This past week, the Ethical Fashion Show Berlin wrapped up its 5^th edition.  The show ran for two days from Jan 14^th-16^th bringing in more exhibitors and visitors than any of the previous four Ethical Fashion Shows. This year it featured 85 brands from 16 different…

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I hope that everybody else had a great World Fairtrade day on Saturday too.  

Kirsty here wrote a quick blog with some questions and answers about Fairtrade gold that you might be interested to read.

Best wishes,

Harriet

As we amble into Fairtrade Fortnight, it was great to be asked to comment on how Faitrade gold has gone in the Retail Jewellery Magazine.  We are now exactly one year on from its launch, after all.…

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Fairtrade Fortnight starts on Monday, and this year we're asking everyone to 'take a step' for Fairtrade.

Your step can be as simple as trying a new Fairtrade product, or as big and bold as launching a campaign to get your whole town to go Fairtrade. Every single step counts, because together they lead to life-changing projects in developing countries.

Let your network of friends, family and colleagues know about Fairtrade by sharing our fab new campaign videos, which…

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Recently, I was delighted to be asked to design and make some bespoke jewellery for DJ, Model and Presenter Lisa Snowdon.  I was even more thrilled when she chose to have her pendant made from Fairtrade Gold.

When I explained about there being a Faitrade gold option now, and what this menat, Lisa was keen to learn more and then quickly chose…

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CLOTHING WITH A CONSCIENCE.

I am relocating from a small unit in Afflecks complex in Manchester to a huge space in a prime location in the NORTHERN QUARTER, MANCHESTER.

We will sell a wide range of FAIRTRADE clothing and HANDMADE eco fashion.Also jewellery,accessories etc.

I am looking for likeminded people to either rent a space or sell on sale or return/commission only basis

So if you are creative and make clothing,jewellery,accessories,crafts and use only…

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Ethical TV is the online TV channel dedicated to ethical trading and international development issues. Since the official launch in April, Ethical TV has developed a very interesting range of films from organisations from across the world.



We would be happy to receive films about ethical fashion, please get in touch with tania@handupmedia.co.uk and visit http://www.ethical.tv when time permits.



We are also looking… Continue

Ethical clothing. Fair trade. Organic cotton. Sweatshop labour. All words we've heard strung together and often put in sentences to make us feel guilty about our consumption. The guilt is often swept aside once another cheap and disposable clothing purchase is made, and not thought of again in most cases.



Why is this? I spoke to a Fairtrade certified retailer in my hometown of Carlisle a couple of weeks ago, and she showed me some interesting statistics. The month of the Make Poverty… Continue

This year during Fairtrade Fortnight, Bristol Cathedral hosted its first Fairtrade Fashion Show. With an audience of over 500, speeches from Secretary of State Douglas Alexander, FiveG man Sir Steve Redgrave and Fairtrade cocoa farmers from Ghana, it was a great showcase of how far Fair Trade Fashion has come in recent years. However, the highlight of the evening… Continue