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Dundee’s Fairtrade Fortnight

Posted: March 4, 2012 in Fairtrade

Further to my recent update aboutFairtrade Fortnight in Dundee, there’s still a number of events taking place at the University of Dundee up to 11th March – see below – and you can download this poster at http://tinyurl.com/uodfairtrade:

Fairtrade fortnight events …

Posted: February 17, 2012 in Fairtrade

The fifth AGM of the Dundee Fair Trade Forum takes place on Thursday 27th October at 7pm in Room 2522, Bell Street Building, University of Abertay, Dundee.   The guest speaker for the evening will be Martin Rhodes, Director of the Scottish Fair Trade Nation campaign, who will give an update on Scotland’s bid to become [...]

Today is World Fair Trade Day.   Our local Dundee Fair Trade Forum marked the day with a stall in the City Centre.   I recently asked the City Council for an update on its support for Fair Trade and received the following  response: “The Chief Executive asked me to respond direct to your enquiry about the Council’s [...]

The fourth AGM of Dundee Fair Trade Forum takes place on Monday 25th October 2010 at 7pm in the Baxter Suite at the University of Dundee. It will take the form of a Malawian (90kg) Rice Evening with a presentation on this Just Trading project followed by a Malawian Rice supper, washed down with Fair Trade [...]

Fairtrade Breakfast

Posted: March 5, 2008 in Fairtrade

A very early start today with an 8am Fairtrade Breakfast at the City Chambers to mark this year’s Fairtrade Fortnight, hosted by Lord Provost John Letford. The speaker at the breakfast was Julius Ethang’atha, a Kenyan Tea Grower, who described the positive benefits of Fairtrade. You can read more about Fairtrade Fortnight by clicking on [...]