Fair Trade: Enriching Our Lives... [S-10-21]
| Presenter: | Robin Crowell, Barbara Tiel |
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| Location: | Potsdam Civic Center: Community Meeting Room (2 Park St.) |
| Classes: | 1 Session 1.5 hours |
| Dates: | Tue 10:00 AM 03/23 |
| Status: | CLOSED |
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Learn the differences between "fair trade" and "free trade." Learn about the origins of Fair Trade and how this movement encourages environmentally sound practices that result in many high quality producst while at the same time it helps prpovide people with a decent living wage in developing countrys (such as Nepal, Guatemala and Rwanda). Discuss ways each of us can make fair trade part of our daily liveds. Participants get a chance to view and sample varied goods now found in the North Country.
Robin Crowell, M. S. Ed., is owner of Asian World Imports - a Fair Trade Global Marketplace. She has a strong background of working with disadvantaged people, currently she is working with low income families in Head Start.
Barbara Tiel earned a Master's from SLU which led to her many rewarding years as a county mental health therapist. Fair trade has become an area of increasing interest and inspiration to her.