Articles in Environment
Rodney North
+ Agriculture, Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Environment, Fairtrade, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyBy Todd Caspersen, Director of Purchasing Photos by Joe Driscoll, Equipment Guru El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve protects cloud forests on the upper slopes of the Sierra Madre, as well as the wet tropical rainforests of the Soconusco on the Mexican...
Jeff Goldman
+ Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Consumer, Development, Environment, Fairtrade, Producer or Worker, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyFair Trade Princeton declared in the end of December as the 26th Fair Trade Town in the U.S. and 5th in New Jersey. That makes New Jersey back on top with the most declared towns of any state. Camila Tellez, then only 14, of Princeton Township...
Anthony Acia
+ Co-operatives, Global Affairs, ICA, Education, Environment, Regional Organisations, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyUno de esos emprendimientos es Sevananda Natural Foods Market, creado hace 37 años en Atlanta, la capital del sudoriental estado de Georgia. Sevananda planea llevar a cabo varios programas en ocasión del Año Internacional de las Cooperativas. Entre...
Anthony Acia
+ Co-operatives, Global Affairs, ICA, Education, Environment, Regional Organisations, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyRecientemente, Paul Hazen dejó su cargo de presidente y CEO de la Asociación Nacional de Negocios Cooperativos (NCBA) con base en Washington DC; la organización cooperativa más antigua de los Estados Unidos. Durante el período liderado por Hazen, el...
Rodney North
+ Agriculture, Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Development, Environment, Fairtrade, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyWhen the Ecological Farmers of the Sierra Madres of Chiapas (CESMACH) found an important buyer to purchase their coffee, they were elated. “It was a dream come true,” Sixto Bonilla, export manager, says. “For a small-scale farmer organization to...
Rodney North
+ Agriculture, Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Development, Environment, Fairtrade, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyWhen the Ecological Farmers of the Sierra Madres of Chiapas (CESMACH) found an important buyer to purchase their coffee, they were elated. “It was a dream come true,” Sixto Bonilla, export manager, says. “For a small-scale farmer organization to...
Jeff Goldman
+ Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Consumer, Development, Environment, Fairtrade, Producer or Worker, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyFair Trade Resource Network (FTRN) & Survivors Connect (SC) announce the launch of iSpotFairTrade, a web-based map that allows anyone to identify where Fair Trade goods are bought and sold throughout the United States and Canada! iSpotFairTrade...
Anthony Acia
+ Co-operatives, Global Affairs, ICA, Education, Environment, Regional Organisations, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyEl informe, que presenta las contribuciones de todas las cooperativas para el desarrollo sostenible de las comunidades, también examina el impacto de las cooperativas financieras en todo el mundo. Según el informe, las cooperativas están presentes...
Rodney North
+ Agriculture, Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Consumer, Development, Environment, Fairtrade, Politics, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyOn December 7th, Francisco VanDerhoffBoersma, co-founder of the first fair trade certifying body, Max Havelaar, and the renowned small farmer co-operative in Mexico, UCIRI (Union of Indigenous Communities of the Region of Isthmus) submitted the...
Rodney North
+ Agriculture, Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Consumer, Development, Environment, Fairtrade, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyThe following Action Alert was written by our friends at Fair World Project on November 28, 2011. Take Action! Send a letter to Fair Trade USA, Fairtrade International and IMO and urge them to continue supporting small coffee farmers by not...
Rodney North
+ Agriculture, Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Consumer, Development, Environment, Fairtrade, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyThe following Action Alert was written by our friends at Fair World Project on November 28, 2011. Take Action! Send a letter to Fair Trade USA, Fairtrade International and IMO and urge them to continue supporting small coffee farmers by not...
Jeff Goldman
+ Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Consumer, Development, Environment, Fairtrade, Producer or Worker, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyFairtrade International (FLO), the product certification system associated with around 90% of all Fair Trade products sold annually around the world, released its 2010 data for sales by consumer country and by product sector. While globally sales...
