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University of Aberdeen 2015 23 FEBRUARY UNTIL 8 MARCH 2015 FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT AND A BIT BEFORE & AFTER... THUR 19TH & FRI 20TH FEB MON 23RD & TUES 24TH FEB THURSDAY 26TH FEBRUARY Photo Exhibition Photo Exhibition Fairtrade Taster Session For 2 days in Suttie Centre Foyer For 2 days, Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th February, 11am – 2.15pm Elph cloisters Bringing Fairtrade stories to life, this celebratory exhibition in Macrobert Building Reception area Let us put a smile on your face. Free tea, coffee, chocolate shows how Fairtrade affects the lives of farmers, campaigners Bringing Fairtrade stories to life, this celebratory exhibition and fruit! All free, all Fairtrade! and their communities around the world. shows how Fairtrade affects the lives of farmers, M rk, vector file & suggested us ge campaigners and their communities around the world. Food Truck FREE FAIRTRADE T-SHIRT BASE MARK & COLOUR USE 11am - 2pm, Library Concourse, King’s Campus USE IN LAYOUTS The gol of this mrk is to identify events s being immeditelyCheck discernible out the s food using the truck PechKuch offering, 20x20 formt.serving some tasty Plese mke the mrk t lest 1/4 of the height of your design. Use in the colour it suits better your lyout, but plese keep it redble. with every Fairtrade TUESDAY 24TH FEBRUARY Fairtrade food. Hoody purchased. T&C’s apply. Powered by PechaKucha Night 6.30pm - 8.30pm, Linklater Rooms, Visit the Food Truck at King’s Campus Foresterhill campus on Fairtrade food and drink Students from the University of Aberdeen will be presenting. Inspired by the theme of ‘Fairtrade’, Thursday 5th March, offers available throughout DEVISED & SHARED BY see what students from the University of Aberdeen KLEIN DYTHAM ARCHITECTURE Fairtrade Fortnight. are passionate about as they take on this fast 12noon until 2pm. paced, dynamic presentation style that originated in Japan. Wine and nibbles reception provided. EcoTown is a pop-up sustainability exhibition and showcase and is coming to the Sir Duncan Rice Library on 11-12 March. Put the THURSDAY 5TH MARCH date in your diary. Full details to follow. BLACK & WHITE USE Sustainable Diets & Climate Change THURSDAY 5THOf courseMARCH black and white versions are possible, as long as they stand out from the background. 6.30pm-8.30pm, King’s College Conference CentreIntegrted Overprint A fairly trading, socially responsible and A screening of the Fairtrade Fortnight 2015 short film, TUESDAY 3RD MARCH sustainable University? Fairtrade Matters followed by a talk on Sustainable Diets & Climate Change by Professor Pete Smith. Stay till the end for Shared Planet chocolate 12.30pm-1.30pm The Hub, Global Hub informal wine and nibbles. making workshop The challenges of adopting a socially responsible approach 5-7pm Shared Planet Café, Butchart Shared and providing for the aims of the Fairtrade Foundation Make your own chocolate from scratch using Planet Cafe all within the framework of public procurement guidelines organic Fairtrade cocoa powder. Expect some are discussed over some light refreshments. Hear Gary RICE & JUICE CHALLENGE AT other fun and games too! McKinnon (Procurement), Fraser LovieGRADIENTS (Policy, AND Planning SHAPE CHANGES & Please do not use gradients or tinted colors which SELECTEDcan destabilize radability. OUTLETS Governance), Dominic O’Hagan, (AUSAAlso please Environment keep the shape as& is, don’t smash, squish or warp. SOME HELPFUL HINTS: Ethics) and Calum MacLachlan (Campus Services) highlight What does it cost to send a Malawian child to school? 90kg• Be generous with scale • Try to use complementary colours some of the key issues faced. Light refreshments available. of fairly traded rice is what a Malawian farmer needs to sell• Keep in it all readable. • PechaKucha is based on inclusivity and quality - order to send one child to school. Throughout the Fortnight,make your communications reflect these qualities. MacRobert Foyer, Butchart and the Hub reception will host• Have table fun!!! FREE Fairtrade giveaway with every top stalls attempting to sell 90kg of Fairtrade Rice and 90ltrs Pech Kuch Night, Pech Kuch , Pech Kuch Events, 20x20, large drink purchased throughout of Fairtrade juice. All proceeds to be donated to the FairtradePowered by Pech Kuch ll devised nd © copyright Klein Dyth m rchitects 2013. All rights reserved. Fairtrade Fortnight. Foundation. .
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