Fair Intents 2011

Our second Ecofair is to be held in Haworth on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 September. Lots of sustainable activities will be going on again. Have a look at the Fair Intents website to find out more but before you go over there have a listen to John Drury’s song George that we recorded recently.

The world’s first Fairtrade Village

Haworth is in West Yorkshire, about 9 miles from Bradford and is known for a number of things. The Bronte’s lived here. The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway featured in the 1970 film version of the Railway Children with Jenny Agutter. In more recent times Haworth has been at the forefront of the Fairtrade movement as the World’s First Fairtrade Village.

The Fairtrade Foundation is a national organisation that promotes Fairtrade and awards the Fairtrade Mark. This is how they describe Fairtrade:

Fair trade is a trading partnership, based on dialogue, transparency and respect that seeks greater equity in international trade. It contributes to sustainable development by offering better trading conditions to, and securing the rights of, marginalised producers and workers – especially in the South.

While Haworth was the first Fairtrade Village in the world we didn’t start it all off. The first Fairtrade Town was Garstang. Watch this video with Bruce Crowther to learn more about how it all began.