Contributing writer, Safia Minney, Founder and Director of People Tree, argues that we must make and buy clothes while being […]
THE TRUE COST
Issue 12, Spring 2016
In this issue we focus on the apparel industry, both the huge human and environmental costs of its abuses, and the potential it has to transform livelihoods and marginalized communities. We also return to the climate crisis and view several possible approaches to address its impact on our world: small-scale farmer solutions that are working and some market-based solutions that aren’t. Finally, we look at a few communities striving for a more just economy. Read how a Latin American fair trade universities initiative is building powerful programs to create true transformation, and how a community is tackling issues of racial and economic equity in their local food cooperative.
ARTICLES
INTRODUCTION by Fair World Project The demand for certified organic and fair trade products is growing steadily. Consumers want assurance […]
Contributing Writer Kerstin Lindgren Free trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) […]
The industrial food system is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Industrial agriculture practices like Concentrated Animal […]
Contributing Writer LaDonna Redmond Seward Community Co-op is a 42-year-old natural food cooperative located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Seward Co-op has […]
Sweden Freezes Payments in Carbon Trade Deal Following Exposé on Global Company that has Cheated Local Communities and the Environment […]
Introduction: Students can be powerful catalysts for change, both internally on their own campuses as well as externally by shifting […]
The film The True Cost is a story about clothing. It is about the clothes we wear, the people who […]
