The Glossary: Fair Trade

The 11th of May celebrates Fair Trade – a truly global movement. Over a million small-scale producers and workers are organised in as many as 3,000 grassroots organisations in over 70 countries. Fair Trade is not only concerned with trading, but also just working conditions, local sustainability, and self-deveoplment opportunities for farmers and workers in...

How will Brexit affect the environment?

The UK left the EU this past Friday, and so began the transition period that will last until 31 December, 2020. That date is non-negotiable, so the UK has only those 11 months to negotiate and then finalise everything. Part of that means the UK will remove itself from its current environmental obligations enforced by...