World Fair Trade Day

Today is World Fair Trade Day. Support it, live it, not just today, but every day. Buy fair trade, be fair trade! Think about, believe in and pray for those who are affected when things are not fair trader, when they are at the wrong end of the deal and struggle with their homes, businesses and lives.


Find out more here.


Paolo Nutini teamed up with Cadbury for Fair Trade Fortnight last year and released this song which I love:







There was another song I wanted to share with you by Get Cape Wear Cape Fly. It's called Open Your Eyes but I can't find it anywhere for you to listen to online. So instead here are the lyrics, very appropriate for World Fair Trade Day, and if you can find it anywhere yourself, enjoy listening to it!


You say it's fair, a labour source for the masses,
providing cheap garments we can sell and brand,
as a new and hopeful answer to an existence so bland.
Open your eyes, as you don't need to buy.
You do not have to be a coat hanger for a corporation in a market that's lost the plot.
You decide if it's worth having their blood on your hands just to weat the latest Nikes.
Open your eyes, as you don't need to buy.
If I had a cape, that made me dissapear,
I'd fly around the world foro days just so I could hear,
the rich count their dimes whilst the Africans cry,
andn record it on a tape and stream it high across the sky.
Open your eyes, as you don't need to buy it