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fairtrademarkus: If you could ask farmers in Africa who grow...

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:28:07 +0200

If you could ask farmers in Africa who grow the things you eat and drink everyday anything, what would it be? Thanks to the Fairtrade Foundation, here’s your chance. Watch the video to learn more.

The time for Spargel

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:15:25 +0200

There is a time of year in Germany when asparagus is king. A time when the earth smells spring from...

Insult to injury in the world of coffeeView Post

Mon, 13 May 2013 20:50:02 +0200

Insult to injury in the world of coffee

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The short film of Spargelzeit Asparagus peeler.

Sun, 12 May 2013 23:24:54 +0200

The short film of Spargelzeit Asparagus peeler.

World Fair Trade Day! Go small farmers! fairtrade: Seventy...

Sat, 11 May 2013 13:54:04 +0200

World Fair Trade Day! Go small farmers!

fairtrade:

Seventy percent of the world’s food is produced by 500 million smallholder farmers; this group also represents half of the world’s hungry people. On World Fair Trade Day, Fairtrade International releases the report, ‘Powering up Smallholder Farmers to Make Food Fair, calling for urgent action to support smallholder farmers.

Insult to injury in the world of coffeeGoogle result when you...

Sat, 11 May 2013 00:15:11 +0200

Insult to injury in the world of coffee

Google result when you search ‘Worst coffee website ever’

Don’t mind this link. It’s just the worst…

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In front of Sven Väth Mitch came to visit Germany. We went to...

Fri, 10 May 2013 20:25:32 +0200

In front of Sven Väth

Mitch came to visit Germany.

We went to castles, we went to the Haribo Badminton Center, we…

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native-detroiter: socialismartnature: “Lauryn Hill just got...

Wed, 08 May 2013 22:32:42 +0200

native-detroiter:

socialismartnature:

“Lauryn Hill just got jail time for tax dodging. Looks like she just didn’t have access to all the tax loopholes that GE exploits.”

but they dont hear you

Fairtrade America

Mon, 06 May 2013 13:56:13 +0200

Fairtrade America: Go here. Do this.

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Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:36:39 +0200

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"Edge to edge, there can be no doubt, the best envelope sealing happens in Germany."

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:55:40 +0200

“Edge to edge, there can be no doubt, the best envelope sealing happens in Germany.” -...

thepeoplesrecord: Tar Sands Blockade published new videos today...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:44:24 +0200

thepeoplesrecord:

Tar Sands Blockade published new videos today (4/7) showing oil from the Arkansas pipeline rupture diverted from a residential neighborhood into a wetland area to keep it out sight and, most importantly, out of the media & public view.
April 7, 2013

While it’s not clear if the oil was intentionally moved into the wetland, the company says it is cleaning pavement with power washing devices, which could cause some of the oil to be pushed off neighborhood streets and into other areas.

Activists also interviewed a local resident who claimed the oil has continued “flowing” into Lake Conway since the spill happened.

“I don’t have allergies,” the man said. “But now my sinuses are bothering me. My throat’s bothering me. My eyes water constantly. But Exxon acts like nothing’s wrong. They don’t have to live here, we do. And we’re not moving just because of them.”

The activists noted that they were turned away from the area several times before by police and Exxon spill cleanup workers, but they returned on Saturday just before sundown and managed to sneak in to capture footage of the oiled wetlands. In two separate videos, nearby residents say they’ve been made sick by the spill, which has tremendously affected their air quality.

This footage has largely remained out of the media due to the lockdown that’s descended upon Mayflower nearly a week since the spill. Reporters touring the damage with Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel were allegedly turned away by Exxon workers. One journalist, Inside Climate News’s Susan White, was even threatened with arrest when she asked a question of Exxon’s “public affairs” desk inside the spill cleanup command center. The company has also secured a no-fly zone over the spill area.

Video of Lake Conway’s wetlands shows thousands of what Exxon called “absorbent pads” — which appear to be nothing more than paper towels — littering the blackened landscape as thick, soupy crude bubbles across the water’s surface. The company insists that air quality in the affected region is being measured by the Environmental Protection Agency, and that tests show “levels that are either non-detect or that are below any necessary action levels.” Exxon also says that the area’s drinking water remains unaffected.

A phone number given by Exxon to reach the company’s “downstream media relations” team did not appear to be correct, and a spokesperson was not available for comment.

Don’t let Exxon sweep this thing under the rug! Share this now, far & wide, with everybody you know! We cannot allow these corporate-committed environmental tragedies to continue to claim people, land & our future as victims in the wealth-owning, corporate elite’s illogical profit-making endeavors.

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fairtrade: This is the coffee cuppers song, the ebb and flow,...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:40:01 +0200

fairtrade:

This is the coffee cuppers song, the ebb and flow, the slurp and spit. Sensory notes and subtle overtones. Yesterday at the Specialty Coffee Association of America’s annual conference, the Brazilian Specialty Coffee Association (BSCA), SEBRAE and Carmo Coffees teamed up with Fairtrade Regional Coordinator Catalina Jaramillo and Fairtrade farmers to hold a cupping session to show off winners of a Fairtrade quality contest that took place early in the year. This is just a small sample of the action.

Border Patrol Confrontation Videos Go Viral

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:14:55 +0200

univisionnews: By CRISTINA COSTANTINI Thanks to YouTube, there’s one thing that both Tea Partiers...

In front of smarties When you get to Cambridge, you see, well...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:21:34 +0200

In front of smarties

When you get to Cambridge, you see, well it’s not completely overwhelming, but the…

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Create some peace, drink some coffee“Use whatever you have to...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:09:50 +0100

Create some peace, drink some coffee

“Use whatever you have to create peace! If you have music, use your music to create peace. For us,…

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natgeofound: Teenagers run and play on large white sand dunes...

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 08:20:02 +0100

natgeofound:

Teenagers run and play on large white sand dunes in New Mexico, 1957.
Photograph by J. Baylor Roberts, National Geographic

Can I just get a crappy coffee please?

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:41:33 +0100

Can I just get a crappy coffee please?: A different kind of take on coffee and improving lives in...

motherjones: While working on an assignment to capture how...

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:02:24 +0100

motherjones:

While working on an assignment to capture how people made use of the streets in Monterrey, Mexico, photographer Alejandro Cartagena discovered an unusual perspective on commuting.

We love this photo essay.

(Photo by Alejandro Cartagena)

"Ah, the first defense of every sellout working to bring more fossil fuels into the world: They’re..."

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:50:10 +0100

“Ah, the first defense of every sellout working to bring more fossil fuels into the world:...