Title: Fair@Square 2009
Location: Melbourne Federation Square
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Description: Fair@Square 2009 is the first large scale fair trade and ethical festival in Melbourne Federation Square on Sunday 13th of December 2009. This event is free to the public and is a collaboration between Multicultural Arts Victoria and Youth For Human Rights.
Date: 2009-12-13

Title: Fair Trade Christmas Market
Location: Marymac Community Hall, 616 Ipswich Rd, Annerley, Brisbane
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Description: You’re invited to enjoy peace of mind that the gift you are giving this Christmas will make a difference to the lives of artisans and farmers in developing countries.
Free entry
Local not-for-profit organisation, the Qld Fair Trade Collective, is hosting two days of Fair Trade and ethical shopping. Complete with an Organic/Fairtrade Café, entertainment, face-painting and charity info stalls, this is the perfect way to put a little meaning back into your December shopping. Choose from a huge range of fairly traded handcrafts, homewares, jewellery and fashion accessories plus fairtrade tea, coffee, chocolate and gift hampers. While you’re there why not contribute to our fundraiser to help those affected by the Samoan Tsunami by purchasing tickets in one of several fantastic raffle prizes.

Come along to the Fair Trade Christmas Market for the ultimate feel-good shopping experience. There\’s something for everyone!
10am – 4pm each day

Start Date: 2009-12-05
Start Time: 10:00
End Date: 2009-12-06
End Time: 16:00

Title: Semaphore Community Markets
Location: 200 Military Rd, Semaphore, South Australia
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Date: 1st November 2009 – 10am – 3pm

Title: Australian Nappy Network
Location: Upstairs at 29 Lonsdale Street, Canberra
Link out: More information
Description: Australian Nappy Network has a cloth nappy meet on the first Monday of every month at 10am at Brindabella Baby’s sitting room.
Free event.
Meet other parents who use cloth nappies to get advice or just check out what other people use.
Upstairs at 29 Lonsdale Street, Canberra.
Fair trade coffee, tea, and organic fair trade chocolate provided.

All nappies sold in the Brindabella Baby shop are made under fair working conditions, and are thoroughly checked out before being included in the product range.

Start Time: 10.00am
Date: The First Monday of each Month

Title: Baby & Kids Market
Location: Fitzroy Pavilion, EPIC, Flemington Road, Canberra
Link out: Baby and Kids Market Information
Description: Canberra Pick up hand-printed batik nappies made in Bali where mums bring their breastfed babies to work; baby carriers made in independently inspected sweatshop free workplaces; and organic cotton baby leg huggers made in a fair trade certified factory.
Start Time: 9.00am until 12pm
Date: Saturday November 21st

Title: Mathilda’s Market
Location: Manuka Oval, Canberra
Link out: Mathilda’s Market website
Description: Get hand dyed, hand embroidered hemp nappies; handmade hemp ring slings; FTA certified baby clothes; and more.
Start Time: 10.00am until 2.00pm
Date: Sunday November 15 2009

  Making Good Choices about Fair Trade

  By Paula Johanson – September 2009

All people want their time and effort to be valued. Anyone wants to trade his or her time and effort for fair value. That’s what fair trade is about–making fair deals locally, nationally, and internationally.

This compelling book engages students in the issues of fair trade, helping them to make greener choices to support the ecology and sustain the environment and communities of people. Readers learn about fair business standards and about the ways they can support fair trade, not only in the products that they purchase but in fair trade ideas that can help communities and nations. In this book, students discover that a business that relies on fair trade will earn reliable profits over a longer time than one that serves only its own interests. They will also learn how just one person can make a difference in fair trade practices.

Making Good Choices about Fair Trade – Available online at Fishpond

Title: Manly Fair Trade Market
Location: Manly Wharf Forecourt
Description: This will be Manly Council’s 7th Fair Trade Market and the 3rd since it received its accreditation as the first Fair Trade Community in NSW. This year they will be showcasing 40+ market stalls as well as fair trade and organic food and drink, music & entertainment throughout the day and kid’s activities and face-painting.
Start Time: 9.00am
End  Time: 4.00pm
Date: 28th November 2009

Title: Ethical Expo
Location: Singleton – Anglican Parish of Singleton, Parish Hall (next to All Saints’ Church)
Description: This Ethical Expo is designed to showcase goods and services of organisations that support humanitarian work throughout Australia and the world. For example: Samaritans, Red Cross, Fair Trade, Local organisations and charities etc
Start Time: 8.00am
Date: 21st November 2009
End Time: 12.00noon

While Fair Trade does have a type of definition, like anything it can mean different things to different people. We are interested in what it means to you personally?

In a brief sentence tell us what Fair Trade means to you.