• WORKSHOP ON CLASS PROJECTS ON “SOCIAL LIFE OF THINGS”: How to Trace Commodities for Fair Trade

    E-216 Ramaop College, 202 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, United States

    Do commodities have lives? How were things around us made? How did they get here? Were all the people involved in creating and bringing them to us treated humanely? How can we, as consumers, make sure what we use in daily life did not involve any inhumane practices? Prof. Murli Natrajan will share with us […]

  • SOCIAL LIFE OF THINGS: How to Trace Commodities for Fair Trade

    H-Wing Auditorium (H-129) Ramaop College, 202 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, United States

    Do commodities have lives? How were things around us made? How did they get here? Were all the people involved in creating and bringing them to us treated humanely? How can we, as consumers, make sure what we use in daily life did not involve any inhumane practices? Prof. Murli Natrajan will share with us […]

  • Recurring

    Fair Trade Book Club Meeting

    This book club meets monthly, on the last Wednesday of the month, from 12pm to 1pm. We will be reading articles/book chapters on various issues related to Fair Trade. This […]

  • Fair Trade Book Club: January

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    This is the Fair Trade Book Club meeting that is open to everyone. You can join one time only or monthly. The links for the readings are listed under the […]

  • Fair Trade Book Club September Monthly Meeting

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    This is our first monthly book club meeting of 2019-2020. We will be discussing and brainstorming this year's plan, including Fair Trade Action Project by Profs. Amanda Roberti and Neriko Doerr. Making Ramapo College a Fair Trade College as well as film screening, conference panels, agenda setting and presentation, and more... are planned. Looking forward […]

  • Film Screening: The True Cost

    H-Wing Auditorium (H-129) Ramaop College, 202 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, United States

    Why are our clothes so cheap nowadays? What are the effects of such low cost on the people who make the clothes? How about on the environment? Come and find out! The documentary film, "The True Cost," will explain how the fast fashion industry works and how we can be part of reducing its human […]