Fairtrade Fortnight and Lent

It's Fairtrade Fortnight and there are some exciting events happening in Reading including:

The Great Cotton Stitch-up

Aurelie Walker, policy adviser to the Fairtrade Foundation will be talking about unfair trade rules at RISC this Thursday (3rd March) - click here for more details

Fairtrade and Rainforest Alliance: What's the Difference?

Tuesday 8 March at Reading University - click here for more details

Lent starts next Wednesday and there is plenty of inspiration out there to make this an opportunity for greening our lifestyles:
Small daily actions to reduce our carbon footprints: Tearfund Carbon Fast
For details of the Lent course 'Jesus, the Earthly Powers and Us', co-written by Reading CEL member Owen Jewiss, see the Earthing Faith website which has more suggestions for Lent too