FOCUS ON THE ‘HUG’ POSTER – gateway to Fair Trade and Organic questions.

Two sources of information:The resource book

poster

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Your own knowledge (yup

– revision!)

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• Farmers guaranteed a fair price

• Healthcare

• Technical help with farming

• Overtime pay

• Maternity leave

• ‘Kind to planet’ (whatever that means)

• Kind to us

• Avoids fluctuations of world market – advantages of a known income

• Fair trade guarantees minimum harm to environment in terms of emissions, soil exhaustion and erosion etc

• Conditions can be compared with those in typical LEDC ‘sweat shop’ environments (non exploitative)

• The concept of the ‘social premium’, with examples of how this can benefit the local community

• Idea of democratic decision- making within Fair Trade communities / cooperatives

• Advantages of chemical-free farming to water-course pollution

• Advantages of chemical - free farming in promoting bio diversity of insects, birds, animals, flowers

• Use of low toxic dyes+

1

What does FUGIS stand for?

Answers:

F = Futures

U = Uneven development

G = Globalisation

I = Interdependence

S = Sustainability

2

Considering the issues you have studied in ‘your place’, how might ‘your place’ be different in the future?

3

Considering the issues you have studied in your ’Extreme Environment’, how might this environment be different in the future?

4

Why haven’t all countries involved in the garment industry benefited equally from the industry?

5

Why might areas of Antarctica develop unevenly (at different rates)?

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How has ‘your place’ been affected by globalisation?

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How has ‘Antarctica’ been affected by globalisation?

(Think media and China!)

8

In what ways has Antarctica benefited from

interdependence between different countries?

9

In what ways has interdependence between different countries had a

negative effect on ‘my place’?

10

What strategies would you suggest to make tourism in Greenland sustainable into

the future?

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How might a future development planned for

‘your place’ be made to be sustainable?