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Posts Tagged ‘fair trade’
Business, Politics, Videos & Documentaries, Sep 27th, 2010,
In Germany, fair trade cafés and fair trade boutiques, known as ‘world shops’ are growing in popularity. There are over 30 world shops in the Berlin-Brandenburg area alone. Fair trade doesn’t just mean coffee or chocolate. There are around 1,000 fair trade products available in the country. Germany’s ‘Fair Trade Week’ highlights the benefits of socially responsible goods, including better wages for producers in poor countries, which in turn means that consumers and businesses must be willing to pay higher prices. FA!R 2010 (September 23-25), a fair trade expo, took place in Dortmund during Fair Trade Week and included some…
Tags: coffee, fair trade, France, German, Germany, goods, UK, world shops
Politics, Sustainable living, Videos & Documentaries, Aug 16th, 2010,
Slavoj Zizek has kind of been carrying the torch for intellectual Marxists in recent years. He is both a polemic and entertaining figure – a true academic ‘rock star’. He also lectures in clear, understandable language unlike many academic types, though some of his scholarly writings can be pretty bewildering. In the following video Zizek discusses what he calls ‘cultural capitalism’. It is essentially about how we may do good things within the structures of a bad system, while in fact contributing to it. For example, we ‘offset’ ecological and human damage by buying fair trade and organic products so…
Tags: academic, capitalism, cultural, fair trade, greenwashing, organic, Slavoy, Zizek
Business, Sustainable living, Weird & Wonderful, Jul 6th, 2010,
By now, we all know of those pesky businesses that partake in greenwashing—claiming their product is green, organic, or eco-friendly without much proof. If you aren’t familiar with greenwashing, then you might want to familiarize yourself with the Seven Sins of Greenwashing. However, while the sins cover careful label reading and researching on products and companies, this article is to offer help on one particular sin: The Sin of Worshipping False Labels. When you shop for green products, you’ll most likely keep an eye out for certain labels, such as organic, cruelty free, or the recycle symbol. Have you ever…
Tags: certified, cruelty free, fair trade, false advertising, Green, green labels, green products, greenwashing, organic, the seven sins of greenwashing, trusted labels, vegan
Business, Sustainable living, sustainable living, Mar 17th, 2010,
People today are absolutely obsessed with green and healthy eating. And it doesn’t stop there. Manufacturers, stores and labels are all about the healthy eating (supposedly). You’ll see foods listed as any of the following: organic, fair trade, low cholesterol, no cholesterol, 0 trans fat, reduced fat, low fat, no fat, local, seasonal, low sugar, no sugar, whole grain, and so on and so forth. How do you know which is the best option? What would make up the perfect (or at least, a decent) eco-friendly diet? Well, I’ve done some more research and compiled a list of the top…
Tags: eco-friendly diet, eco-friendly food, fair trade, green food, green meals, home grown, local, no processed food, organic, portion control
Climate & Change, Oct 28th, 2009,
It seems our food and products have so many labels these days – “organic,” “local,” “cruelty-free,” and now the latest is “fair trade.” This particular label is not only found on foods, but on crafts, clothing and even beauty products. But exactly is fair trade, and how can the environment benefit from it? Standards of living vary worldwide –that is a fact. In some countries, particularly third world or developing countries, people can survive on less money than those of, say, first world nations. Salaries are naturally much lower and this cheap labor is what attracts multinational companies to poor…
Tags: fair trade, max havelaar, sustainable farming
