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Fair trade is
basically providing alternative to the things that people usually remember can hold
onto as far as concepts go as child labor and exploitation so fair trade is an answer
to those issues and to provide opportunity for people to get a livable wage
improve their environments their standards of living %uh but also pay attention to their
cultural values and how-to preserve their cultural identity at the same time and that's
what second world cares about a lot is the preservation of culture through providing
incentives and micro-enterprise opportunities opportunities to create art that will communicate
something about the culture but at the same time
bridge a gap provide economic
opportunities for people as well and your work i mean is breathtaking because what it does
for me is it captures the culture
of places i've never been and
it's really really wonderful thank you
valerie in an ideal world
would people buy goods that are fair trade and how do they know if something is a
fair trade product
well basically the first thing that folks will notice is
even when they go into a mcdonald's now they'll see fair trade coffee
that's usually the first introduction of fair trade for many folks and so the way
for people to understand what is fair trade and what is not is usually if most times
if it says nothing or if it says made in china or it says
you know %um philippines or bangladesh or
nothing else
most likely it's made in a factory most likely it's made in
questionable circumstances and so fair trade there's several different labeling organizations out
there that are right now as we speak establishing standards and you'll see the fair trade federation
logo %um you'll also see information about the producers and their living and working
conditions and just information about the sustainability of the materials that they're
using so you'll know it when you see it
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