Fair Trade Week in Germany

September 10th, 2008 by Frans Posted in Blog, Fair Trade

From next week, it’s Faire Woche (Fair Trade Weeks) in Germany. All over the country there are local events to promote fair traded products, and the events go from local charity groups that do an action, to lectures and festivals.

In Hamburg there will be a podium discussion on Responsibility in Fashion with Alexandra Perschau (PAN Germany), Dr. Davo Vodouhe (OBEPAB, Benin), Claudia Brück (Transfair Deutschland), Maik Pflaum (Christliche Initiative Romero), Ulrich van Gemmeren (MADE-BY Deutschland). The discussion will be moderated by Dr. Tanja Busse, author of the book „Die Einkaufsrevolution“ (”The shopping revolution”), a book that in Germany boosted attention for the topic of ethical consume. Date: 24.09 at 19.30.

Christoph Harrach from the German green lifestyle blog Karmakonsum organizes a Fair Trade Blog Carnival and will do his blogging action “Fair trade man”, trying to live two weeks on only fair trade products.

In The Netherlands (which is by the way not part of Germany) there will be a party this weekend promoting Fair Trade in fashion at the popular Amsterdam club Paradiso. Under the name Foute Nacht (”Bad Night”) the party celebrates the end of bad (not fairly traded) cotton. When you donate at least one piece of “bad” clothing, you get a free entrance. Witht he collected pile of clothes, the event wants to point at the enormous amount of clothes that is still produced under bad circumstances. As I’m in The Netherlands anyway, I might be there if I’m in the mood ;)

  1. 3 Responses to “Fair Trade Week in Germany”

  2. By MR AKANBI on Oct 17, 2008

    Hello there.

    i will love to participate in next event .

    and i will love to know how and when will you ,send me the lnvitation letter to come and participate in the event.

    i will be happy to read your feedback now.

    thank you very well

    Akanbi

  3. By Edward Lane on Oct 11, 2009

    Hey, I found your blog in a new directory of blogs. I dont know how your blog came up, must have been a typo, anyway cool blog, I bookmarked you. :)

  4. By Werbegeschenke on Jan 15, 2010

    Do you know if there’s a 2010 event happening? I love fair trade stuff! Great blog, keep up the good work!!

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