Put the kettle on!
For this year’s Fairtrade Fortnight we’re asking the nation to join us in The Big Swap. For two whole weeks we’ll be asking you to swap your usual stuff for Fairtrade stuff. Your usual bananas for Fairtrade bananas, your usual cotton socks for Fairtrade cotton socks, and your usual cuppa for a Fairtrade cuppa. This means that every time you go shopping, you can use your wallet to make a stand.
The Fairtrade Foundation has just launched The Big Swap website, packed with lots of resources to download and use to help reach our target of one million and one swaps to Fairtrade certified products during Fairtrade Fortnight – 22 February to 7 March.
Why swap?
Swapping your usual stuff for Fairtrade stuff is a brilliantly small step to making the world a fairer place. It means that you get to show your support for developing world producers through what you buy. Two billion people – a third of humanity – survive on less than $2 a day. Unfair trade rules keep them in poverty, but they face the global challenges of food shortages and climate change too.
Things to swap
The Fairtrade range started small. Like one bar of chocolate small. Now there are over 4,500 products bearing the FAIRTRADE Mark. A glorious array of products that spans pineapples and footballs to duvets and rice. Find out more here about food & drink, beauty products, clothing and other bits and pieces you can swap today!
Shout about your event
There’ll be a range of events across London during Fairtrade Fortnight. Keep checking here for updates or you can follow us on Twitter. If you’ve got a Big Swap event you’d like to share, email the details to: volunteer.london@fairtrade.org.uk
