BBC - h2g2 - The Fairtrade Mark (#)

  „It challenges the conventional model of international trade, offering a progressive alternative for a sustainable future.In the global free market, producers are too often exploited by those companies controlling world markets. Receiving a fairer price means they can have some of the many things consumers in the developed world take for granted, such as education for their children, an unpolluted environment, decent working conditions, a stable income and affordable health care, raising the standard of living for all the community.What's different about working with Equal Exchange is that we send our coffee directly to them without intermediaries. The extra money our cooperatives receive makes a difference in medicines and nurseries to care for our children. - Mateo Rendon of FESACORA1UCIRI (the Union of Indigenous Communities of the Isthmus Region), located in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, was the first group of farmers in Mexico to export coffee through the fair trade model.“

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BBC - h2g2 - Giving up Smoking

  „Find a way to motivate yourself, and do everything you can to keep them away from you - and you from them. I got tired of that nasty, chemical taste - after all, if they really tasted as good as dedicated smokers say, there would be cigarette flavored ice cream, chewing gum, and coffee creamer. I had three left in a pack on a Wednesday morning, and I held off all day, until shortly before I went to sleep. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday night, I smoked one cigarette at bedtime, as many people they had difficulty sleeping when they quit.“

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BBC - h2g2 - Ways to Make Good Coffee

  „This destroys the flavour. At most you should keep your coffee hot in this manner for just five minutes.Should your electric machine ever break down (or should you find yourself just looking to try something new and exciting), why not just set the filter holder on top of a conventional jug, like a Thermos? Then pour the boiling water on the grounds manually. Wetting the grounds first, using only a little water, waiting a minute or so and then pouring in the rest of the water as quickly as possible can give tasty results.“

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Fairtrade | News | Press Release

  „The report on the BBC TV 10 O’Clock News tonight was highlighting the plight of coffee workers dependent on the vagaries of the conventional world coffee market. It also showed the positive impact that sales to the UK Fairtrade market can make to farmers.“

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BBC - h2g2 - All the things I do... - U116418

  „Don't have friends where you don't want to pay? Then move on.Step two get a routine me and my fiend went to Caribou Coffee every day for about 2 weeks and ordered tea. Soon the people there knew our names and we knew theirs. After you get on a first name basis get to know the people then you got step on covered.Step three be very nice.“

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