Hot Topics
The following topical news items about fairtrade and trade justice have appeared in the diocesan magazine CRUX. Click for more information.
Traidcraft is 30
Thirty years of fighting poverty
Traidcraft is 30 years old! We look at what it has achieved and the challenges ahead.
Fair miles
Trade justice, ethical shopping and fair miles
Ethical shopping that is good for the environment and helps sustain the livelihoods of some of the world’s poorest people is a complex subject. It is important to balance environmental and ethical considerations when we do our shopping.
Harvest and fairtrade
Make fairtrade your way of life at harvest
What better time to examine our shopping habits than harvest? What better time to ask “Who does God want me to provide for as do my shopping?”
Countdown to Copenhagen
Acting together
The UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009 is the most important leader’s gathering on the subject since Kyoto. The new deal will set the international framework for fighting climate change into the next decade and beyond.
Fairtrade Christmas
Will you choose Fair Trade crafts as gifts?
This article explains the importance of buying fairtrade gifts and gives you tips on where to find them.
