FOUR CORNERS OFFERS FREE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Are you concerned about issues of justice and sustainability? Do you want to understand and promote an understanding of the costs behind the price tags of the products marketed in the U.S.? If so, you might want to join us in educating others about Fair Trade, immigration and sustainability. Here’s what we have to offer at NO COST to you or your organization:
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A Speakers’ Bureau
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Award-winning documentaries (and we’ve paid the public-viewing rights!)
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Northwest Earth Institute (NWEI) programs
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Lists of highly recommended books about the environment, nature and sustainability for pre-school, elementary and middle school readers
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Curriculum development support and materials for public and private elementary and secondary education instructors
If any of these educational offerings are of interest to you, please click on the offering to read
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profiles of speakers. If you want to reserve a speaker, complete the “Speaker Request Form”, which follows the speaker list.
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profiles of films-some containing the option of viewing a trailer. If you want to reserve a film for viewing, call the store: 414.443.9606.
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explanations of NWEI’s sustainability programs.
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a Fair Trade PowerPoint for the conscious consumer Fair Trade Power Point ( A large PDF file -slow loading)
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brochures about fair trade and sustainability: Fair Trade and Sustainability, Fair Trade & Children Brochure, 4 Panel Market Exploitation Brochure, Eat Local, Eat Fair Brochure
Interested in inspiring the next generation to be caring stewards of the environment? Check out the fiction and nonfiction lists of award-winning books for children and young adults on the subject of sustainability. Click on the Sustainability Books tab for information on books available for young readers at your local library.
Teachers can download Fair Trade and sustainability curricula from the following websites:
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Global Exchange http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/cocoa/fairtradeintheclassroom.html
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Equal Exchange http://www.equalexchange.coop/educationaltools
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International Labor Rights http://www.laborrights.org/stop-child-labor/cocoa-campaign/resources/10682
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Fair Trade Sports http://fairtradesports.com/2009/09/09/back-to-school-curriculum/
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Fair Trade USA http://getinvolved.transfairusa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=GiftsTF_curriculum/
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Green Schools Initiative http://www.labor-religion.org/images/Fairtrade-Curriculum-Resources-6Dec10.pdf
Four Corners wins 2011 Fair Trade Federation Education Award
Best Public Education Program
Please click on the following link to read the entire press release:
2011 Public Education Press Release
For any other information, please communicate your questions and/or needs through the Contact Us form.
