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Fairtrade Fortnight – Portsmouth

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009. Published in Architecture & The City, Food & Drink by

Fairtrade Fortnight will take place from 23 February to 8 March and there’s lots going on in the city. Two billion people – a third of humanity – still survive on less than £1.50 a day. Unfair trade rules keep them in poverty, but they face the global challenges of food shortages and climate change too. Fairtrade is a people’s movement for change that aims to tip the balance of trade in favour of poor producers. We all need Fairtrade more than ever and we all have the power to create positive change for people and planet.

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Cascades
Every day, there will be a stall in the Cascades that you can visit for more information.

Wine Tasting Evening
4 March, 7.30 to 9pm at University of Portsmouth’s brand new Dennis Sciama Building, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth.
There will be stalls, a display of miki Fairtrade fashion, complimentary mini-buffet, and a speaker – Greg Valerio of CRED on Fairtrade and ethical jewellery.
Tickets are £4 in advance and £5 on the door. You can get them from Tourist Information Centres, Portsmouth Central Library, any university catering outlet.

Great banana eating record attempt
6 March, 12 to 3pm.
The idea is a new world record will be set for simultaneous Fairtrade banana eating over a 24 hour period – each participant eating one banana. All over the world, producer groups, Fairtrade colleagues and supporters will be taking part. It’s hoped that this will be in Guildhall Square on 6 March, but you can take part any time until noon on Saturday 7.

Bonito – Ugly Bananas
6 March, 5.30pm at Number 3 Cinema, Third Floor Arts Centre, Portsmouth Library
Come and see this hard hitting film about human rights and unfair trade in the international banana trade, followed by a panel discussion. Admission is £3.50.
Click the link and get involved.

Check out the Fairtrade Website for further information.

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1 Comment to Fairtrade Fortnight – Portsmouth

  1. Best of luck with your Fairtrade Fortnight events. If there are any groups out there that would like some help organising a Fairtrade event please send me an email – patrick.dodd(at)shared-interest.com.

    I work for Shared Interest, the world’s only 100% fair trade lender. We have ambassadors around the country who are eager to help spread the good word about fair trade. We have also developed a ‘Fair Trade Fun Pack’ that is designed to help teach school aged children about fair trade.

    Patrick Dodd on February 10th, 2009

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PRIMARY – A Phoneography Exhibition by Strong Island – Call for entries

Thursday, November 24th, 2011. Published in Art & Design, Cultural & Exhibitions, Features, Photography by

This coming new year we will be proud to announce our latest exhibition PRIMARY, a Phoneography exhibition by Strong Island and we are even happier to announce that it’s open to you, the readers.

With the continuing increase in impressive camera technology in mobile phones and the ability to alter, tweak, post process and upload the photos to social media networks and websites like Instagram, the popularity of Phoneography has never been greater.

The ‘of the moment’ ability to take a photo at almost any time and any place by most people has really driven the fact that the camera does not make the photographer. By which I mean, you don’t need an expensive camera to take outstanding photos.

Agreed, the quality of the physical image may not stand up to the big guns, but new learnings in composition, style and aesthetic by a new generation of camera users via online media has really driven this popularity, and encourage people to go beyond a ‘quick shot’.

PRIMARY invites you to get out and about around Portsea with your mobile phone camera and take photos of anything and everything based around the three primary colours red, yellow and blue. What you photograph is entirely up to you, but submissions will only be accepted if they stick to the theme.

The call for entires has now begun and the deadline is the 31st of January 2012 with the exhibition being held in March of 2012. Photos can be taken on any mobile phone model and we ask that a maximum of 3 photos per applicant are sent in to primary@strong-island.co.uk.

Please submit along with your photographs your name, photo title, phone model, location of photo on the island and any post process apps you used, if any, to achieve the final shot.

We look forward to seeing all the entries, and the final installation will be something special using every photo submitted in a slightly different fashion from your average photographic exhibition. CLICK HERE TO PRINT YOUR OWN POSTER

Poster by Tristan Savage & Photo by Paul Gonella

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It’s going to be a Strong Movember – Closed at £725

Friday, October 28th, 2011. Published in Community, Features, Local Events by

Righto chaps, it’s time to clean shave your boat race and get that mighty moustache on the grow in support of Movember for The Prostate Cancer Charity and the Institute of Cancer Research. For 30 days of November you can help support and raise awareness through selflessly parading your top lip for charity.

You can sign up yourself, as I’m sure many of you already have, or you can join the Strong Island team and seek out sponsorship as a team. Through the Strong Island Movember page you can ask people to join the group, make donations, upload photos and post updates via the MoSpace page, Facebook and Twitter.

Head over to www.mobro.co/StrongIsland if you would like to get involved and grow a Strong Moustache to help raise awareness, or simply head over to www.uk.movember.com and sign up to personally raise money.

The funds raised in the UK support the number one and two male specific cancers – prostate and testicular cancer. The funds raised are directed to programmes run directly by Movember and our men’s health partners, The Prostate Cancer Charity and the Institute of Cancer Research. Together, these channels work together to ensure that Movember funds are supporting a broad range of innovative, world-class programmes in line with our strategic goals in the areas of awareness and education, survivorship and research.

Poster: Tristan Savage

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