Global Exchange : Activist Network (#)

  „Over the past two and a half years, the Lawrence Fair Trade Coffee Commission, has implemented fair trade coffee in the unions (through the memorial corporation) and the dining services (through the university) with separate contracts (one with a local roaster and one with Pura Vida). The fair trade expo in 2001 that was organized to put local coffee shops, fair trade companies, and consumers together was instrumental in making these connections between the university and local businesses. Last spring, we organized a week of global awareness, demonstrating the interconnections between economic, social, and environmental justice issues.“

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Global Exchange : Activist Network

  „As far as I know, the UW-Madison Memorial Union offers organic fair trade coffee as just one of its gourmet "alternatives" and they use the Alterra brand. We (obviously) have been pushing them to devote more time and energy into promoting such and would prefer that ALL the coffee at the union be organic fair trade shadegrown - but that's "pie in the sky" (we can't even get them to stop buying apparel from sweatshops...) A much better example is offered by Edgewood College in Madison (a smaller Catholic school) where ONLY fair trade coffee (I think it is Equal Exchange) is available in their cafeteria - they also sent a whole busload of people to SOA, so they practice what they preach.“

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