Showing posts with label Fair Trade sports Balls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fair Trade sports Balls. Show all posts
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Blog Launch and Fair Trade Netball Appeal
The Oxfam WA State Committee Events blog has just been launched so check it out and see what is happening in the wider Oxfam world, and events that you can join in in Western Australia.You may notice a familiar face with a photo of Tim and a Fair Trade soccer ball, Tim is a valued member of the Fair Trade Group as well as the Chair of the WA State Committee. Tim and his Fair Trade Sports ball team are currently looking for new members, and this year they would like to expand the awareness raising onto the netball courts of WA. If you are able to help out with this new venture, through contacts, volunteering or suggestions please contact Tim through the website. Click here and here for more information about why Fair Trade netballs matter.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Playing Fair - Fair Trade Sports Balls
Etiko Fair Trade Etiko. It means ethical. It means fair trade and sustainable.We now sell Etiko Soccer balls and are promoting Fair Trade Sports balls at soccer clubs in Perth, see the extract below to see why this matters...
"In 2005 our sports balls were the first sports balls in Australia and New Zealand to be certified Fairtrade. Interestingly nearly 5 years later they are still the only sports ball range to be certified!
That’s not to say that the sports industry has tidied up its act ..because it hasn’t. As recently as the end of 2008 not one but eleven sports brands were implicated not only in the use of child labour but also child slavery! Not only are our sports balls certified Fairtrade they are also exceptionally high quality and designed to last. We refuse to use PVC the most toxic plastic there is and commonly found in cheaper sport balls. When you see a ball peeling you know it’s made from PVC.
For more information go to this site:-
http://www.etiko.com.au/www/626/1001127/displayproductcategory/1002040.html
The Fair Trade Group team will be at The East Fremantle Soccer club on Saturday the 18th September, buy your Fair Trade balls there.
That’s not to say that the sports industry has tidied up its act ..because it hasn’t. As recently as the end of 2008 not one but eleven sports brands were implicated not only in the use of child labour but also child slavery! Not only are our sports balls certified Fairtrade they are also exceptionally high quality and designed to last. We refuse to use PVC the most toxic plastic there is and commonly found in cheaper sport balls. When you see a ball peeling you know it’s made from PVC.
By the way 5% off all net sales from the Jinta range will be given to the Mt Theo program which is based in the Northern Territory, Australia helping address substance misuse issues amongst young people in remote Aboriginal communities."
For more information go to this site:-
http://www.etiko.com.au/www/626/1001127/displayproductcategory/1002040.html
The Fair Trade Group team will be at The East Fremantle Soccer club on Saturday the 18th September, buy your Fair Trade balls there.
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