Fair Trade
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 Fixing FashionRemaking the Way We Make, Market, and Buy Our Clothes |
With sales of more than US $500 billion a year, the fashion industry is one of the most important sectors of the global economy, employing millions of men, women, and often children in the … | Michael Lavergne | 242 | 2015 | View |
 NEW! Growing and Eating SustainablyAgroecology in Action |
Growing and Eating Sustainably shines light on the process of agroecological transition by showcasing the experiences of growers and eaters in southern Brazil, a country where agrarian movements … | Dana James | 137 | 2021 | View |
 The Fair Trade HandbookBuilding a Better World, Together |
Framed within the common goal of advancing trade justice and South-North solidarity, The Fair Trade Handbook presents a broad interpretation of fair trade and a wide-ranging dialogue between … | Gavin Fridell; Sean McHugh; Zack Gross | 240 | 2021 | View |
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From ForewordFrom: Fixing Fashion |
The foreword begins with a short history of the textile industry in the UK before looking to the ways the textile industry is still exploiting people, especially children around the world, … | Carry Somers | 3 | 2015 | $0.30 Add |
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From NEW! Preface, Forward |
The preface maintains this book is for people who want to learn about agroecology — about the concepts, themes, key writings, and grassroots struggles from which it has emerged to become an … | Dana James | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
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From Why Write a Book on Fair Trade?From: The Fair Trade Handbook |
In the introductory chapter, the editors describe the genesis of the book, its goals, and its structure. | Gavin Fridell; Sean McHugh; Zach Gross | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From A Lively Bean that Brightens LivesFrom: The Fair Trade Handbook |
This illustrated chapter tells the story of Ethiopian coffee in comicbook form. | Bill Barrett and Curt Shoultz | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From NEW! Introducing Agroecology and Food Systems Transitions |
This chapter outlines the critical food supply issues associated with Covid-19 that made headlines daily across the globe and highlighted the vulnerabilities of the modern food system. The … | Dana James | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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From IntroductionFrom: Fixing Fashion |
The introduction begins with a look at the author’s early career in the fashion industry, particularly, the international sourcing of Hanes brand clothing. The author introduces some key … | Michael Lavergne | 10 | 2015 | $1.00 Add |
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From ColonialismHow Unfair Trade Changed the World From: The Fair Trade Handbook |
This chapter provides a short history of colonialism, and describes how the economic benefits of colonialism flowed from the colonized to the colonizers, especially through a process of resource … | A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From Manchester to MumbaiFrom: Fixing Fashion |
In Manchester to Mumbai, the author explains his path to the fashion industry before delving into the following topics: the roots of global trade; labor, guilds and slavery; the India trade and … | Michael Lavergne | 22 | 2015 | $2.20 Add |
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From NEW! The Industrial Food System: Contradictions and Crises |
This chapter looks at the industrial food system — its origins and the problems it generates — which casts yet more doubt on the conventional wisdom that industrial agriculture is the … | Dana James | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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From To Make and MarketFrom: Fixing Fashion |
In To Make and Market, the author explains the clothing production and marketing processes through his experiences. He covers the following topics: structuring of large corporations such as Sara … | Michael Lavergne | 41 | 2015 | $4.10 Add |
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From Trade Is Not Gender NeutralFrom: The Fair Trade Handbook |
In this chapter, the authors describe the ways in which inequality is related to the uneven ways in which women and men are incorporated into the global economy. Some trade can place women-run … | Laura Macdonald and Nadia Ibrahim | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Where Does Agroecological Food Come From |
This chapter begins by considering food produced by the industrial food system that has been called “food from nowhere". In contrast, agroecological food comes from … | Dana James | 38 | 2021 | $3.80 Add |
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From Alphabet SoupFrom: Fixing Fashion |
In Alphabet Soup, the author begins to examine his process of engaging with the darkers aspects of the global fashion industry, such as child labor, global trade agreements and their impacts, … | Michael Lavergne | 36 | 2015 | $3.60 Add |
