Welcome to the Fairtrade Carleton Wiki Wiki Web!
Announcements
June 4, 2007
Hey Friends, so there has been some recent movement in regards to Fairtrade Carleton and the Alternative Consumption Guide. Proposals have been made to make the guide the focus of this now more rarely used website and broaden the idea of fairtrade to be more about primarily consuming less, and then ethically. Ideas include updating the guide, developing a rating system and criteria for things in the guide, revamping the website, making a map of the physical locations etc. Anyway meetings are in the mix, and if you would like to get involved. Send me (Allan) an email @ offthegrids@gmail.com.
Past Announcements
Hey students of 2006, welcome to Carleton. Its a new year and new things are afoot. Last year fairtrade carleton fizzled out near the end of the year when exams and part-time jobs were bearing down on us. But its a new year and Fairtrade carleton is yours to shape and mould. If you are interested in meeting with people who want to act on consumption and fairtrade issues contact Garret, at gzehr@connect.carleton.ca Really the direction of this group is up to you.
If you are looking for the Alternative Consumption Guide, becuase you got the zine in your frosh kit you are in the right place, check it out here.
This web site is a publicly editable, collaboratively built resource for Fairtrade in Canada! To contribute to a page, just visit our Alternative Consumption Guide and click the 'edit' button at the top or bottom of any page. You will be asked for a password - the password is 'fairtrade' (we hope this will stop the spam bots). As a start - why not sign our guestbook?
Fairtrade Carleton is a (mostly) student group based at Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada), sponsored by Oxfam, CUSA and OPIRG Carleton that works to further the cause of Fairtrade in Carleton and in the greater Ottawa area.
We organise fun fairtrade promotional events, distribute information, contact local businesses, arrange seminars and speakers, and with this website we are creating a guide to alternative consumption for the Ottawa area. We are loosely arranged into four working groups (see the menu on the left).
For an introduction to Fairtrade see the What is Fairtrade? page.
Get Involved!
It's really easy to contribute by browsing this site and adding any comments or information you have, you can also come along to one of our events,Check out the News page for event times, info and announcements.
Mailing List:
If you want to be kept informed about what the group is up to, events, meeting times etc sign up to our mailing list:
Send an email to fairtrade@opirg-carleton.org asking to be put on the list!
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