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Fairtrade Fortnight

Each year the Sustainability Office with the help of student fairtrade champions organise events in fairtrade fortnight to help promote fair trade at UC. See below for what we have done in previous years, and for the next fairtrade fortnight why not get involved and be that fairtrade champion? E-mail matthew.morris@canterbury.ac.nz with your ideas and how you want to be involved!

To see more about Fairtrade Fortnight, go here.

Make The Big Swap and help make the world a better place.

Let’s get as many people as we can to swap as much as we can. Get active, challenge your friends and swap your usual stuff – your coffee, tea, bananas, chocolate – even your cotton tee shirt –  to Fairtrade stuff.

The more we swap the bigger the impact we make on the lives of small-scale producers in developing countries. With 2 billion people living on less than $2 a day - swapping your usual stuff for Fairtrade stuff helps create a better life for the coffee and cocoa growers, tea pluckers, cotton pickers and banana growers and their families.  As well as a guaranteed minimum price, the extra Fairtrade Premium empowers growers to invest in the future for their communities and help themselves out of poverty. So get swapping!

2011 Fair Trade Fortnight Events

Fair Trade Fair, Friday May 20th 10:30am-2:30pm, C-block lecture theatre foyer The Unviversity of Canterbury is celebrating Fair Trade Fortnight 2011 with a Fair Trade Fair on Friday, 20 May, 10:30am-2:30pm in C Block lecture theatre. Come along for coffee, cake, talks, stalls and of course the amazing Fair Trade Bake-off!

 

2010 Fair Trade Fortnight Events

	20/20 Coffee Payback @ Café 101 and Reboot cafes (1 May - 16 May) Café 101 and Reboot cafes offered a special deal during Fair Trade Fortnight. For every cup bought 40 cents went towards supporting the Trade Aid Development Fund.
	Mad Hatter’s Fair Trade Tea Party (Thur 13 May, 12-1pm, C Block Lawn, UC) A fabulous Alice in Wonderland themed tea party with free fair trade tea, coffee and cakes. Click here to see photos of the event.
	'Black Gold' Film Screening (Thur 13 May, 6.30 - 8.30 pm, 360 Cafe, UC) Held at 360 Café, with Student Vice-President Alana Boyd speaking about what the UCSA is doing for fair trade. We screened the beautiful film Black Gold and gave away free fair trade bananas! Read More about this film here.
	Panel Discussion ‘UC: New Zealand’s First Fair Trade Certified Campus?' (Fri 14 May, 1-2pm, Commerce 002, UC) Speakers: Stephen Hickson (Economics), Natalie Baird (Law), and Justin Purser (Trade Aid) A range of perspectives on fair trade and an excellent opportunity for staff and students to ask questions. Should UC become fair trade certified? Want to know more about Fair Trade campuses? Click here.

 

Visit the New Zealand Fairtrade Fortnight website