Win a Fairtrade T-Shirt & £150 Gift Card!

Topman continues to support Fairtrade Fortnight. This year Topman are taking a step for cotton farmers in Cameroon. Head over to fairtrade.org.uk/step to see how you can support Fairtrade in 2012.

For your chance to win the above Fairtrade t-shirt and a £150 Topman gift card:

1. Register your step with Fairtrade (can be as small as spreading the Fairtrade word) fairtrade.org.uk/step (Click 'Add Your Step' then 'Steps I have taken Myself').

2. COMMENT BELOW what step you plan to take for Fairtrade in 2012.

Our panel of judges from Fairtrade will pick a winner. Competition closes: 4/3/12.

Comments

[Tarifrechner Gas]

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[Jordan Lewis Windeatt]

I plan on buying more Fairtrade chocolate!! .. I also just added "Fairtrade" to my browser's dictionary.

[craig]

I have found out more about fair trade, and during fair trade fortnight i am trying to replace as many products i can shopping that i usually buy with fair trade alternatives.

[Carla Morris]

I have taught the children the value of adding fairtrade to our shopping basket and now we replace any items we can with the fairtrade logo :) if we teach the children then the next generation will be better educated in the subject

[Ruth Tesdale]

In 2012 I plan to discover new Fairtrade products to try.

[Richard B]

I plan to go bananas for Fairtraide - and buy fairtrade fruit!

[Stevie t]

Will definately be buying Fairtrade stuff now

[Karen McIntosh]

I plan to buy more fairtrade products to help support the farmers and workers.

[steven]

I plan on spreading the fairtrade word to my students while working as an English teacher here in Spain this year. I will do some presentations and show them the effects of Fairtrade commerce. :)

[sandra smith]

I have spread the word with all my Facebook friends!

[MaddalenaMad]

I plan to buy more fairtrade foods.will be buying bananas and chocolates today.xx

[lans achilles viray]

buying fairtrade products and spreading the word is a simple step towards achieving fairness and equality. Viva fairtrade.

[Collum Doherty]

I have watched a few documentaries about the issues that are resolved when Fairtrade is put in place, I have bought Fairtrade products such as chocolate, coffee and clothing, and I find it feels better buying these as I know they have been produced by a far more happier community elsewhere on earth.

I also went to Honduras last summer and the company Operation Wallecea who we went with, worked with local communities to produce Fairtrade products within a cloud forest area of the country, these products have been dispatched to the UK and will soon be hopefully sold in all major supermarkets.

[Derek Lean]

I read last night about PureDKNY helping women get out of financial poverty by growing vanilla beans for DKNY to use in their products, so as soon as they do a man's PureDKNY, I intend to buy some.

[Qamar Zaman]

It just makes sense to ensure people are not exploited for the sake of cheap goods and it is unethical to make profits at the cost of others suffering. So I will continue to support Fairtrade as I have done in the past.

[RyanJamesCooper]

I recently tried beer that was made using Fairtrade sugar, and will not go back! I am now going to try and make sure I buy as many Fairtrade products as I can.

[tekpallimbu]

How weird is this? I and my mate are travelling down london now and we were talking about fairtrade symbol on th Cadbury,s chochos. And now I am reading about this competition about fairtrade :/ weeeeird d

[Chris Ramento]

I plan to keep my eye out for all Fairtrade products to purchase.

[daniel welsh]

I have spread the word about fair trade on social networking sites to over 3000 followers on twitter and 2000 friends on Facebook to help raise awareness! i have also donated to the fair trade foundation. this year i also plan on changing my coffee to fair trade my clothes my fruit and my chocolate!!!!!

[Aljosha]

I live in a rather urban area where the misconception persists that small, local farmers are solely present on the countryside and it would take you ages to ever reach them to buy a product there. That is wrong. I noticed an increasing number of small, local farmers in urban surroundings as well. Not only are their products way better than when you buy them at your supermarket around the corner, but surprisingly, they are sometimes even cheaper. This surprised me, and many others I've told about this. Therefore, my contribution to Fairtrade in 2012 will be to continue spreading the word about such innovative initiatives and raising awareness about local, ethical production.

[Sasha Perera]

This is an innovative blog, I really like where Fair trade is going, hope it reaches out to other countries as well!

[Nikki Webber]

I have started to buy fairtrade chocolate (we eat a lot of chocolate) an also have just bought some fairtrade tea yeterday - yet to try it but im hopeful it will be lovely and will be a small step towards helping out

[Alice Boardman]

I buy more Fairtrade all the time, particularly coffee, chocolate and wine. But the change I have made recently is when I write my shopping list to not just write the item, but add Fairtrade on my list against a couple of things that are importnat to me, as a reminder and motivator to select that one. Its easy to get swayed when in store and forget your motivations.

[Aaron Whity]

Well I went a bit mad with my steps and would call them more leaps and bounds! Firstly we had a cake sale raising money for oxfam but we used ALL fairtrade ingredients (some harder to find than others!) served with a choice of Clipper fairtrade tea, coffee or hot chocolate!

[Neill Cooney]

Im Going to Have A Fair Trade Coffee Morning In My College Flat . With Fair Trade Tea Coffee, Suggar and Chocolate !!!