Fairtrade for Christmas!
This Christmas give a gift that gives in more ways than one. By purchasing any of these wonderful gift ideas featuring Fairtrade Certified™ products, you are helping to empower farmers, workers and communities in developing countries to create a better life. Through its unique approach to fair prices, additional premiums for community and business development and real partnership with producers, Fairtrade is improving lives for millions around the world. For consumers, choosing Fairtrade Certified™ products offers a powerful way to help reduce poverty through our everyday choices, so choose an extra special gift this holiday season!
AUSTRALIA
3Fish
3Fish produces a range of clothing produced to exacting sustainability standards including Fairtrade Certified™, certified organic and carbon neutral, and is an advocate of considered purchasing in order to create a ripple effect of goodness around the globe.
This Christmas, buy two 3Fish womens or mens Fairtrade Certified™ Classic Tees and receive a free 3Fish Fairtrade Certified™ Trooper cap valued at $35! Visit their online shop here.
Pukka Chai
Organic, green and caffeine-free vanilla chai blends by Pukka contain mixes of organic and Fairtrade Certified™ herbs sourced from small, independent farmers around the world. Each is renowned for helping to bring a bit of spice into your life: aromatic cardamom, warming ginger and cinnamon, sweet and soothing licorice and vanilla, and rejuvenating green tea. Email info@organictrader.com.au for stockists.
Cocolo Chocolate
Cocolo is made in Switzerland from the finest Organic and Fairtrade Certified™ ingredients that are produced in the traditional way, with special attention to purity of the product and sustainability of production. Velvety, smooth and delicious, Cocolo is made using evaporated cane juice without any refined sugar, is GMO free, gluten and soy free, and the dark range is dairy free. Visit their website for stockists.
GLO Australia
GLO combine their belief in sustainable consumption & Fairtrade practices with high-quality materials and effective techniques to make great products. Fairtrade Certified™ cotton products available include Striped Towels, hooded spa robes and bed linens. Click here for stockists.
Little White T-Shirt Company
Give an extra special gift this Christmas. For every Fairtrade Certified™ cotton tshirt sold by Little White T-Shirt Company before Christmas Eve, an additional tshirt will be sent to an orphanage in Bali through Foundation 18. Visit their online shop here.
Heart of Chocolate
Heart of Chocolate imports delicious Fairtrade Certified™ Divine Chocolate, made with cocoa from the Kuapa Kokoo cooperative in Ghana. Take a look at the Heart of Chocolate website to see the wide range available.
Oxfam Shop
These hamper baskets from Oxfam Shop feature fantastic Fairtrade Certified™ products and will appeal to any chocolate, tea or coffee lover. So delight your friends, family, employees or clients with these delightful hampers which are perfect for any occasion.Check out the Oxfam Shop website for the full range.
Moselle Clothing
Moselle Clothing is a leading boutique fashion label which designs and produces a range of ethically-produced t-shirts, singlets and bags made by women rescued from situations of human trafficking and slavery. Their new Fairtrade Certified™ cotton range Monsters+Maths has just been released, with whimsical and bold prints designed by local street artist Claire Matthews! Shop the range online here.
Tielka
This Christmas Tielka are offering a special edition Fairtrade Certified™ Organic Mulled Christmas tea! The tea tastes like Christmas pudding can be served with sugar or honey. There is a limited quantity available so head over to the Tielka website now!
Universal Village
Universal Village have three great hampers on offer this Christmas: the Safari Barista Hamper for friends with a penchant for adventure and fine foods; the Mixed Bag Hamper for those friends who love to try a bit of everything (pictured below); and the So Chocolate Hamper for committed chocoholics with a social conscience. Visit their online shop here.
NEW ZEALAND
Altura Coffee
Altura have captured the essence of Christmas in their special, Christmas blends - full bodied like Santa's belly! This festive treat is available in a Fairtrade Certified™ and Organic option - a wonderful addition to your Christmas dinner or a perfect alternative to Santa's milk and bikkies.
Make sure you ask for the Special 250gm Coffee bean, plunger, espresso Fairtrade Christmas coffee blends available for $12.50 here.
Caffe L’affare
Wellington’s iconic and irreverent café and coffee roaster, Caffe L’affare has put together a very handy Christmas gift idea that’s good for you and good for the growers of the Fairtrade Certified™ coffee and cocoa it contains. The Fairtrade gift box includes a 200g bag of Fairtrade Certified™ Organic Plunger coffee, a 200g bag of Fairtrade Certified™ Gusto Plunger coffee, a 250g tin of Fairtrade Certified™ Hot Chocolate and a Caffe L'affare Keep Cup. Packaged in a beautiful Caffe L'affare box, the hamper is $42.00 and can be bought here.
Commonsense Organics
The Fairtrade Feel Good Gift Box from Commonsense Organics has a collection of Fairtrade Certified™ gems that are of the finest quality and help to contribute to the greater good! Including a range of Fairtrade Certified™ and gluten free products as well as a gift card , the hamper costs $99.00 and can be bought online here. Note: Lst orders for Christmas will be taken on the 15th December.
Kokako
Kokako presents an exciting and delicious sustainably inspired Christmas gift pack. Fairtrade Certified™ products include a 200g bag of Kokako Christmas Coffee Blend - batch roasted using green beans from Fairtrade Certified™ Organic origins and Kokako Fairtrade Certified™ Drinking Chocolate. The pack also contains Kokako Xmas Truffles 6 pack, Kokako Quinoa & Cranberry Biscuit - gluten, wheat and dairy free, All Good Banana Chunks and a Kokako Recipe Postcard with a delicious recipe from the Kokako kitchen for your very own collection to use at home. The hamper costs $35.00 and can be bought online here, with free delivery in Auckland (please email beancounter@kokako.co.nz to order if you live elsewhere in NZ)
Kowtow
Fairtrade Certified™ organic clothing label Kowtow are having an online mens and womens printed tee sale (up to 60% off) just in time to pick up some ethical Christmas pressies. They are also offering a $20 voucher for any purchase above $75. Simply use the following promo code at checkout: Kowtow Xmas Love. To view their entire collection and learn more about their Fairtrade Certified™ organic cotton range please visit their website.
Micah Clothing
Bag a bargain in Fairtrade Certified™ cotton this Christmas from Micah Clothing and buy five random Fairtrade Certified™/Organic T-shirts for $50! Micah Clothing have a pile of older stock they need to clear before new shipments come in for summer. So they've put together some random bags of five t-shirts, could be anything from the range, any size, colour, print, and well below cost. Very limited number, so be in quick, and get five Christmas presents all sorted in one easy go! Shop this offer here.
NICE BLOCKS
NICE BLOCKS by Tommy & James will be keeping central Auckland cool throughout December with their little orange cart setup in Aotea Square for Christmas in the Square. The boys have six amazing Fairtrade Certified™ flavours on offer from refreshing Lemonade with a dash of lime to decadent Choc Raspberry and Choc Banana both made with All Good Fairtrade Certified™ bananas. NICE BLOCKS will also be keeping busy over New Years bringing their delicious ice refreshments to both Northern Lights in Matakana and Coromandel Gold in the Coromandel.
