BIG ACTION FOR BIG CHANGE

Join Trade Aid in making a BIG fair trade ACTION to benefit the environment. Then tell everyone how you are actioning it here!

WHY MAKE A BIG ACTION?

'There's been less sun in recent years, and this is affecting my coffee harvest', says Juan Jimenez from Trade Aid's partner Guaya’b Asociacion Civil, Guatemala. The changing weather patterns in the mountainous Huehuetenango region of northern Guatemala, where Juan lives, are wreaking havoc with his coffee...Read more here

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BIG ACTION = BIG CHANGE is a networking site Trade Aid developed for Fair Trade Fortnight 2009 (2-17 May).. even though the fortnight is over until next year, you can STILL continue to make actions - big and small - to bring change!

We look forward to seeing more on this site about your actions that you take towards helping creating a more just and sustainable world through supporting fair trade!

Make fair trade part of your daily life, not just a fortnight a year!

We look forward to hearing more about your ongoing action. To find out more about BIG ACTION = BIG CHANGE see our info page

Members

  • The Active Collective
  • Mark Inglis
  • Picton Trade Aid Shop
  • Chrissy Clements
  • jenny
  • Stacie Rhodes
  • Dunedin Trade Aid
  • Trade Aid Whangarei
  • Auckland Trade Aid
  • Rebecca Sheehy
  • Ian Collis
  • Masterton Trade Aid
  • Ali
  • Gina Faafoi-Rogers
  • Trade Aid Tauranga
  • Graeme Sleeman
  • Russell Quinn
  • Camille Arnott

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WINNER OF THE DAY

BE IN TO WIN - Every week day during Fair Trade Fortnight (2-17 May) we will give away a Trade Aid goodie pack valued at RRP $100 to the person we think has contributed the most to this website during the day..

WINNERS SO FAR:
WEEK ONE
Monday 4th - Sharon Jill Pang - find out about her action by reading her blog entries here!
Tuesday 5th Helen Tulett - see a stunning picture of Helen here that appeared on page 3 of the Christchurch Press on Tuesday.
Wednesday 6th - Jacqui van Roij for campaigning her workplace to go fair trade!
Thursday 7th - Vanisa Dhiru for her great fair trade actions..
Friday 8th - Sarah Heeringa for her action of writing a feature in Good magazine (www.good.net.nz). and her three yummy fair trade recipes! See pictures here
WEEK TWO:
Monday 11th- Becci Huls for her inspirational actions and great activity on the BIG ACTION website
Tuesday 12th - Kirsten Revell - for her phenomenal job organising the Nelson BIG BANG event and editing and uploading a video of this day
Wednesday 13th - The Active Collective - for their great big action!
Friday 15th - Fiona Dalton - read here blog here
 
 

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Fair Trade Textiles Support Women in Africa and Afghanistan

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Action!

Posted by Fiona Dalton on May 18, 2009 at 7:51am — 3 Comments

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Nearing the end... (come see Sweet As!)

Posted by Sarah Campagnolo on May 15, 2009 at 1:14pm

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What is the ‘BIG action for BIG change’?   During Fair Trade Fortnight (2nd May - 17th May and onwards) New Zealanders are encouraged to make a fair trade action that will also benefit the environment, part of their regular routine... and this website challenges you to really make it happen!

Choose to action it by telling New Zealand what you are doing via  this networking site - through blogs, video d

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