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Projecting Change Festival launches breakfast film series with BUYER BE FAIR

Interests:Climate Change, Green Lifestyle, Social Change

Type:Community & Activism

Start Time:Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 9:00am

End Time:Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 11:30am

Location:2110 Burrard St., Vancouver, British Columbia

Summary:Projecting Change Film Festival is launching a morning breakfast screening and speaker series with BUYER BE FAIR

Event Description

Projecting Change launches new Breakfast Film Series with Buyer Be Fair - July 17

A provocative film with Fair Trade breakfast, inspiring speakers and fun giveaways.

Date: Saturday, July 17

Time: 9:00am Breakfast + Fair Trade Coffee / 10:00am movie

Location: Fifth Avenue Cinemas, 2110 Burrard Street

Film: Buyer Be Fair: The Promise of Product Certification (60mins / USA)

Tickets: $15, $20. Includes film, discussion, breakfast and Fair Trade coffee and bananas.


ABOUT THE FILM:

BUYER BE FAIR looks at two major trade goods—timber and coffee—to understand how product certification works. In isolated villages in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, some of the answers emerge. A community’s timber is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) as produced in a just and sustainable manner. A cooperative product, Fair Trade, Shade-Grown, Organic coffee finds growing market in the US. We see how these communities are benefiting from certification and what the obstacles are to broadening its scope.

Our look at certification takes us to countries around the world. We travel to the Netherlands (where the fair trade idea began twenty years ago), Germany, and England, to see how Fair Trade is winning commitments from cities and provinces as well as individual retailers. We can globalize in ways that treat people fairly and respect the environment. Lushly photographed and filled with compelling stories BUYER BE FAIR shows how consumers and retailers can make choices that make a difference.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:

Stacey Toews, Co-owner of Level Ground Trading and founder of Fair Trade Concepts.
Jeff Geipel, Executive Director, Fair Trade Vancouver
Roxanne Cave, Manager, Ten Thousand Villages

ABOUT PROJECTING CHANGE:

Projecting Change is an innovative organization that focuses on promoting Green and Sustainable Living through the use of entertaining & educational Film. Through the strategic use of engaging films and inspiring speakers we aim to increase awareness and promote change within our local community. Through these efforts all profits are invested back into local initiatives. www.projectingchange.ca

Visit http://www.2mevents.com/basic-event/75/store to learn more and register.

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