Comments on: Filters and a Free cup of Fairtrade coffee http://www.fairtradeblogger.com/blog/2008/02/29/filters-and-a-free-cup-of-fairtrade-coffee/ Let's make Life Fair! Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:32:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: melisa treasure http://www.fairtradeblogger.com/blog/2008/02/29/filters-and-a-free-cup-of-fairtrade-coffee/#comment-24 melisa treasure Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:25:01 +0000 http://www.fairtradeblogger.com/blog/2008/02/29/filters-and-a-free-cup-of-fairtrade-coffee/#comment-24 I am asking our library to order it and I have told a few people about it. I will post up the blog address in our local organic grocer on their notice board and elsewhere. M.T. I am asking our library to order it and I have told a few people about it. I will post up the blog address in our local organic grocer on their notice board and elsewhere. M.T.

]]> By: melisa treasure http://www.fairtradeblogger.com/blog/2008/02/29/filters-and-a-free-cup-of-fairtrade-coffee/#comment-21 melisa treasure Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:54:00 +0000 http://www.fairtradeblogger.com/blog/2008/02/29/filters-and-a-free-cup-of-fairtrade-coffee/#comment-21 The blog is a brilliant idea. I voted for no 3, but they have convinced me that I should vote for no. 2: i.e. companies who do not simply make a token gesture towards being Fair Trade. This seems only a cynical nod in the direction of Fair Trade for gaining profits, not for genuinely humanitarian reasons. The blog is a brilliant idea. I voted for no 3, but they have convinced me that I should vote for no. 2: i.e. companies who do not simply make a token gesture towards being Fair Trade. This seems only a cynical nod in the direction of Fair Trade for gaining profits, not for genuinely humanitarian reasons.

]]> By: Georgie http://www.fairtradeblogger.com/blog/2008/02/29/filters-and-a-free-cup-of-fairtrade-coffee/#comment-17 Georgie Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:29:37 +0000 http://www.fairtradeblogger.com/blog/2008/02/29/filters-and-a-free-cup-of-fairtrade-coffee/#comment-17 'cos money makes the world go round, the world go round, the world go round.... :-( ‘cos money makes the world go round, the world go round, the world go round…. :-(

]]> By: Magdalen http://www.fairtradeblogger.com/blog/2008/02/29/filters-and-a-free-cup-of-fairtrade-coffee/#comment-16 Magdalen Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:55:05 +0000 http://www.fairtradeblogger.com/blog/2008/02/29/filters-and-a-free-cup-of-fairtrade-coffee/#comment-16 I agree wholeheartedly with Georgie's comment. Feel quite cynically that companies like Nestles are just trying to get on the band wagon and don't want to lose customers. Why can't there simply be a law to source ll products ethically...or is that simply too simple... I agree wholeheartedly with Georgie’s comment. Feel quite cynically that companies like Nestles are just trying to get on the band wagon and don’t want to lose customers.

Why can’t there simply be a law to source ll products ethically…or is that simply too simple…

]]> By: georgie http://www.fairtradeblogger.com/blog/2008/02/29/filters-and-a-free-cup-of-fairtrade-coffee/#comment-15 georgie Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:29:24 +0000 http://www.fairtradeblogger.com/blog/2008/02/29/filters-and-a-free-cup-of-fairtrade-coffee/#comment-15 What a brilliant blog! How great to be able to have someone else try and test and report back for us! I am sure that lots and lots more people would buy ethically if someone else made the choices easier. People want to do the right thing but don't necessarily have the time or interest in it! We are living in a society where kids think bananas come from Sainsbury's after all. My opinion is that all coffee/tea/sugar etc etc companies should be prepared to source all their products ethically. Why this is even up for debate says a lot about our society - is it sheer lack of humanity, or a simple detachment from what we consume, where it came from and how it found its way to us? Until mainstream companies do this I will only buy from small exclusively fair trade outlets whenever possible. I don't want Nestle to reap more profits from me simply because they have made a half hearted attempt to keep us ethical consumers on side. great site - keep it up! What a brilliant blog! How great to be able to have someone else try and test and report back for us! I am sure that lots and lots more people would buy ethically if someone else made the choices easier. People want to do the right thing but don’t necessarily have the time or interest in it! We are living in a society where kids think bananas come from Sainsbury’s after all.

My opinion is that all coffee/tea/sugar etc etc companies should be prepared to source all their products ethically. Why this is even up for debate says a lot about our society - is it sheer lack of humanity, or a simple detachment from what we consume, where it came from and how it found its way to us? Until mainstream companies do this I will only buy from small exclusively fair trade outlets whenever possible. I don’t want Nestle to reap more profits from me simply because they have made a half hearted attempt to keep us ethical consumers on side.

great site - keep it up!

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