The program was broadcast Sunday 13th July at 09:00 AEST, on ABC Radio National. The audio can be downloaded or podcast and a few days after the broadcast a transcript will be posted on the website at
Melbourne indie rock band Ancient Free Gardeners announce their support for fair trade with the release of their single 'Innards Out'. The song, a sneak preview from the bands upcoming full length debut, presents a curious, critical gaze at the ever growing trend of consumer capitolism. In their personal and professional lives the band have witnessed the ill consequences of globalisation, and the mass producing, advertising supported society it promotes. Their support for fair trade, and the release of Innards Out, is an apt expression of this experience.
Innards Out was recorded independently, and is released under a Creative Commons licence; it's free to all, to use however they like, with no restrictions (except commercial use), in line with some of the underpinning principles of fair trade.
Learn more about their music and their latest release here.
The Sunday Program on Australia's Channel 9 aired a story "The Darker Side of Chocolate"on Sunday 9 March in the lead up to Easter.
The almost 10 minute piece explores child slavery and trafficking in the cocoa industry in Ivory Coast and Ghana and features interviews with Tim Costello from World Vision Australia and a representative of the Confectionary Manufacturer's.
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· Clinton puts Fairtrade on the Bill
· Fairtrade Festy Fun in the NZ Sun.
· Fairtrade Fortnight 08... it’s coming so get ready!
Black Gold
Wake up and smell the coffee
Multinational coffee companies now rule our shopping malls and supermarkets and dominate the industry worth over $80 billion, making coffee the most valuable trading commodity in the world after oil. But while we continue to pay for our lattes and cappuccinos, the price paid to coffee farmers remains so low that many have been forced to abandon their coffee fields.
Nowhere is this paradox more evident than in Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee. Tadesse Meskela is one man on a mission to save his 74,000 struggling coffee farmers from bankruptcy. As his farmers strive to harvest some of the highest quality coffee beans on the international market, Tadesse travels the world in an attempt to find buyers willing to pay a fair price.
Against the backdrop of Tadesse's journey to London and Seattle, the enormous power of the multinational players that dominate the world's coffee trade becomes apparent. New York commodity traders, the international coffee exchanges, and the double dealings of trade ministers at the World Trade Organisation reveal the many challenges Tadesse faces in his quest for a long term solution for his farmers.
Black Gold is now available in Australia on DVD through New Internationalist and in New Zealand through Trade Aid. Bulk copies are also available through the Black Gold website.
The 'Fair Trade For All' education kit is a new fair trade specific education resource for use with young people aged 10 - 13 years. The free resource, which can be downloaded from this website, uses easy activities to teach young people about fair trade. The resource fits squarely within the social studies curriculum, but also has strong links to other curriculum areas.
The resource was developed for the Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand by Trudi Waterfall, Jacqueline Grace, and Tim Grace with funding from the Myer Foundation's Beyond Australia program and the input of FTAANZ members. The resource was adapted for New Zealand with funding from NZAID.
You can read more and download all the resource by clicking here for the Australian version and clicking here for the New Zealand version.
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