Fair Traders Tackle Climate Change

Published January 16, 2009 @ 02:05PM PT

Developed countries like the UK and the US are emitting tons of carbon into the atmosphere every year and it is people in developing countries who are baring the brunt of those emissions and are the most vulnerable to climate change. For small-scale coffee producers, it is their livelihood that is at stake so Fair Trade company, CafeDirect has teamed up with the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) to figure out a way to help solve the problem.

In this video, you can find out more about their research toward climate change adaptation strategies. The video is led by an entertainingly funny British man as he takes you through their project and also lets the producers tell their side of the deal and how they are working closely with these two entities to produce real, positive results. Imagine that, Fair Trade companies working DIRECTLY with coffee producers to figure out the issue of climate change. We're all in this together and if anything is going to happen, we're going to have to work together to get positive results. Hats off to CafeDirect, GTZ and the farmers involved in this project.

I'm going to stop typing now and let you watch the video.

[p.s. Thanks to Helen at CafeDirect for passing this along]

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Zarah is the Operations Manager for the Global Exchange Fair Trade Online Store, a project of the international human rights organization, Global Exchange. Alongside her work with marginalized communities from all over the world to get their products into the international market, Zarah serves to educate and inform the public about a more just and sustainable trading system.