CETNS have been running Fairtrade Fortnight since 2006. We have organised various events in our school as part of the campaigns such as Fairtrade poetry and art competitions, spray painted Fairtrade bananas and roses around the school as a reminder to buy Fairtrade. We also had a Fairtrade cookery demonstration and in 2015 everyone in the school had a mini Fairtrade meal of Fairtrade banana bread and hot chocolate.
Our staff room is a Fairtrade staffroom where we only stock Fairtrade tea and coffee. We became a certified Fairtrade School in 2014. We also held a survey asking the school population about their Fairtrade purchases, which showed very positive results.
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Fairtrade Week 22nd FEBRUARY – 26th February 2021
This year C.E.T.N.S. Fairtrade Week was held on Feb 22nd-26th and the focus was on cocoa. We learnt all about the production of cocoa and as always, reminded ourselves of why it's so important to buy Fairtrade. We had a different approach as we were all remote learning on Seesaw, so we all did various Fairtrade Seesaw activities such as making Fairtrade art, reading Charlie & Lola's But I Do Know ALL about Chocolate, writing about what Fairtrade means to us, looking at production of Fairtrade chocolate etc.
We were very lucky as Lidl and M&S Blanchardstown kindly sponsored us (Lidl €40 & M&S €50) to buy some Fairtrade chocolate for the winners of the Fairtrade art competition and any pupil who made a big effort to buy Fairtrade/write about why it's important to them. We even had a small amount of money left over from the Lidl voucher to buy some FT coffee for the staffroom and compost/bags of vegetable seeds for our school to sow some seeds. So a big thank you to M&S & Lidl.
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Wishing you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas!
If you still have some last minute presents to pick up be sure to check out our Fair Guide to Christmas.
Thank you so much for all of your support throughout 2020, despite how difficult the year has been. Wishing you all a better 2021!
Best wishes,
Fairtrade Ireland
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Fairtrade Focus 25th FEBRUARY – 26th February 2019
This year our two guests are; Sara Montoya from the COOPCAFER coffee co-op in Colombia, and Blas Arismendis Marcelinos for the BANELINO banana co-op in the Dominican Republic.
They will be explaining how they and their communities Create Fairtrade for themselves.
Create Fairtrade – Sustainability In Practice
In these links you will find some practical ways to Create Fairtrade –
- With the Irish Government because they are one of the biggest spenders in Ireland and by asking them for a Fair and Green Procurement Policy
- In Schools – through engaging with our educational materials
- In Colleges – by making your campus a Fairtrade College
- With Irish retailers – because only 9% of bananas sold in Ireland are Fairtrade
- In our Workplaces – because it’s a great way to increase the volume of Fairtrade coffee, tea and other products that are sold
We also hope you find the time and energy to enjoy Creating Fairtrade in fun and enjoyable ways for yourself, family and friends; and thanks for your ongoing support which makes it possible to do everything we are all able to do!
Kind regards,
The Fairtrade Team
Fairtrade Fortnight 26 FEBRUARY – 11 MARCH 2018