IDEA

Last week was an important time for IDEA's Global Educator in Residence Programme. Our Global Educators visited 10 IDEA members around the country and participated in a public seminar attended by members and interested friends.

Susan Gallwey, Waterford One World Centre

Fairtrade Fortnight is here once again, and over the next two weeks we will see Fairtrade getting a lot of media coverage.  Last year, our proudly-Fairtrade City of Waterford ‘went bananas’ and this year there will be a Mad Hatter’s Fairtrade Tea Party.  Young people seem to relate easily to Fairtrade, and not just because it’s about chocolate!  I think students are attracted to Fairtrade because they can see that their actions can make a difference: the simple act of buying a FT chocolate bar can have a real and positive impact on a cocoa producer in Africa.