Activity C

What effects does Fair trade have on the environment?

Key Questions:

• What positive effects does Fair trade have on the environment?
• What does Fair trade discourage in relation to the environment?
• What does Fair trade encourage in relation to the environment?
• Why is deforistation bad for the environment?
• Why is organic farming good for the environment?

Step 1

Check out the blogster below which includes pictures, facts and videos which will help you to identify links between Fair trade and the environment. :)



Step 2

Read the case study below based on the life of a banana farmer named George de Freitas. George mentions how Fair trade benefits his local environment.

• http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/kidsweb/banana/george.htm

Step 3