World Environment Day. This year's motto "Connecting people with nature" fits perfectly with the essence of our cooperative AlterNativa3. It is based on the production of organic fair trade products with the aim of offering sustainable, responsible and quality alternatives to coffee, cocoa and cane sugar. Products that respect people and nature.
"Connecting people with nature".
Each year, World Environment Day is organised around a theme. It serves to focus attention on a particular pressing issue. The 2017 theme focuses on connecting people to nature. It encourages us to get outdoors and into nature to appreciate its beauty and reflect.
The reality of small producer organisations
There are billions of rural dwellers who spend their daily lives "in connection with nature" and are fully aware that they depend on natural water supplies and on nature to provide their livelihoods through the fertility of the soil. These people are the first to suffer from the threats that ecosystems face, be it pollution, climate change or overexploitation. This awareness means that the small cooperatives of fair trade producers maintain traditional farming techniques while avoiding damage to the environment as much as possible.
This is why one of the basic principles of fair trade is respect for the environment. A reduced and safe use of agrochemicals, appropriate and safe waste management, the maintenance of soil fertility and water resources. And above all, the non-use of genetically modified organisms.
In October 2015 a new Fairtrade Climate Standard with the aim of supporting producers in adapting to climate change and reducing their carbon emissions. It recognises the devastating impacts of climate change on the most vulnerable populations in developing countries and the need to develop more sustainable forms of production in the face of increasing depletion of natural resources.
- 02-06-17