Anthony Acia
+ Co-operatives, Global Affairs, ICA, Education, Environment, Regional Organisations, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyInvitó al movimiento cooperativo a darle una mayor importancia a la utilización de los medios de comunicación social para promover las cooperativas y el Año Internacional. El desafío para 2012 sería volver “viral” el mensaje cooperativo. El...
Anthony Acia
+ Co-operatives, Global Affairs, ICA, Education, Environment, Regional Organisations, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyLa importancia de las cooperativas agrícolas para mejorar las vidas de pequeños campesinos y sus familias no debe menospreciarse, según los organismos de Naciones Unidas con sede en Roma.
Rodney North
+ Agriculture, Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Development, Environment, Financial, Fairtrade, Social Enterprise, Global News, Society* * * Public Statement for Immediate Release * * * United Students for Fair Trade Withdraws Support from Fair Trade USA/Transfair – Calls for Reform to Fair Trade Standards 25 October 2011 As an independent and integral voice in the Fair Trade...
Rodney North
+ Agriculture, Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Consumer, Development, Environment, Fairtrade, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyThis is the third and final part of Rink Dickinson’s speech on the state of fair trade, delivered at the IRTF conference in Cleveland, Ohio on October 23rd. The Trojan horse for plantations was tea.
Jeff Goldman
+ Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Consumer, Development, Environment, Fairtrade, Producer or Worker, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyA former Starbucks barista has organized an online petition, already signed by over 17,000 people, asking Starbucks to make Fair Trade coffee readily available in its U.S. stores. The petition states:“In the UK, 100% of coffee and espresso...
Anthony Acia
+ Co-operatives, Global Affairs, ICA, Education, Environment, Regional Organisations, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyEl próximo 15 de noviembre se realizará la Asamblea Constitutiva de CICOPA-Américas, en el marco de la Asamblea General de la Alianza Cooperativa Internacional, que se llevará a cabo en Cancún, México.
Anthony Acia
+ Co-operatives, Global Affairs, ICA, Education, Environment, Regional Organisations, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyLa Cooperativa Obrera es una organización que está plenamente comprometida con el ambiente.
Jeff Goldman
+ Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Consumer, Environment, Fairtrade, Politics, Producer or Worker, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyThe Coordinating Committee of United Students for Fair Trade is happy to announce the date and location of the 2012 USFT National Conference….. March 2-4, 2012 at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD. What topics would you like to...
Rodney North
+ Agriculture, Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Business, Consumer, Development, Democracy, Environment, Mutuals, Fairtrade, Producer or Worker, Regional Organisations, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyLast week a few of us from Equal Exchange traveled to El Salvador to attend the CLAC’s First International Gathering of the Small Producers’ Symbol (SPP), an historic event which marks the first Fair Trade initiative developed by small farmer...
Jeff Goldman
+ Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Consumer, Development, Democracy, Environment, Fairtrade, Producer or Worker, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyIn September, Healdsburg became the 24th Fair Trade Town in the United States! The Fair Trade Healdsburg campaign was established in April 2011 by a group of 10 dedicated volunteers. In just five short months the campaign accomplished all five of...
Rodney North
+ Agriculture, Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Consumer, Credit Unions, Democracy, Environment, Mutuals, Fairtrade, Producer or Worker, Housing, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyIn a country that labels everything from cosmetics to cleaning agents, it’s surprising that there are no laws in the U.S. requiring labeling of genetically engineered Foods. Yet 93% of Americans believe GE foods should be labeled. We don...
Joe Marraffino
+ Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Consumer, Development, Democracy, Environment, Financial, Health, Producer or Worker, Regional Organisations, Economy, Global News, SocietyHere is a spreadsheet to show some examples of calculating patronage. "Patronage", as you may know, is the amount of work performed as a member of a worker cooperative, measured in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and by-...
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+ Agriculture, Credit Unions, Environment, Social EnterpriseIt's bound to cause a buzz of excitement – staff at a Portsmouth business have come up with the sweet idea of becoming beekeepers. The Southern Co-operative, which recently moved to Lakeside, North Harbour, has set up four hives on its premises. The...
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