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“Reverse Trick-or-Treaters” Deliver Fair Trade Chocolate
worldwatch.org - 11/3/2009
“Reverse Trick-or-Treaters” Deliver Fair Trade Chocolate
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Dressed in masks and outfits reminiscent of the film The Matrix , a group of foreign exchange students celebrated their first Halloween in proper fashion on Saturday in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. But the classmates turned the U.S. tradition on its head. ...

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"Reverse Trick-or-Treaters" Deliver Fair Trade Chocolate
Worldchanging: Bright Green — ... ), chose to engage the students in the reverse trick-or-treating campaign in hopes that the students would raise awareness of Fair Trade in their home countries of India, Indonesia, Mozambique, and Switzerland."They come from countries that would benefit if Fair Trade was more widely spread," Axinn said. "If they bring the idea back to their country, and it's more widely spread on the producer side, it'd help." This piece originally appeared on Worldwatch Institute . Photo Credit: Ben Block, CC ...

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