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This week I’ve had another forrage around in my brain to catalogue some of the things I’ve been mulling, and this time I actually doodled the words on paper!

So here we go, this is why these seven words/phrases are the words of this past week:

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Here’s the next in our series of short videos from Cafédirect. Raul, one of the producers of Cafédirect’s delicious Machu Picchu coffee answers more questions on the Cocla Cooperative in Peru where he works. If you’re curious about the way that Fairtrade works, then take a peek at this short video…

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Have you ever wondered where your coffee comes from? Not so very long ago, Cafédirect asked their friends and followers what questions they would ask the coffee makers, and the result was a fantastic series of videos that we would love to share with you.

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I’m beginning to think that Spring may have sprung up up North, and it’s not just because the sun has started to shine. This week is a great week in my household, because after 4 years of waiting (4 YEARS!!!), we have eventually been awarded our very own allotment, and at last I can start flexing my green fingers.

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These are my words of the week, the words that sum up some things I’ve been pondering.  We all have themes and threads to our weeks, whether we unravel them or not.  Sometimes they are dependent upon the time of year, the weather, the business season, news, politics, upon family situations, work situations, personal situations…

Here are the reasons these are my top words of the week:

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First Prize!

It’s not long until Easter, and here in the EthicalSuperstore.com offices we’re getting excited. Whatever your beliefs, it’s a time to be thinking about Spring, new growth and new life. The sun might even start to come out soon (although we can’t promise anything)!

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After the success of the the Fairtrade Wine Tasting, our friends at Shared Interest decided they’d like to try out a Fairtrade towel. After all, we shouldn’t just be thinking about swapping our food and drink during Fairtrade Fortnight, Fairtrade cotton is a must.

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Top of the morning to all, and welcome to the #216th Carnival of the green. First of all, a big thanks to Marie at Project Earth Blog for their fantastic green round-up at last week’s Carnival. Secondly…let’s jump right in…

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We’re more than half of the way through Fairtrade Fortnight, and people have been swapping to Fairtrade in their thousands - just check out the Fairtrade Foundation’s Big Swap-ometer to see how it’s been going.

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Tropical Wholefoods

It’s Fairtrade Fortnight, hurrah!  It’s the season when we all have a chance to consider what we buy and where it’s come from.  As we’re munching on some yummy food or dressing ourselves in new clothes in the morning, this is the time for us to have a good think about who is involved in producing some of the things we buy.  Are the workers who pick my bananas being paid properly?  Are the weavers of my new top given a fair wage?

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