07 Nov
Posted by: Lucy in: Events, Fair Trade Futures, Food for Thought
Should the fair trade movement include policies to ensure that fair trade is environmentally sustainable; so that climate change becomes a part of that movement?
(This is an open space session so I will try and draw out the main themes of discussion as it flows).
Studio Allaya is a craft based organization that supports producers [...]
07 Nov
Posted by: Lucy in: Events, Fair Trade Futures, Uncategorized
Louise Herring talking about Comic Relief and its role as grant maker and fundraiser, a charity and a business.
How do you measure the impact of supporting fair trade producers? It’s a qualitative & quantitative process but how do we get everyone’s views?
We could build relationships with producers directly but you need to fully understand the [...]
Fair Trade 2.0 conversation starts with a focus on RFID tagging and data:
- On the consumer end you run the risk that through electronic tagging consumption habits ever more closely monitored
- people talk about the internet of things - the moment something is produced it is RFID tagged. The question is whose data is it? [...]