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Happy International Women’s day!
“ My dream is to have a good job that will give me a good salary so I can send my children to school to study a higher education. I hope to live sufficiently and not depend on others. I want to encourage others and I want others to love and [...]

I had imagined today’s challenge would start and end with fair trade musical instruments. However, on entering ‘fair trade music’ into the search engine I’ve just found:

Calabash ‘the worlds first fair trade music company.’
According to Andy Morgan at the Independent ”Calabash is the online equivalent of your favourite backstreet music store’’.
There’s certainly a wide [...]

Fairtrade Fortnight Week Two!
I wonder if you noticed any Fairtrade Fortnight events in town over the weekend? I overheard the words ‘fair trade’ several times as I was out and about. I also found various Sheffield Initiative for Fairtrade (SHIFT) posters, and saw a large Fairtrade banner on the town hall. In fact Sheffield [...]

On starting today’s challenge I found that there’s been much debate about fair trade flowers, so before going any further, here’s a Fairtrade Roses Questions and Answers doc from the Fairtrade Foundation which may be of interest…
Currently Fairtrade Roses from two Kenyan farms are available in a number of UK high street retailers including: Asda, [...]

Today’s challenge is all about how to have a fair trade unwind during the potentially hectic time of preparing for a wedding!
Relaxation in a box
Perhaps the most perfect item I’ve found is this fair trade ‘Relaxation in a box’
from Mondomundi  which is described as: ‘All you need to unwind and calm your mind and [...]

Before I get going with today’s challenge I wanted to share this great animation created by Chris Haughton for People Tree.
I thought today’s challenge would follow well after the last two, but no more socks - I promise!
There’s actually an abundance of beautiful fair trade accessories available to mix and match with your outfits and [...]

Okay so bear with me, I know it’s meant to be a different item each day but the amount of info on clothing yesterday bowled me over so much that I felt I should continue today - is this cheating with the challenge (I hope not)?
Yesterday, I introduced the idea of finding outfits for everyone [...]

Before sealing up the envelopes to your fair trade invitations, don’t forget to pop in your wedding gift list details!
Fair Trade Wedding Gift Lists
Today I’ve found three online wedding gift list services that are dedicated to selling only fair trade goods:
Ganesha Wedding Gift List, why not pop into their London South Bank shop for a browse?  Tszuj Wedding Gift [...]

Well this is a little later than planned, but I think I’ve managed to meet today’s challenge!
After an evening searching the Internet I’ve not found the specifically labelled ‘Fair Trade Wedding Stationery’ business I was hoping for (hint, hint all you social enterprise people out there!). However, I have found more products available than [...]

It’s Fairtrade Fortnight!
And to mark the occasion I’ve decided to take on a self imposed Fair Trade Wedding Challenge!
Inspired by the passion behind Fairtrade Fortnight, and keen to see fair trade develop a significant presence in the wedding industry, I will be trying to source at least one fair trade wedding item a [...]