FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT

22 February to 7 March 2021

 

VISIT THE FESTIVAL WEBSITE: https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/choose-the-world-you-want/

 

For two weeks each year at the end of February and start of March, thousands of individuals, companies and groups across the UK come together to share the stories of the people who grow our food and drinks. mine our gold and who grow the cotton in our clothes, people who are often exploited and underpaid.

 

In 2021, Fairtrade Fortnight will feel very different. 2020 has been a hard year for everyone and we know that physically campaigning and meeting people will continue to be challenging in 2021 but we have also heard from so many of you that you want to continue to support Fairtrade through this time.  

 

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us more than ever how interconnected we are globally. This interconnection is at the very heart of the Fairtrade message and is where your role begins. You are part of the Fairtrade movement and you have the power to drive long-term change, not only with your shopping choices but with your support in spreading the message. We just have to do this a little differently in 2021! 

 

CHOOSE THE WORLD YOU WANT THIS FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT 

 

In Fairtrade Fortnight 2021, we will highlight the growing challenges that climate change brings to farmers and workers in the communities Fairtrade works with. The facts are straightforward. Farmers and workers in countries such as Kenya, Ethiopia and Honduras, who have done the least to contribute to climate change, are disproportionately affected by it. They have told us that:

 

Climate change is one of their biggest challenges right now. 

Low prices for their crops mean that they are struggling to fight back. 

Only with more money will they feel equipped to meet their everyday needs and deal with the challenges they face from climate change.  

 

The climate crisis is an immediate and ever-increasing threat and those in climate vulnerable countries are already seeing its impacts from droughts and crop disease to floods, heatwaves and shrinking harvests.  

 

With the emergence of the global COVID pandemic, the challenges that farmers face now are bigger than ever before with falling commodity prices and widespread shocks reverberating along our global supply chains. Ongoing poverty in farming communities makes it increasingly hard to cope with the effects of climate change. 

 

 

FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT 2021 IN SCHOOLS  

 

Our ‘Climate, Fairtrade and You’ Education Packs have been produced for teachers and educators to discuss how the climate crisis affects farmers and workers overseas. Through assemblies (designed with social distancing in mind!), lesson plans and activities, young people will have the opportunity to discover how their choices can impact people around the world, but also the planet that we live on.  

 

Visit the Fairtrade Schools site to download your Education Pack for Primary schools or Secondary schools including lessons, assemblies and work sheets.

 

https://schools.fairtrade.org.uk/take-action/fairtrade-fortnight-2021/

 

Information about Fairtrade Fortnight 2021 from the Fairtrade Foundation:

 

https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/get-involved/current-campaigns/fairtrade-fortnight/

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Fairtrade speaker downloadable video: https://vimeo.com/511055279