Fairtrade Fortnight 2008
A report on the Fairtrade fortnight
Fairtrade Fortnight - 25th February - 9th March 2008
Chiltern Fairtrade Film Festival
the Elgiva,Chesham Monday 3rd & Tuesday 4th March
- Monday - 1pm ‘Black Gold’ plight of the Ethiopian coffee farmers+ panel discussion.
- Monday - 8pm ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ Alm Gore warns about Global Warming+ panel discussion
- Tuesday - 1pm ‘Blood on the Stone’ documentary about the diamond trade
- Tuesday - 8pm ‘Michael Clayton’ - thriller about corporate corruption starring George Clooney
Children's Easter Egg Hunt 10th - 24th March
Fairtrade Easter eggs prizes were present to Scarlett Debbage 6, Alex Lynch 8, and Andrew Washford-Murphy 13, by Robin Benford from Chesham's Waitrose supermarket for spotting the largest number of eggs in Chesham shop windows in the weeks running up to Easter.
The Easter Egg hunt was organised by Jean Pritchard, Chesham Chamber of Trade representative on the Chesham Fairtrade Steering Group.