It started very small and full of hope. But its daring campaigns have placed Fairtrade goods at the heart of the supermarket shelves. From bananas and coffee beans to cotton and chocolate, Fairtrade has grown to become an important global movement that has revolutionised the way we shop.As Harriet Lamb, Chief Executive of Fairtrade International, explains in this extensively revised and updated edition of her inspirational book, Fairtrade is about a better deal for workers and famers in the developing world. It's about making sure the food on our plates, and shirts on our backs, don't rob people in other countries of the means to feed or clothe themselves. She explores the journey, through an often unjust system, that Fairtrade items make from farm to consumer. And she uncovers the shocking cost of our demand for cheaper food.There is much still to be done. But by hard work and high ideals, Fairtrade is starting to transform the lives of over 7 million farmers, workers and their families, and is a powerful symbol of how extraordinary change can be achieved against all the odds - by us all.

Vorwort
A gripping account of the campaigns and successes of the Fairtrade movement by the Director of Fairtrade in Britain, now available in cheaper paperback

Autorentext

Harriet Lamb



Inhalt
    Titel
    Fighting the Banana Wars and Other Fairtrade Battles
    EAN
    9781407024332
    ISBN
    978-1-4070-2433-2
    Format
    E-Book (epub)
    Herausgeber
    Veröffentlichung
    02.12.2008
    Digitaler Kopierschutz
    Adobe-DRM
    Dateigrösse
    1.5 MB
    Anzahl Seiten
    256
    Jahr
    2008
    Untertitel
    Englisch
    Features
    Unterstützte Lesegerätegruppen: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet