It is a harsh reality that we are able to buy the things we do, at the prices we enjoy, because those who are making or producing them are not being paid a proper wage by the large companies that own them.

But are there alternatives, and is there anything that we can do about it?

Good Websites


Banana Link | www.bananalink.org.uk

Cred Jewellery | www.credjewellery.com




Good Contacts


Ethical Consumer magazine | 01612 262 929 | www.ethicalconsumer.org
Unit 21, 41 Old Birley Street, Manchester, M15 5RF


Ethical Trading Initiative | 020 7841 5180 | www.ethicaltrade.org
2nd floor, Cromwell House, 14 Fulwood Place, London, WC1V 6HZ


The Fairtrade Foundation | 020 7405 5942 | www.fairtrade.org.uk
Room 204, 16 Baldwin's Gardens, London, EC1N 7RJ


Labour Behind the Label (for information on clothes and toys) | 01603 666 160 | lbl@gn.apc.org
38 Exchange Street, Norwich, NR2 1AX


Traidcraft | 01914 910 591 | www.traidcraft.co.uk
Kingsway, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE11 0NE


TransFair USA | 510 663 5260 | www.transfairusa.org
1500 Broadway, Suite 400, Oakland, CA 94612



Good Book


Fighting the Banana Wars and other Fair Trade Battles | H. Lamb
How we took on the corporate giants to change the world