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Apr
14
2011
Photo of the day
台南 日光緩緩 (by 髒加黏)
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Apr
14
2011
Coffee of the Day
ameliacatherine22 asked: Check out this link for a post that suits your blog well! Thought you might like to reblog it.
http://collegeproblems.tumblr.com/post/4543724579
Love your blog. :)
Hey thanks. Your blog rocks as well.
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Apr
6
2011
Coffee Things: We are entering into the 3rd wave of coffee. What exactly is the 3rd wave?
The Third Wave of Coffee refers to a current movement to produce high-quality coffee, and consider coffee as an artisanal foodstuff, like wine, rather than a commodity, like wheat. This involves improvements at all stages of production, from improving coffee bean growing, harvesting,…
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Apr
6
2011
People have been getting fair trade and free-trade mixed. Thought I’d clear any confusion.
I’ve been hearing a lot of people talk about Fair trade and Free trade and use them one in the same. Personally and through online blogs. Here is an article on the main differences.
Free trade refers to a general openness to exchange goods and information between and among nations with few-to-no barriers-to-trade. Fair trade refers to exchanges, the terms of which meet the demands of justice.
Proponents of fair trade argue that exchanges between developed nations and lesser developed countries (LDCs) occur along uneven terms, and should be made more equitable. The Fair Trade Federation’s Annual Report describes the fair trade movement as “a global network of producers, traders, marketers, advocates and consumers focused on building equitable trading relationships between consumers and the world’s most economically
disadvantaged artisans and farmers.”
Fair trade organizations, such as the Fair Trade Federation and the International Federation for Alternative Trade maintain that fair trade practices alleviate poverty, enhance gender equity, improve working conditions, the environment, and distributive justice.
By contrast, free trade proponents believe that under a system of voluntary exchange, the demands of justice are met. Although free traders hope to alleviate poverty and improve conditions around the world, they prefer measures that are less intrusive than fair traders, who regard the unfettered market as injurious to these same goals.
Free traders argue that in the long run markets will solve - that is, when permitted to come to equilibrium, both rich and poor nations will benefit. In this way, free traders hold that free trade is fair trade.
(Source: globalenvision.org, via )
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Apr
6
2011
Photo of the day
This is what I do at work. And the fact that I know that each person has a designated cup, and I remember exactly what they have is even worse =L multi-tasking win!!!
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