BE A FAIR TRADE SHOPPER

Let your wallet do the talking by checking out where your grocery items come from before you purchase. Look for the Fair Trade logo on the packaging of a range of products including tea, coffee, biscuits, and sugar. Using your power as a consumer by buying fair trade goods is a way of showing solidarity for people in the developing world and makes an immediate difference in the market place.

www.fairtrade.com.au

 

Start your Christmas shopping early

Don't race out to the large department stores at the last minute this year. Avoid the rush and begin your Christmas shopping now, and shop in a way that is consistent with your values—buy gifts that give hope to the people who create them. Start shopping online right now for chocolate, coffee, crafts, cotton and more.

www.fairtrade.com.au/locator

 

Vote for fair trade

Use your vote as a shareholder to encourage companies to trade fairly and responsibly. Click her to find out who are registered FairTrade companies and look for the IFAT logo on company reports.

 

www.fairtrade.com.au/IFAT

 

Help a farmer trade

Help redress the trade imbalance between the industrialised and the developing countries by supporting Caritas Australia 's sustainable development projects in countries such as Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Through your donation you will be helping local farmers to increase their productivity and gain access to credit and local markets.

Donate now

 

Hold our MP's to account

Write, email or phone an MP to tell them about your concerns and urge that they take action. Click here for tips on getting your message heard via email or letter, including email addresses for the Trade Minister and major newspapers.

www.aftinet.org.au

Fair trade Coffee House

Check out what our Caritas Internationalis collegues at CRS (USA) are doing to promote fair trade at their local universities and schools. Why not adapt these ideas and inspire others to support fair trade.

campus.crs.org

Stand up

A huge thank you to all those who supported our call to “stand up” and Make Poverty History. 91,987 Australians joined over 23 million people around the world to set the World Record for the most people to Stand Up against poverty. Events were held in 321 locations around Australia with a total of 11,646 events in 87 countries. Taking Action matters!