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Part of my Sunday morning routine is listening to the Speaking of Faith public radio program. Yesterday I was especially pleased that the guest was Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize winner who started the Green Belt Movement. The movement began by organizing women who were living the impacts of deforestation through the […]

Read the entry: Planting the Future →

Some of my colleagues groaned when they heard the “stomach and soul” title of my talk at the National Catholic Educators Association meeting today in Indianapolis. As regular blog readers know, I try to think of “catchy” titles to attract your attention, and the same principle holds true for workshops I give. Here […]

Read the entry: Fair Trade for the Stomach and the Soul →

That question was the title of a sermon I heard at The United Church in Washington, DC this past weekend. The church, a combined ministry of the Methodist Church and United Church of Christ, hosted a United Students for Fair Trade regional convergence that Katy and I were honored to attend. I gave […]

Read the entry: Students and Fair Trade: “Organizing for What?” →

As I mentioned in my last posting, CRS Fair Traders have been getting a lot of media coverage lately, which makes us all very proud. The Florida Catholic, for example, featured Ambassador Stephanie RH Bosse, in its November 16-22nd issue. Stephanie is quite a persuasive writer, and I thought I’d share one of […]

Read the entry: Coffee with a Clear Conscience: Guest blogger →

One of our most popular CRS Fair Trade resources is the document connecting Fair Trade to Catholic Social Teaching. The parallels between the criteria for Fair Trade actions, such as participatory decision making, and treasured church principles such as subsidiarity, are instructive and inspiring for folks interested in economic justice. Truth is, though, […]

Read the entry: Happy Anniversary to “Populorum Progressio” →

If you like this website and blog, you have some behind the scenes folks at Catholic Relief Services to thank. Peter Kaizer, Dylan Kinnett and Michelle Harrington, along with other talented folks in the web services department of CRS, have been helping CRS Fair Trade over the past couple of years to improve our […]

Read the entry: Check out the new crs.org website and resources →

Today is the first day of Fair Trade month in the United States and marks the official launch of the Fair Trade Towns campaign for the United States. A key objective of the Fair Trade movement in the United States is to educate consumers about the importance of purchasing Fair Trade products. Already […]

Read the entry: Fair Trade Towns in the US launches today →

Hey, there!  Just a quick note to let you know that we have created two new resources to help you spread the word about Fair Trade in your community. 
The first one, a 16-page publication titled “Trading on our values,” explains the Fair Trade concept, profiles all four CRS Fair Trade Programs (crafts, coffee, chocolate and […]

Read the entry: New Resources Available Now →