fair trade resources
 

Online resources

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Reading Fair trade week events list 2006
Teaching fair trade
Resources for loan
What is fair trade?
What is a fair price?
Reading Fair Trade Directory
Reading Local Food Directory

On loan from RISC

Contact Barbara Lowe at RISC 0118 9586692 or email barbara@risc.org.uk

Exhibitions
These easily mounted exhibitions make an ideal backdrop for events or One World Week:

Calling to Account
20 A1 laminated panels which explains how the United Nations System of National Accounts ignores the value of the environment and unpaid work – mainly women’s – and distorts global economic policies. Available from RISC.

Costing the Earth
25 A1 laminated panels which explore how communities in South Wales and the Philippines are facing up to the challenge of new mining expansion based on destructive mining systems such as open casting.

The Cost of Bananas
16 A1 laminated panels which looks at the global trade in bananas and highlights workers’ rights and the environmental impact of intensive production. Available from Banana Link.

Labour Behind the label
4 A2 laminated posters aimed at young people. Available for loan or purchase from RISC.

XChanging the World
26 A1 laminated panels which provide an accessible introduction to world trade.

Artefacts

A Fair Trade box with a variety of Fair Trade goods available for loan from RISC

Artefacts

Videos & teaching packs

Bananas Unpeeled
Pack with 26 minute video with Mark Thomas visiting Costa Rica and Windward Islands. For 16+ by Banana Link .KS4

Best of the Bunch
Video & booklet on case study of St Lucia By Oxfam. KS4

Coffee Culture
Familiar Snakes and Ladders game exploring trading issues and illustrates the benefits of Fair trade. Beautifully handlettered and illustrated printed onto a 1m2 wipable tablecloth with counters and dice. Totally self-explanatory and comes with a counter and dice. Code .KS2/4

Coffe Feature
Lots of resources on Coffee and Fairtrade. A wealth of coffe information collected when researching for the Coffee culture project.

Fair Trade in Action
Interactive resource for older students with video, board game and teacher’s notes.Fair Trade foundation/RISC material for KS3/4

All you need for a Fair Trade assembly
Three adaptable assemblies dealing with chocolate, bananas and fashion of 15 minutes duration. Enables students to recognise choices they have as consumers. KS2/4

For a Few Pesos more
4 minute animated Video set to a rap introducing Fair Trade as an alternative. With notes KS2/3

See RISC teaching resources page
For the full range see the Resource for loan

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On Sale from RISC World Shop
35/39 London Street Reading RG1 4PS
Tel 0118 9586692

On sale and return from RISC shop
You can organise small craft or tuck shop displays with items for sale by prior arrangement with the shop manager Catherine Greatrex 0118 9586692.

Crafts pack Tuck shop pack

Resources for sale for Fair Trade Fortnight
Fair Trade Foundation
Suite 204
16 Baldwin’s Gardens
London EC1N 7RJ
Tel O207 7405 5942
Fax 020 7405 5943
mail@fairtrade.org.uk
www.fairtrade.org.uk

Resources for World Shops Day
BAFTS Unit 7, 8-13 New Inn Street
London EC2A 3PY
Tel 020 77394197
info@bafts.org.uk
www.bafts.org.uk