A Fairtrade Feast from Shared Earth founder Jeremy Piercy
17 February 2009
Coffins, Cats and Fair Trade Sex Toys launched February 2009 is really worth a read if you want to know all there is to know about the Fairtrade journey.
Jeremy Piercy has such a passion for the subject and gave me some great pointers in the formative years of Bags of Change. It is great to see this passion finally realised in this long awaited book. Faith Simpson – Bags of Change director
The book itself is not academic but about the people who made it happen and who are making it happen today in all parts of the world.
As the founder of Shared Earth and now with seven other stores around the country, Jeremy has hitchhiked to India and braved roast guinea pig, all to see the idea of Fairtrade become a success. Can Nepalese sex workers escape and find a normal life? Can New Delhi street kids become graphic designers? Fairtrade says ‘yes!’ It can even help save the environment! Jeremy Piercy founded Shared Earth in 1986. Find out how he got involved in Fairtrade, how the business grew and how Fairtrade is still growing today.
The book is available from Shared Earth at the reduced price of £5.99. You can also buy signed copies at the launch which will be happening at Shared Earth, Borders and at One World Shops around the country in February and March 2009.
