Trading For Development

04/11/2024

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Endanger Crafts ....if we don't use it we will loose it....
Ancient crafts: feathers, leather and thatch

The farmer James Rebanks recounts a season he spent on a remote Norwegian island learning the ancient trade of caring for wild Eider ducks and gathering their down. In The Place of Tides he tells the story of Anna, a ‘duck woman’ who helped revive this centuries-old tradition. As he traces the rough pattern of her work and her relationship with the wild, Rebanks reassess his own relationship with his Lake District farm, his family and home.

Alice Robinson is a designer who has never shied away from the inescapable link between agriculture and luxury fashion. In Field Fork Fashion she looks back at the origins of her chosen material, leather, and traces the full life of Bullock 374 from farm to abattoir, tannery to cutting table. And in retelling this story she asks whether it’s possible to create a more transparent, traceable and sustainable system.

There are many crafts classified as ‘endangered’ in Britain, but one that has had a renaissance in the last 50 years is the ancient tradition of thatching. Protections put in place by Historic England in the 1970s not only kickstarted a thatching revival, but also helped save heritage crop varieties. Andrew Raffle from the National Thatching Association says the relationship with local farmers is vital for the tradition, and there are an estimated 600-900 thatchers working today.

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Fairtrade Africa is owned by its members, who are African producer organisations certified against international Fairtrade standards producing traditional export commodities such as coffee, cocoa, tea, cotton, bananas, mango and non-traditional commodities including shea butter and rooibos tea.
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Oxford Brookes was the first ever Fairtrade University and the University of Oxford was awarded a one star Fairtrade University award earlier this year. Leading by example and providing multiple ways for students in Oxford to is part of the City’s commitment too.

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Oxford is famous as a University City - Oxford Brookes University was the first ever Fairtrade University and the University of Oxford was re-accredited as a Fairtrade University (one star!) this year. Providing chances for staff and students to make fair trade choices helps secure the future. Educating on the importance of business and trade that puts people and planet before profit is part of our whole city commitment.
Tom from St John's College and Bart from LMH met yesterday to talk through Fairtrade for the coming academic year. Find Christ Church, Wadham and Green Templeton Colleges as well as Brookes University on the updated Oxford Fairtrade Map https://www.oxfairtrade.org.uk/where-can-i-find-fair-trade-goods/