FAIR TRADE SCHOOL

Hi everybody!

I have just read an article in the online edition of the “Oberösterreichischen Nachrichten” and it talks about a fair trade school in Sattledt.
I thought you might be interested, because I think to change into a fair trade school is a really good idea.

The Fair Trade Project starts, because of the “Agenda21” process in Sattledt. The “Agenda21” is an economic program. The idea of „be fair“ was utilized, “Bewusster Konsum soll mehr Gerechtigkeit bringen”.

Also aid projects in Rwanda were supported since the year 2000 by the school. And once an African priest visits the pupils in the school in Sattledt and told them their situation in their homeland.

The headmaster Alois Schlattner said that it was easy to start the Fair Trade Project at their school because of such initiatives.

There are currently 12 fair trade schools in Austria, the nearest one is located in Linz which has received this label on 23rd March 2015.

There are 5 criteria required for becoming a fair trade school.

1. a fair trade school team

2. a signed plan of campaign form the headmaster

3. in at least two subjects fair trade topics have to be discussed

4. fair trade products must be provided at school

5. as the minimum one project has to be realized every year

What do you think about a school change into a Fair Trade school?

Regards

Jakob