Category: Activities

The Xarxa Escoles project is already underway this academic year, and we continue with great enthusiasm and novelties to continue transforming citizens into agents of change to achieve a fairer and more supportive world. In June the Montnegre school (La Batlloria, Sant Celoni) and the three schools of ZER Baix Montseny finished a course full of Fair Trade.

The four schools in Baix Montseny have been working on it throughout the school year through the Xarxa Escoles pel Comerç Just project. The aim of this project is to introduce Fair Trade in the curriculum or in the annual programme of the schools. The aim is to generate critical awareness of the consequences of current international trade and, at the same time, to offer an alternative: Fair Trade. Activities and awareness-raising activities and dynamics are included with the pupils and activities where Catalan schools can directly relate to schools in Nicaragua in order to share realities and experiences. In this way, the roots and involvement of the educational community are enriched.

A total of 27 training activities have been carried out with a Learning and Service perspective. The students have made Fair Trade T-shirts and chocolates and, at the same time, they have learnt about the benefits of responsible consumption for everyone. This theme has also been worked on in the subjects and has also been present in the school's traditional festivities.

We have been able to see how the students of Montnegre explained to their mayor what Fair Trade is, every morning a song about Fair Trade was sung in Pont Trencat and l'Alzinar. In Puig Drau they taught the younger age groups what Fair Trade is.

One of the most exciting activities has been the exchange of letters between schools in Nicaragua and Catalonia, an activity that has brought Fair Trade closer to everyone, has allowed them to have a cultural exchange and, at the same time, to work on writing and writing.

This project is coordinated by AlterNative3with the support of the Agència Catalana de Cooperació and the Diputació de Barcelona.

Our October agenda

As every month, in AlterNative3 we fill our agenda with events and activities related to our co-operative and the Fair Trade. Today we want to share with you a compilation of everything we have done during the past month of October: all the activities carried out and how our projects are evolving.

Exhibition "10 years of Cafè Ciutat".

• From the 1st to the 31st of October we were at the school Hostaleria Torre Mossen Homs with a coffee exhibition to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the project. Cafè Terrassa. 
• The exhibition will continue in different libraries of the city.

Project Xarxa Escoles pel Comerç Just (School Network for Fair Trade)

• We have been at the Montnegre School to give the training introduction of the Fair Trade.
• From the 15th to the 31st we held an Exhibition in the same school.
• In the Pont Trencat School we gave training to your teachers.
• Four of the schools in the project, have celebrated the castanyada with products from Trade Justo.
• The Torre Mossen Homs school has prepared chocolates and has used the chocolate 65% cocoa to make miscellaneous activities. On the 25th they came to visit us.

XES Fair

• We have been present at the solidarity economy fair in the district of Sant Andreu, Barcelona from the 26th to the 28th.
• On Saturday 27th we held a COFFEE TASTING Colombia for attendees. 

Fairtrade Towns Meeting

• From the 19th to the 21st we were also represented by Antonio, in this space for the exchange and Fair Trade knowledge between different cities around the world.

Projects

• We apply to the subsidy to adapt a training room.
• We have presented our participation in Singular Projects.
• We went to sponsors of a career of running.
• The project of gardens in Nicaragua is proving to be a success and achieving very good results.
• We have created as co-founding partners the Catalan Fair Trade Coordinator, of which we are presidents.

This is everything we have done during the past month of October. We are very satisfied with the success of all the activities we have done during the month. If you want to find out where we will be in November follow us in our networks Twitter, Facebook e Instagram.

Thank you for making time for us in your agenda!

From AlterNativa3, we collaborate in the improvement of the environment and the awareness of the population, in the consumption of products made with ingredients and under the principles of Fair Trade. To learn a little more about the concept of Fair Trade, what are its principles and how to put it into practice, we propose a perfect plan, Fair Coffee and Fair Trade Exhibition, sounds good, doesn't it?

When and where will the exhibition take place?

From 20 to 28 September. Eight days dedicated exclusively to understanding a little more about what Fair Trade is based on and how a 100% Fair Trade product is made. The exhibition will be held at the Espai Cultural Kursaal (C/ Masia, 39 - 08110 Montcada i Reixac - Barcelona).

What is the exhibition about?

In this case, the exhibition shows the process of making coffee in a traditional way, without using chemical products that cause it to lose its natural essence. Products with such a seal are of quality and do not violate the rights of the artisans who produce them.

This event is part of the activities on Fair Trade and Ethical Banking that are being carried out during this last year and help to know in more detail the world that surrounds Fair Trade. We hope you have the opportunity to enjoy it and share it with us through our social networks: Instagram, Facebook y Twitter. If you want to know more about the principles of Fairtrade, you can visit our blog: What is Fair Trade?

As every year at AlterNativa3 we give you the opportunity to get to know us and enjoy Fair Trade from a different point of view, from the inside. Day 20 May we organise the open day at Ctra. De Castellar, 526, Terrassa. We have prepared a host of activities and workshops not to be missed.

This year we will count with the presence of Fayrin Suarez and Exolina Aldana, coffee producers and members of the cooperative Augusto Cesar Sandino from Nicaragua.

Open doors programme

10.00h – Welcome open doors

#ElaboramosConAmor photocall

10.15h – Presentation of AlterNativa3

Since 1992, we have been committed to the creation of ecological and responsible alternatives to everyday consumer products.

By: Antonio Baile and Rosa Guinot, Founders of AlterNativa3

10.30-11.00h – How is coffee grown?

Coffee: from seed to green coffee

By: Fayrin SuarezAgricultural technician and promoter.

11.00-11.30h – Benefits of Fair Trade in the South

Benefits of fair trade for cooperative producers and for the environment.

By: Exolina AldanaPresident of Cecocafen

11.30-12.00h – Impact of Fair Trade in the North

Another world is possible: The power of our purchasing decision

By: Estel Malgosa member of AlterNativa3 

12.00-12.30h – Getting to know coffee with the five senses

The different organoleptic characteristics of coffee, taking into account the roast, the variety, the coffee machine...

By: Martin SanchezBarista and roaster at AlterNativa3

12.30-13.00h – Visit to the toaster

From green coffee to ready-to-drink coffee, learn about the production process of a Fairtrade coffee roaster 100%.

By: Antonio Baileproduction manager

13.00 – Visit to the facilities and tasting of products

Visit to the cocoa plant, the AlterNativa3 warehouse and tasting of their products: organic gluten-free beers, Mojito, rice pancakes...

11.30h - Closing of the day

To confirm your attendance write to clientes@alternativa3.com. Don't hesitate to visit us and share your experience with us at Twitter, Facebook o Instagram using the hashtags #SomosComercioJusto and #AlterNativa3.