FAIR TRADE: BE THE CHANGE

Fair Trade is the new future we will have to long for. Nowadays nobody knows to be the key player for the world’s faith. But we are!

Before reading the last post of our blog, we really want that all of you watch this video:

Every action we make has a consequence that could be positive or negative. If for just a moment, we try to think about the community and not only ourselves, we can really create a better world, where both environment and rights of humans are respected. Make the difference is easier than you think! Just try to have a look to our tips.



Buy fair trade products:
When you are in supermarket try to focus on the trademark FAIR TRADE. There is no difference for you if you buy a fair trade bar of chocolate or another one, but for those who made it, your choice makes the difference Don’t forget that fair trade products are also organic ,so you are sure about the high quality and the delicious taste. 

Check this link to have an idea about more products:http://bottega.altromercato.it/home.php?partner=altromercato

Be social: Social webs have a big power; they are able to spread an idea or a movement and create a common strength. Use your “little power” to contribute with your instagram/twitter/facebook page, so that your friends and followers can enter in a new world and do the same of you.

Let fair trade in your routine:
Even when you want to spend a nice night with your family or your friends, you can choose a fair trade restaurant.

Check this website to find out several delicious restaurant throughout Italy: http://www.altromercato.it/flex/FixedPages/Common/Ristoranti.php/L/IT


Educate yourself and others:

We can’t expect to make a change if we don’t really know the problem. Don’t be self-centered; we are a community so each of us has a social responsibility. Authorities often hide the truth in news, so try to get informed , search information, surf the web!



Here some useful liks that you can use:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JfGki00T0c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVxe1ZKIff0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vfbv6hNeng
http://www.cleanclothes.org/news/press-releases/2016
http://www.fairtraderesource.org/downloads/top_10_reasons_to_support_ft.pdf


Say stop:
When the fashion industry is focused on the profits, the Human Rights and the

environment are lost of sight. This must to be stopped. Do something! Purchases are only the last step in the long travel that involves the invisible work force behind our clothes. We can’t ignore the pain of these people. After the accident of Rana Plaza in 2013 in Bangladesh, a businesses group started to believe in a fashion industry that respects people, environment and profit in the same measure, using the power of the garment factory to take back dignity into the production chain. For this reason a movement called Fashion Revolution has been created. Every year a demonstration is organized and you can take part into it, wearing faritrade clothes or just posting your photos by home with #whomademyclothes?. The chosen date is not casual: 24 April, to remember the accident of Rana Plaza, so it’s a symbolic event that aims to make people aware about this problem.

This is the official website:

http://fashionrevolution.org/

Stay tuned for the next fashion revolution!

Try also to have a look here, to be really ethical fashion: http://www.thetinytwig.com/2013/11/12/shopping-with-ethics-a-5-step-guide/

We wish that our short list can help you to reach a new awareness and understand how important is the collaboration between us. The change is a slow process, but everybody can take part in it. Think always about what you are eating and what you are wearing: you can make a choice.

“since you were born, try to leave a trace behind you. Otherwise, where is the difference between you, trees and stoles? They are also born, get old and die.”

-Swami Vivekanda

Written by: Giada Savino, Martina Ceccato and Safia Mohammad