Articles Tagged with the word ‘Trade’
Turn to Greener Reading
02 Mar 2006
So many people enjoy reading, taking pleasure from finding out about the world and fictional places invented by authors. Now a leading UK publisher is making reading more environmentally conscious, changing the way that its books are produced.
One Million Faces
19 Dec 2005
The European Union , EU, has announced for the first time that it supports the international Arms Trade Treaty for a stricter control of arms.
Animal Asia around England
29 Jun 2005
Founder of the Animal Asia Foundation Jill Robinson will be touring the U.K raising funds and awareness for the project, telling her story and giving updates on progress and her goal to end bear farming completely.
25,000 Stage Vigil for Trade Justice
29 Jun 2005
Celebrities joined campaigners at biggest mass protest of an election campaign when over 25,000 people filled Whitehall at an all-night vigil and protest organised by the Trade Justice Movement to call for trade justice not free trade.
Global call to action
29 Jun 2005
The Make Poverty History coalition is calling on the G8 to ensure that the unpayable debts of the world's poorest countries are cancelled in full, without harming aid budgets to meet any costs. Furthermore, the coalition wishes the G8 to stop forcing poor countries to follow imposed policies in return for debt cancellation and to agree to a just...
Nourish the World
29 Jun 2005
The Make Poverty History coalition is calling on the G8 to ensure that the unpayable debts of the world's poorest countries are cancelled in full, without harming aid budgets to meet any costs. It recognises that aid cannot compensate for unfair terms of trade. Furthermore, the coalition wishes the G8 to stop forcing poor countries to follow imposed...
Not Words But Action
28 Feb 2005
This year of Making Poverty History' could already be declared a triumph after a special communiquÈ committed G7 members to finding more resources for aid and for providing debt relief of up to 100 per cent to the IMF, the World Bank and other multilateral lenders for many of the world's poorest countries.
BULB
29 Dec 2004
BULB is a brand new magazine which offers a holistic alternative, without lentils and sandals', for young people interested in global issues. Aimed at the new breed of socially conscious teenagers', this publication is a creative collection of articles, cartoons, columns, photographs and worldwide information to illustrate big issues like trade justice, animal rights, conflict, race, religion, culture and...
Fairtrade Saver
30 Sep 2003
Comedian, Harry Hill, went bananas about a new way to support Fairtrade with savings. He opened the first ever Fairtrade Saver Account with Triodos Bank at the launch in London. This groundbreaking new account ties consumers' savings directly to some of the UK's most innovative fair trade initiatives and will benefit hundreds of producers in developing countries. It was...
Building a New World
30 Sep 2003
"Our task is not to overthrow globalisation, it is to capture it and to use it as a vehicle for humanity's first global democratic revolution."
George Monbiot speaking at the European Social Forum, Paris, November 2003
Percolating the Market
30 Sep 2003
Fairtrade coffee has only had a small share of the market up till now, but a partnership that originated between a small group of farmers in Guatemala and the Dutch supermarket chain, Albert Heijn, plans to change that.
Span’ners in the Works
30 Dec 2002
During my gap year, in the autumn of 2001, I went back to my old sixth form at Impington Village College to set up a SPAN (Sixth formers' Political Awareness Network) group as a forum for politically interested people to take action.
Setback for GMOs
30 Sep 2002
The fact that the Americans failed to force genetically modified crops and food onto developing countries was one of the successes of the Jo'burg Summit.
Campaigning for Global Democracy
30 Jun 2002
Since then, we have started an audit of democratic accountability in international decision-making bodies, turning the spotlight on 20 inter-governmental agencies, corporations and NGOs including the Bank of International Settlements, World Trade Organisation, IMF, NATO and International Chamber of Commerce. As a result, several bodies have already started to change their procedures to become more open and accountable. The...
The Jo’Burg Memo
30 Jun 2002
The Memo suggests an agenda for equity and ecology for the next decade. Key points come under headings: Rio in Retrospect appraises the 10 years since the Rio Conference, which launched a number of successful institutional processes, but without result. Economic globalisation has largely washed away gains made on the micro level, spreading an ex-ploitative economy and exposing natural...
Going Local — Globally
29 Dec 2001
A Member of the European Parliament has called for a new policy of localisation, which would help local people, all over the world, to achieve genuine sustainability
Seeing Through the Spin
30 Sep 2001
A vitally important education pack has been produced to help teachers and their pupils to be fully aware of the amount of corporate publicity that is infiltrating schools, sometimes in a very subtle way.
Gifts from the Trees
30 Sep 2001
A wonderful range of medicinal teas and potions are being imported by Tree Harvest, a new company which is supporting renewable forest industries and ethical trade.
‘Our World Is Not for Sale’
30 Sep 2001
The anti-corporate globalisation movement has set out its aims in a letter Our World is Not for Sale', launched in Geneva. The letter explains what demonstrators from Seattle to Genoa are trying to achieve and has been endorsed by a growing number of organisations around the world. The letter is posted on the Internet (see www.canadians.org), where supporters can...