"As some of you know, Treehugger Dan and Kevin Jackson will be doing the Balaton Swim event on July 25th (weather permitting). The swim is 5.4km. I got to remembering doing mile-swim fundraisers as a kid on the swim team and thought, why can't we do the same thing for this? After some discussion, Kevin and I decided that the Fair Trade Campaign
run by Vedegylet would be the most worthy beneficiary of our efforts.We would like to kindly ask everyone to pledge some forints, whatever they like/can afford. The Fair Trade campaign started in Hungary about 4 years ago, but is still much less known than organic products. The campaign, with help from local businessmen/activists like Treehugger Dan, has now gotten Fair Trade coffee, tea and other products placed at a number major restaurants and offices such as The Office of the Hungarian President, The Green Ombudsman's Office, Arriba Mexican Restaurant, Hunyadi Kisvendeglo, etc.
Of course, the real success will be measured by Hungarian people understanding what Fair Trade is, and converting that into sustainable consumption and consumer awareness. The more people that buy Fair Trade products, and even better, organic Fair Trade, the better for small farmers and craftsmen in the third world, and better for the environment.
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After we complete the swim, we will collect your donations at both the Lazar u and Csengery u. locations of Treehugger Dan's for a week, and give the money over to Vedegylet's Fair Trade Campaign.
Thank you in advance, Dan and Kevin"
Source: treehugger.hu
03.07.2009