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+
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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?
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