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are afoot to make Bantry, Book STEPs' home town, a Fairtrade town.
So this month we're highlighting Fair
Trade as our book of the month. We've also included some
information on Fairtrade from IFAT
below and a selection of other books related to the topic.
You can find several useful Fairtrade links on our links
list too.
What
is Fair Trade?
Fair Trade is a trading partnership,
based on dialogue, transparency and respect, that seeks greater
equity in international trade.
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Key
principles
There is a number of set-in-stone
principles that Fair Trade evolves around:
- Creating opportunities
for economically disadvantaged producers
- Transparency and accountability
- Capacity building
- Payment of a fair price
- Gender equity
- Safe and healthy working
conditions
- The environment
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Logos
and Labels
There are two main labels to help
you distinguish Fair Trade Organizations
On organizations:
the IFAT FTO Mark
On products:
the Fair Trade Label
More Information From:
Fairtrade
Mark Ireland, Dublin
IFAT
(International Fair Trade Org)
...and other fair trade sites on our
link list... |
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Fair
Trade €33.00
Market-Driven Ethical Consumption
Charlotte Opal, Alex Nicholls
Fair Trade is at a crucial moment
in its evolution from alternative trading mechanism to mainstream
economic model. This timely and thoughtful book looks at the
strategic future for Fair Trade.
Each chapter spearheads a key area of
Fair Trade thinking and theory and the political, legal and
economic context of Fair Trade is given careful scrutiny.
Difficult questions are tackled such as `What is the role
and value of corporate social responsibility?' and `What is
the brand meaning of Fair Trade?'
Throughout, readers are supported by:
• Revealing case studies and useful
data analysis;
• Concise histories of different
Fair Trade organisations;
• Chapter summaries and conclusions.
272pp 2005
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Green
Living
Ethical
Shopping €10.50
Where to Shop, What to Buy and
What to Do to Make a Difference
William Young, Richard Welford
How ethical are Sainsbury`s, Nokia, Gap, Nike and The Body
Shop? This handbook lists hundreds of companies and information
on whether they have developed socially responsible codes
of conduct for their suppliers.
2002 |
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International
Environment & Development
UN
Millennium Development Library: Trade in Development €37.50
UN Millennium Project, The
Presents the framework necessary to give developing countries
greater economic growth potential and a more effective capacity
to defeat poverty.
224pp 2005 254x178
WTO
and the Global Trading System €26.95
Development Impacts and Reform
Proposals
Martin Khor, et al, Third World Network
Trenchant & wide-ranging overview of the current world
trading system. Puts forward proposals for improving every
major aspect of it & the WTO Agreements that enshrine
its rules.
2004
International
Trade and Sustainable Development €34.40
The Earthscan Reader on …
Kevin P Gallagher & Jacob Werksman
(Eds)
Provides an excellent sourcebook that consolidates the lessons
learned thus far to guide academics, practitioners, activists
& the concerned public in the next decade of work on these
issues.
424pp 2002 234x153
Making
Global Trade Work For People €34.45
Heinrich Boll Foundation, Rockefeller
Brothers Fund, Rockefeller Foundation, Wallace Global Fund,
United Nations Development Programme
Far-reaching reassessment of the current multilateral trade
regime. How it can be improved to contribute genuinely to
human development.
352pp 2003 256x180
No-nonsense
Guide to Fair Trade, The €10.50
David Ransom
This guide tells the human story behind the things we consume
- the reality as experienced by coffee-growers in Central
America or workers making jeans in a Bangladesh sweatshop.
It also examines the roles played by the WTO, UNCTAD, ILO,
IMF, and G7.
144pp 2001
Free
Trade €15.00
Myth, Reality and Alternatives
Graham Dunkley
Lively intro to orthodox doctrine of free trade as good for
development. Stimulating proposals for an alternative approach
to policy.
2003
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Crafts
& Skills
Carving
out a Future €52.50
Forests,
Livelihoods and the International Woodcarving Trade
Anthony B Cunningham, Brian
Belcher, Bruce Campbell
The first thorough examination of the international woodcarving
trade and its critical links to rural livelihoods, deforestation,
biodiversity and conservation, forestry and forest policy and
the international trade regime.
240pp 2005 234x156 |
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Education
If
the World Were a Village €10.50
Imagine 100 people live
in the village
David J Smith, Shelagh Armstrong
(Ill)
Children are encouraged to become truly passionate about the
world, to explore their own curiosity & to develop a lasting
interest in the environmental, cultural & even political
issues of the world.
32pp 2003 304x228 |
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