Keeping Warm and Staying Fair

By ACRATH | June 4, 2023 |

Students at St Mary of the Angels Secondary College in Nathalia are staying warm this winter with newly acquired Fairtrade scarves. The scarves, in school colours, are the result of the school’s culture of justice, vibrant student leadership, a tenacious teacher and ETIKO. The country Victorian school’s Social Justice Leader Ruth Bakogianis, said the school…

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Shop fair at Christmas

By ACRATH | November 16, 2021 |

Most Australians want to shop ethically and Christmas is the perfect time to start. It is estimated that Australians will spend more than $18 billion this Christmas. Lots of the gifts will end up in landfill and much of the clothing will be worn less than 10 times. According to the 2021 the Australian Ethical Consumer…

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Conversation in October

By ACRATH | October 13, 2021 |

Please join ACRATH on Wednesday 27th October for our final Conversation for 2021. Our Conversation Series has hosted some wonderful people with powerful stories about human trafficking. We are excited that our two October guests will help us put people at the centre of our consumer practices, very important in the lead up to Christmas…

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Changes Make A Statement

By ACRATH | April 13, 2021 |

Can you make a change this year? Last year we asked our newsletter readers to let us know what they are doing to try and eliminate products from their lives that might be made by forced labour or by people who are paid little money and work in exploitative conditions. One reader Karen Oxley, after reading…

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