The mission
statement at fairandfunky is ‘empowering people to take little
steps to change the world.’ We believe that each and every one of us have the
power to make a positive difference; through the way we act, what we wear,
where we shop and what we do.
We run workshops in schools and community groups on key global themes: Fairtrade,
recycling and the environment. We organise events and we sell a range of ethical products online. All of which encourage
participants to think about their sense of place in the world and the positive
steps they can take locally, nationally and globally; to make a difference.
Fairtrade is
at the core of what we do. And this Fairtrade Fortnight, like 1000’s of other Fairtrade
campaigners and supporters we are planning to ‘Go Bananas!’ for Fairtrade.
Fairtrade is
one of the ways that can, and does, change the world. The
Fairtrade Mark (by which individual products are approved in accordance with
internationally agreed criteria from the Fairtrade Foundation) is the only
independent labelling system which is co-owned and co-directed by the farmers. Fairtrade
guarantees a fair deal for producers. Its primary purpose is to increase and
improve producer impact, and currently reaches 1.3 million farmers and workers.
However, Fairtrade currently touches only 1% of trade globally. Half of the
world’s hungry are farmers. This is not good enough. It really is time to wake
up and smell the coffee. To get angry. To get animated. To take action. To Go
BANANAS!
During
Fairtrade Fortnight our workshops will focus on Fairtrade, and supporting the “Stick
with Foncho” campaign
from The Fairtrade Foundation, will focus on bananas.
We plan to make a Fairtrade banana orchard throughout the fortnight at a number of events – from a workshop in the Houses of Parliament with MP’s to a workshop at Holmfirth Market with a local pre-school. It doesn’t matter who you are, or what you do. We ALL have the power to take little steps to change the world.
Buying Fairtrade bananas will do just that. They change the world. They change lives. They transform communities.
We’re not stopping at Parliament. We’re also running Fairtrade workshops in schools throughout the
Fortnight, taking part in International Women’s Day celebrations, running
public Go Bananas! workshops, hosting a banana producer in Holmfirth, and finishing with the
“fairandfunky FAIRTRADE family fun day” finale!
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