prices. Poor farmers are driven further into poverty; many lose their livelihoods altogether.
Have a look at the Fairtrade workshops we offer. Now is the time to start working towards Fairtrade Status at your school or college!
Contact us
Email tradejustice@peopleandplanet.org or phone 01865 245678.