This is your chance!

Fair Trade Fair is an annual trade fair put up by DeltaGDP. This time it is being organized in conjunct with Ten Thousand Villages- a non-profit that sells fair-trade products created by 130 artisan groups in more than 38 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East, building long-term relationships with artisans that are based on mutual understanding.

It is a great cause that helps sustainability and raises the living conditions of the people.

Show your support by buying exclusive handcrafted products like notebooks, statues, earrings, coin purses, home decor, gifts, etc. Come get your own exotic hand crafted products and provide artisans with the opportunity for a better quality of life!

Where: Lerner ramps
When: 20, 21, 22 April (Tues – Thurs)
Hours: 10am – 6pm

If you would like to know more about Ten Thousand Villages: http://www.tenthousandvillages.com/home.php

Or check out these three short documentaries on how trade fair changes peoples lives around the world:

Join GDP, Columbia’s premier undergraduate club for international economic
development, for a fun, laid back meet-n-greet! Learn about development
initiatives on campus. Eat free food. Hear about what we have done so far
this year. Tell us how we can do better.

****Board positions are available**** and we will have applications on
hand–so come on by, have some pizza or snacks, and pick up an application
if you want to get involved. It’s a great way to make economic development a
concrete part of your student life, and to get leadership experience!

Friday, April 17, 2009
8:00pm-9:00pm
Lerner W. Ramp Lounge

Come watch this important documentary, and then participate in on a Q+A session with filmmakers Daniel and Brandon Klein, who will be present to take questions about their experience. This is a rare opportunity to learn about what is happening in sub-Saharan Africa, and what can really be done to improve living standards in the poorest of nations, from people who have seen it first hand.

Free admission, free food and free drinks brought to you by DeltaGDP and Scientists and Engineers for a Better Society.

Wednesday April 8, 8:30pm-10:30pm, Lerner 569.

Check out the trailer on: http://www.whatarewedoinghere.net

If profits of investing in Africa would be higher than anywhere else, why does Africa only get 2-3% of Foreign Direct Investment? Join us for a lecture and discussion with Dr. Karl Sauvant, Executive Director of the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment and Special Advisor to the UN Millennium Project, on the role of foreign direct investment and promoting development in Africa.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

6:30pm-8:30pm

312 Math

We must channel the creative energy of capitalism to address socioeconomic injustice and environmental destruction.”
-Joe Falcone, founder and CEO of CounterSourcing, a fair trade apparel company

Join us for a discussion with CEO Joe Falcone on fair trade, economic
development, and his experience in the business world running a socially
responsible apparel company. All are welcome, free refreshments will be
provided!

Thursday March 26, 8pm-9pm, Lerner Board Room 503.

Fair Trade Fair
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
12:00 noon
Lerner Ramps

The Body Shop and Corporate Social Responsibility
Thursday, November 13, 2008
6:00 pm
Malcolm X Lounge (106 Hartley)