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Why fast fashion is slow death for the planet

With high-street chains churning out fresh designs every few weeks, we now buy more cheap clothes than ever before. But as Lucy Siegle (who interviewed David Burgess for The One Show), reveals in her hard-hitting new book To Die For, …

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Britain No 1 Fairtrade buyers as sales rise 40% to £1.1billion a year despite recession

Sales of Fairtrade products in the UK soared by 40% last year

Fairtrade Schools e-Newsletter

Fairtrade Fortnight is on its way! Fairtrade cotton is this years theme. Click here for the latest news

Order early to avoid disappointment, Schoolwear Association warns

David Burgess, Chairman of The Schoolwear Association, says that current supply chain problems mean it’s never been more

The cotton crisis explained – Printwear & Promotion

Reporter Stuart Derrick investigates the cotton crisis and talks to some industry stalwarts about what it all

Fairtrade Schools Newsletter December 2010

The Fairtrade Foundation mention David Luke's new Fairtrade cotton garments in their monthly newsletter to

Cotton Has Biggest Weekly Gain in 39 Years

Cotton prices surged, capping the biggest weekly gain in 39 years, on mounting concern

Fairtrade Goes Fashion

Fairtrade cotton celebrates its fifth anniversary this month and it has had something of a style revamp. Click for the full

World Trade: Cottoning On

The terms of trade have become a global preoccupation - maybe now the US and EU will finally

Fairtrade Foundation report reveals $47 billion subsidies locking West African farmers in poverty

Cotton: the most used