Earth Hour

On Saturday the 31st of March, this weekend, Earth Hour is being held.
Earth Hour is an event made to create awareness of overuse of electricity and protecting the environment. From 8:30pm to 9:30pm, the idea is that lights, power, TVs, and pretty much everything else electronic that you used is switched off. Light some candles. And be part of something amazingly special. This is an international event, and I think that everyone should hop on board. If you're interested, you can check out the site @ http://www.earthhour.org/

Also, don't forget our next annual Odd Sock Wednesday is next week - would love to see some photos on our Facebook page! So get ready to get out the odd socks next week!

Live Below the Line

Some of your may have heard of live below the line - a business week challenge where the rules are simple - you may only spend $2 on food a day for each of the 5 days! This event is held by the Oaktree Foundation, and we are encouraging everyone to get involved!

Find the website to sign up here.

So sign up and tell your friends to sponsor you and get involved as well!

Thanks

Thanks to everyone who joined in for Fairtrade February - keep on eating Fairtrade chocolate, drinking Fairtrade coffee, and living Fartrade lives.
                     But now its time for our 9th Odd Sock Wednesday. The rules of Odd Sock Wednesday are simple: on the first Wednesday of each month, wear your odd and old socks proudly for those who cannot afford any socks.
Also, if you are a member of our Facebook page (see right), post us a photo of your Odd Socks :)

Our Final Fairtrade February

Thanks for supporting Fairtrade chocolate, coffe shops, and towns over the past three weeks!
But we are now up to the final Fairtrade February challenge: are YOU Fairtrade?

Does your pantry stock Fairtrade coffe? Or Fairtrade chocolate?
Do you purchase Fairtrade products, or support Fairtrade events?
Do you shop at a local Fairtrade grocer? Or buy gifts at an 'Oxfam' shop?

For this final Fairtrade February week, to find out where you can find Fairtrade clothes, food, and lots of different kinds of shops, we are using a wonderful website called 'Fairly local'.
'Fairly local' is like the yellow pages for shops stocking Fairtrade products. You can find the website here.

Thankyou for participating in Fairtrade February, and good luck becoming a Fairtrade person! :)

FAIRTRADE FRIDAY No: 3

Week two - the week of Fairtrade Coffee is drawing to a close, and the third Fairtrade Friday Mission is here: Is your town Fairtrade?
Is your City Council Fairtrade like Launceston in Tasmania?

Why not go and find out - talk to a local politician about the possibility of following Launceston in becoming Fairtrade! Write letters, send emails, respond to surveys, make phone calls, and spread the word! Even better, between your friends, family and neighbours sign a petition and send it off to your City Council!

This week is about eating Fairtrade Chocolate, drinking Fairtrade Coffee, and making your favourite chocolate, your favourite coffee, and your town Fairtrade! :)

Fairtrade Friday No:2

Thanks everyone for eating Fairtrade chocolate over the past 7 days!
Continue supporting the chocolate, but now theres another challenge to take on board: Is your Coffee Shop Fairtrade?

- Does it stock Fairtrade Coffe?
- Do you in your pantry?
- Or Fairtrade chocolate?

If not, go somewhere else for your daily snack. Tell them that you're not going anymore because its not Fairtrade.

SOME POPULAR FAIRTRADE COFFE SHOPS:

(These shops stock Fairtrade products)


HOBART

Devlish Espresso
Oomph!

Know any others, post here or on our Facebook page.

SYDNEY

Thyme
Pulsation
Sugar Bean Cafe
Jamaica Blue
Crunch Cafe
Wild Bean Cafe

Know any others, post here or on our Facebook page.

MELBOURNE


Reel Food For You
Soul Soup Cafe
Cafe 166
Streat
Stax
More Than Fresh

Know any others, post here or on our Facebook page.

BRISBANE


Bleeding Heart
coffee2day
Bunker Cafe

Know any others, post here or on our Facebook page.

PERTH


Piccos Ktichen
Jamaica Blue
Wild Bean Cafe
Healthy Temptations Cafe

Know any others, post here or on our Facebook page.

ADELAIDE


Cikolatte
Wild Bean Cafe

Know any others, post here or on our Facebook page.

Good luck Fairtrade Chocolating and now Coffeeing too...... :)

Fairtrade February Friday No: 1

This February our challenges will be about Fairtrade and how we can get involved with promoting it! Each Friday there will be a challenge for the week ahead, each challenge being like a mission - how can you make your world Fairtrade?

Our first Fairtrade February Friday Mission is chocolate based!
We all love chocolate, don't we?! But is your favourite chocolate company Fairtrade?

Cadbury's Dairy Milk Chocolate is one very popular chocolate range, and it is now Fairtrade! This is the starting point - the part where we come in. What we're going to do is simple: complain to our favourite chocolate companies that aren't Fairtrade! We"redoing to contact them, tell them that we won't eat their chocolates, and complain until they give in!!!!!!

OUR BIGGEST TARGETS:

1: Nestlé
(Kit Kat, Milo, etc.)

Phone numbers:

Head Office - (02) 8756 2000

Consumer Services - 1800 025 361

2: Mars
(Mars Bars, M&Ms, etc.)

To send a feedback form to Mars, visit http://www.mars.com/global/about-mars/contact-us.aspx



Those companies are our two major targets, time to get started!

Have a great first week of Fairtrade February!