Slowly, but surely.

[eumelia]

Slowly my bleeding heart is entering the consciousness of my household.

Daddy, of his own volition, mentioned that we should stop drinking coffee at home. I quickly shook my head in the negative, stating that coffee is an essential part of my diet and that my quality of life and of everyone else living with me would suffer. He told me that he read an article about the conditioned of the coffee bean pickers and the how Nestle (among others) was exploiting people in South America, Africa etc.

I mentioned that if he feels bad for the people being exploited in coffee industry we should stop buying chocolate, for the conditions are very similar and I mentioned various other consumer products that are known for exploitation.

He asked seeing as i know so much about it what it is we can do. I mentioned that there are free trade products available in Israel (outside of Tel Aviv) and that they almost the same price as "regular" products and that if he's serious about we can start buying free trade coffee and begin making this household much more Earth Friendly.
Mummy rolled her eyes, but said it wasn't a bas idea.

"Yay" for raising awareness!

In addition, the genocide in Darfur must be stopped.

וכמו כן, צריך לעצור את רצח העם בדרפור.

Comments

Very good!

[assafr.livejournal.com]

I just bought Fair Trade coffe for my machinatte at Ilan's, I think it's even a little cheaper than the "regular" coffee - not that it should matter much.

[antongarou.livejournal.com]

Any idea where I can find free trade chocolate in TA area?Especially highly concentrated ones?Chocolate is my medium of choice for caffeine intake, and I need lots of it to study properly.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Here's the website of Green Action, they have a list of stores that carry fair trade goods (not just what they show on the page).

http://www.greenaction.org.il/fair.php