Home > Lifestyle > EnviroHealth > Green tips Updated 26 February 2013 Fairtrade: what's it all about? Fairtrade Week is 25 Feb to 3 March 2013 - a good time to learn more about this worthwhile initiative. 0 Pin It Start A Health24 blog » Follow Health24 on Facebook » Test Are you envirohealth savvy? » Ask EnviroHealth Expert » Earth Hour 2013 Ecoroofs and Living Walls Fairtrade is an international certification system for agricultural products, which aims to protect the environment and the rights of small farmers and farmworkers.The Fairtrade label on a product gives you good assurance that it was produced in a sustainable way, and helped alleviate poverty.Fairtrade products available in South Africa include:Wine (South Africa is the largest producer of Fairtrade wine in the world): De Bos, Deetlefs, Fairhills, Five’s Reserve, House of Mandela, Palesa, Place in the Sun, Rhythms of Nature, Thandi Wines, Tukulu.Tea: Topqualitea, Clipper Teas, QI Teas.Coffee: Bean There, Ciro, Espresseco Biodegradable Capsules, Fabino, Puro, Woolworths Espresso and Instant coffee ranges, coffee sold at Woolworths W Cafés.Chocolate: Cadbury Dairy Milk, Green & Black’s.Food: EGA Juice, Redwood Fairtrade Flapjacks (a vegan snack), Fairtrade Original Spice Grinders, Zaytoun Green OlivesCotton: Puma Wilderness Collection.Buying these products is a way to make your consumer buck work for sustainability directly through Fairtrade projects.It also demonstrates to producers and manufacturers in general that fair, environmentally sound practices make good business sense because they keep us, the customers, happy.Fairtrade Week events and giveawaysGot a good green tip or event to share? Email me or post on the EnviroHealth Forum. If it's a planet-saver, we'll publish it.More EnviroHealth Tips Olivia Rose-Innes, EnviroHealth Editor More in Lifestyle Biodiversity gardening More: EnviroHealthGreen tips advertisement Get a quote Selfmed - the one with the apple Momentum - save up to 35% on healthcare Medihelp - quality, affordable medical scheme cover advertisement From our sponsors Hill's Science Plan Canine Mini range What is Diabetic Neuropathy? There are more than 200 different viruses which can cause a cold A clinically proven skin care range is now available Live healthier Be vitamin-smart » A-Z of vitamins What is vitamin C? Ask the expert Why we need vitamin D Even in a country with an abundance of sunlight you might have a vitamin D deficiency. Here's why. Beat acne » Stars with scars Acne tips Skincare Myths about acne Through the ages, there have been many myths about acne. We list the myths and give you the facts.
0 Pin It Start A Health24 blog » Follow Health24 on Facebook » Test Are you envirohealth savvy? » Ask EnviroHealth Expert » Earth Hour 2013 Ecoroofs and Living Walls Fairtrade is an international certification system for agricultural products, which aims to protect the environment and the rights of small farmers and farmworkers.The Fairtrade label on a product gives you good assurance that it was produced in a sustainable way, and helped alleviate poverty.Fairtrade products available in South Africa include:Wine (South Africa is the largest producer of Fairtrade wine in the world): De Bos, Deetlefs, Fairhills, Five’s Reserve, House of Mandela, Palesa, Place in the Sun, Rhythms of Nature, Thandi Wines, Tukulu.Tea: Topqualitea, Clipper Teas, QI Teas.Coffee: Bean There, Ciro, Espresseco Biodegradable Capsules, Fabino, Puro, Woolworths Espresso and Instant coffee ranges, coffee sold at Woolworths W Cafés.Chocolate: Cadbury Dairy Milk, Green & Black’s.Food: EGA Juice, Redwood Fairtrade Flapjacks (a vegan snack), Fairtrade Original Spice Grinders, Zaytoun Green OlivesCotton: Puma Wilderness Collection.Buying these products is a way to make your consumer buck work for sustainability directly through Fairtrade projects.It also demonstrates to producers and manufacturers in general that fair, environmentally sound practices make good business sense because they keep us, the customers, happy.Fairtrade Week events and giveawaysGot a good green tip or event to share? Email me or post on the EnviroHealth Forum. If it's a planet-saver, we'll publish it.More EnviroHealth Tips Olivia Rose-Innes, EnviroHealth Editor More in Lifestyle Biodiversity gardening More: EnviroHealthGreen tips