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About Me

Fair Trade Towns USA (FTT) is a campaign organized by local and national Fair Trade advocates whose aim is to encourage and support Trade in the US. Following the example of the Fair Trade movement in Europe, the campaign strives to support local, grassroots groups by offering tools and resources to become a Fair Trade town or city through successful local campaigns. Fair Trade Towns brings these local groups together, united with the common goal of making Fair Trade products the standard in the US - one community at a time.
Fair Trade towns and cities in the US include:
Media, PA
Brattleboro, VT
Milwaukee, WI
Amherst, MA
Taos, NM
Northampton, MA
San Francisco, CA
Many more are working on the goals to become the next FT town!
Link to a map showing where there may be a FTT inititiative near you!
Check out the Guidelines for becoming a Fair Trade town or city here.
Join the movement and celebrate the people who make the things we buy on World Fair Trade Day, May 10th!

My Interests

Conscious consumerism and ethical business practices; all things having to do with Fair Trade; events, fundraising, organizing, sweatfree fashion, meeting others and learning about producers, traveling, watching films and documentaries, reading, games, cooking, trying to making a difference, learning always learning, politics, minimizing environmental impact, alternative energy sources, family, community, exercise, finding a balance in all that we do...

I'd like to meet:

Anyone interested in and working on furthering the Fair Trade movement

Movies:

A Mighty Heart; Beyond the Gates; Hotel Rwanda; Chocolat; John Q; Out of Africa; Into the Wild; It's a Wonderful Life; many documentaries such as China Blue, Stolen Childhoods, Wetback, God Grew Tired of Us, The Corporation

Books:

The Global Activist; Alternatives to Economic Globalization; The End of Poverty; Making Globalization Work; Fair Trade: Market-Driven Ethical Consumption; What Matters Most; Slow Food; Passionate Nomad; anything by Isabel Allende

Heroes:

Martin Luther King Jr; Emmeline Pankhurst; Susan B Anthony; Rosa Parks; Mahatma Gandhi; Amelia Earhart

My Blog

Celebrate Fair Trade -- World Fair Trade Day 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzB7C9IsFI8 Check out this YouTube video we compiled on World Fair Trade Day! Brought to you by Fair Trade Resource Network and Fair Trade Towns...
Posted by Fair Trade Towns USA on Fri, 23 May 2008 06:12:00 PST

PUB MAX HAVELLAAR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWTigjH9ItI European Fair Trade ad...
Posted by Fair Trade Towns USA on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:52:00 PST

World Fair Trade Day & The Worlds Largest Fair Trade Coffee Break

World Fair Trade Day 2008 - Saturday, May 10 www.ftrn.org / www.fairtradetownsusa.org v What is World Fair Trade Day? On May 10th, people in 70 countries worldwide will hold events to mark Wor...
Posted by Fair Trade Towns USA on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:03:00 PST

World Fair Trade Day 2008

May 10, 2008 is World Fair Trade Day, an international celebration of Fair Trade. This year, we will celebrate World Fair Trade Day over the course of two weeks the United States’ Fair Trade F...
Posted by Fair Trade Towns USA on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:28:00 PST

Fair Trade Curriculum

Global Exchange's National Valentine's Day of Action: 500 for Fair Trade!!! Attention educators - You are already making a difference through what you do and now you can make a difference for kid...
Posted by Fair Trade Towns USA on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:55:00 PST