Cotton On! A One Day Conference
Saturday 9th May 2009, World Fairtrade Day
Council House, College Green, Bristol
Cost
£12 full / £8 concessions, including lunch
how to book:
Tickets are sold as a product on the Bishopston Trading Company website. Please go to this link to make your booking > > >
A registration form and further details will be sent to you by email.
Programme
9.30 Registration and refreshments
10.00 Introduction and welcome
Key issues for the day – Lucy Siegle
10.15 Cotton Complexities - David Hiatt, MD Howies
10.30 Main case study from Mali- Hannah Durrant, Oxfam
10.45 Small, local, sustainable – Carolyn Whitwell, Bishopston Trading
11.0 Coffee and refreshments
11.30 Workshop choice 1
- Is Fairtrade enough? – Vanessa Parr (FT Foundation), Claire Durkin (BERR/DFID)
- Organic – myths and realities – Robin Maynard (Soil Association), Simon Ferrigno (PAN) and Damien san Filippo (Organic Exchange)
- From Plant to Product – Sam Mayer (Labour Behind the Label), Monica Philbrick (Traidcraft), Gillian Lipton (Monsoon)
- Ethical design – Abi Petit, (Gossypium), Chris Vandrill (Howies) and Tamsin Blanchard(Ethical Fashion forum), contributors
12.45 Lunch – Fairtrade, local and Organic buffet
1.30 Workshop choice 2
2.45 Coffee
3.0 Plenary debate with expert panel, chaired by Barbara Crowther, Fairtrade Foundation
3.50 Speed Actionning – like dating, but with positive action!
4.25 Evaluation and depart
Tags: careers, conference, employment, fairtrade, sustainability, work
April 16th, 2009 at 10:58 am
Nice one Ethical Junction. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good women to do nothing.” Edwina Burke
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