Figure : Banners across Campus Figure : I Support Fair Trade Banner in the University Centre Fair Trade Awareness: Fair Trade Events: Over the past year, the Engineers Without Borders chapter as well as other volunteers across campus have put together numerous events to increase awareness for Fair Trade. Key events include putting together a workshop about Fair Trade during Sustainability Week on Campus (EWB Chapter, March 2013), two Valentine’s Day chocolate selling events in which over 300 Camino’s chocolate bars were sold (Collaboration between EWB, Margaret Virani and the Sustainability Office, Feb 2013 and 2014), a My Fair Halloween chocolate selling event (EWB, Oct 2013), a Fair Trade banana selling event (Sept 2013) and a workshop about Fair Trade during the Student Volunteers Connections Conference (EWB, Jan 2014). Key events are described in more detail below. In addition, the Sustainability Office is working with EWB to allow clubs to make their events “Fair Trade Events”, in which the Sustainability Office would set up a list of criteria for conferences/events in which clubs would abide by in exchange for the clubs getting a 20% reimbursement on their coffee/tea costs (ex. they would have to give a short blurb about the university being a Fair Trade Campus as well as put up the Fair Trade logo on their signs/postersp). Numerous clubs on campus have already expressed interest towards hosting Fair Trade Events. * All coffee and teas for events are provided by Hospitality Services and are already Fair Trade Certified. Banana Selling Event: Around 100 Fair Trade Certified Bananas by EWB were sold in September 2013 on campus at Branion Plaza. EWB also gave out info about Fair Trade by giving a Fair Trade fun fact with each banana and having discussions with students about Fair Trade.
Figure : Banners across Campus Figure : I Support Fair Trade Banner in the University Centre Fair Trade Awareness: Fair Trade Events: Over the past year, the Engineers Without Borders chapter as well as other volunteers across campus have put together numerous events to increase awareness for Fair Trade. Key events include putting together a workshop about Fair Trade during Sustainability Week on Campus (EWB Chapter, March 2013), two Valentine’s Day chocolate selling events in which over 300 Camino’s chocolate bars were sold (Collaboration between EWB, Margaret Virani and the Sustainability Office, Feb 2013 and 2014), a My Fair Halloween chocolate selling event (EWB, Oct 2013), a Fair Trade banana selling event (Sept 2013) and a workshop about Fair Trade during the Student Volunteers Connections Conference (EWB, Jan 2014). Key events are described in more detail below. In addition, the Sustainability Office is working with EWB to allow clubs to make their events “Fair Trade Events”, in which the Sustainability Office would set up a list of criteria for conferences/events in which clubs would abide by in exchange for the clubs getting a 20% reimbursement on their coffee/tea costs (ex. they would have to give a short blurb about the university being a Fair Trade Campus as well as put up the Fair Trade logo on their signs/postersp). Numerous clubs on campus have already expressed interest towards hosting Fair Trade Events. * All coffee and teas for events are provided by Hospitality Services and are already Fair Trade Certified. Banana Selling Event: Around 100 Fair Trade Certified Bananas by EWB were sold in September 2013 on campus at Branion Plaza. EWB also gave out info about Fair Trade by giving a Fair Trade fun fact with each banana and having discussions with students about Fair Trade.
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