About the project

Sustainable food? Fair Trade? When being asked about the above notions most of us would just shrug. The aim of the project is to help students elaborate knowledge on the importance of sustainability and learn ethical sourcing and sustainable consumption.

The main idea of the project is sustainability and solidarity which is about:

• respecting and supporting farmers and craft people in developing countries who are socially and economically marginalized,
• building a cooperative model of relationship between buyers and sellers,
• protecting and respecting the environment by using its resources at rates that do not exceed the capacity of the Earth to replace them.

With this project students will organize a large scale campaign in five European countries getting in touch with people from different backgrounds and speaking other languages, investigating the local practices of food factories or restaurants in their region, cooperating with the local and regional media, engaging in sporting activities through the flash mob, distributing of material to other schools. Using a social platform as a communication tool, we will learn the advantages the Internet offers by connecting people and promoting a common social aim.

We are eager to teach people how to develop a more sustainable society by learning fair trade related issues such as poverty, social justice, globalization and ethical consumerism as well as increasing intercultural skills, promoting tolerance and awareness for different cultures.