Established in 2004, Fair Go Trading continues to work with Fair Trade groups - now for over fifteen years. We have brought to market hundreds of handmade artisan products to Australia and New Zealand, supporting artisan families in developing nations.

Matr Boomie began in 2006 with the mission of creating opportunities for women and minorities to realize their creative, economic and leadership potential.

Earth Greetings is an Australian-based wholesale Greetings Cards and Stationery collection that uses 100% post-consumer recycled paper stock and vegetable based inks in the production of beautiful sustainable products.

Jute is a long, soft, shiny bast fiber that can be spun into coarse, strong threads. It is produced from flowering plants in the genus Corchorus, which is in the mallow family Malvaceae.

The primary source of the fiber is Corchorus olitorius. The jute fiber comes from the stem and ribbon (outer skin) of the jute plant. The fibers are first extracted by retting.

The retting process consists of bundling jute stems together and immersing them in slow running water. There are two types of retting: stem and ribbon. After the retting process, stripping begins; women and children usually do this job

The World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO) prescribes 10 Principles that Fair Trade Organisations must follow in their day-to-day work.

Principle One: Creating Opportunities for Economically Disadvantaged Producers.Poverty reduction through trade forms a key part of the organisation's aims. The organisation supports marginalised small producers, whether these are 

Videos About Fair Trade and Fairtrade, Ethical Fashion

Fair Trade - A system that uses 2 words, Fair Trade. Most interactions concern craft.

The Western Australia Fair Trade Collective (WAFTC) are a group of organizations, community members, retailers and wholesalers that actively promote Fair Trade in Western Australia (WA).  Currently in our 14th year, we are volunteers that aim to:

Light Up Fair Trade - World Fair Trade Day, May 11, 2019, as part of Western Australia Fair Trade Week. 2019. We need more photographs from this evening, if you have please send along!

Jing Song and Peter Zuvela took these fab photos of the Fair Trade Fashion Festival - this event was part of Western Australia Fair Trade Week 2019. Jing’s photographs are before the black and white image, Peter’s photographs follow.

Bell making is an ancient Indian craft with enchanting origins.

Our bells are made by a Muslim community in the north-west of India, where both men and women are involved in creating the bells from recycled "lifeless" metal using craftsmanship passed down through generations.

Throughout the world, embroidery art forms were developed by women as a way to embellish their clothing and household items. In many cultures, embroideries were considered so special that they were traditionally given as dowries. In India, many girls grow up learning the craft from the women in their families

The Alpaca (Vicugna pacos) is a domesticated species of the South American camelid. It resembles a small llama. Alpacas are kept in herds and graze on the level heights of the: Andes of Ecuador, southern Peru, northern Bolivia and northern Chile - at an altitude of 3500 to 5000 metres above sea level.

Have you ever wondered where your hemp wallet or jute string bag comes from? I mean really comes from, in its raw, natural state?

We absolutely love sourcing natural fibre products at Fair Go Trading and bringing them to conscious shoppers all over Australia. We have been doing so since 

Block printing is an ancient art form practiced in India for centuries. Simply described, block printing is applying colour onto fabric in patterns that make up a design, using wooden blocks. It’s a traditional artform, creating beautifully and intricately design of patterns onto cloth.

Modern Design Sensibility with Inspirational Art Forms. Matr Boomie is distributed by Fair Go Trading in Australia and New Zealand.

Matr Boomie is a Fair Trade exclusive wholesale collection that marries modern design sensibility with inspiring traditional art forms

The Western Australia Fair Trade Collective has received their first pictures and a video of this jute braiding machine. Funds raised at the Light Up Fair Trade event in May 2019 on World Fair Trade Day, went toward toward this project - take a look!

The Western Australia Fair Trade Collective (WAFTC) is putting on some exciting events in Fremantle this May to showcase and celebrate all things Fair Trade.

 

Light Up Fair Trade
Saturday May 11th, 6:30pm - 10:30pm, East Fremantle Bowling Club 

Local community Fair Fashion advocates are hosting a celebration for community, culture, and craft. It looks like a great afternoon experience to explore fair fashion alongside like minded people - all who are united by a passion for sustainable and ethical practices and conscious design.

Fair Trade artisans from the desertous Kutch region - a district in the Indian State of Gujarat, manually cut and hammer the metal to hand-shape the bells, then coat them in powdered brass and copper before firing in kilns. Each rustic bell is then tuned to reveal a rich, resonate unique sound like no other bell

BANGLADESH

Wikipedia: The national flag of Bangladesh (Bengali: বাংলাদেশের জাতীয় পতাকা) was adopted officially on 17 January 1972. The red disc is for the sun rising over Bengal. It also is for the blood of those who died for the independence of Bangladesh. The green field stands for the lu

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