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World artists are joining Fair Trade |
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Written by WFTDay Admin2
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 09:33 |
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Artists from around the globe are joining World Fair Trade Day celebration. We are proud to announce the support of the Brazilian musician Antonio Gringo, Asia’s award winning actress and environmental advocate Chin-Chin Gutiérrez, the mythical Spanish pop singer Luz Casal, the world-renown recitalist and Spanish opera singer Ainhoa Arteta and Spanish rock star Joaquin Padilla of the Iguana Tango group.
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ANTONIO GRINGO, Musician
Fair Trade is the most democratic way to facilitate universal access to basic goods and services and adequate living standards. - Antonio Gringo
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CHIN-CHIN GUTIERREZ, Actress
Chin-Chin Gutierrez, twice awarded as one of the finest actresses in Asia, is also very well-known for her work as an advocate for the environment. She is a highly appreciated resource speaker and lecturer for Environmental Education. Her conferences are attended everyday by youth, NGOs, corporate and civic leaders, educators, local government officials and community workers.
"Fair Trade has a strong commitment to environmental issues -- particularly on the issues of sustainable development, climate change, and ecological and responsible living. We need to take care of our planet and I believe that Fair Trade has been successful in working towards this urgent and important goal. I am proud to support Fair Trade and this annual celebration. Join me in supporting World Fair Trade Day 2010!" |
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Photo by Raymund Isaac |
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LUZ CASAL, Pop singer
The well-known Spanish pop singer Luz Casal supports Fair Trade and the celebration of the World Fair Trade Day. Casal has been an important figure in Spanish pop music since the early 1980s. Being a child, she took up studying piano, music theory and ballet, leading up to her joining a rock group called Los Fannys. After leaving the band, Luz sought out opportunities to study voice and opera in Madrid. In 1982 she released her first solo debut entitled "El Rock de una Noche de Verano". The release was followed by a national tour and the second release took place only two years later. Her career has been fruitful and succesful and we can now enjoy her last album in 2009 named "La Pasión".
"Let's recognise the importance of the work of all people. Against smallmindedness and greed, solidarity and justice. That will dignify us." |
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ARTETA, Opera singer
Arteta is a Member of the Board of the Orfeó Catalá-Palau from Music Foundation, Artist in Residence of Cadaqués Symphony Orchestra, Member of the Board of the Winterthur Foundation and Academician of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Cadiz "When the World Fair Trade Organization proposed to me to support this celebration, World Fair Trade Day, I did not doubt it," says Arteta, "This initiative is a way of supporting the craftsmen and the most vulnerable people of the Southern Hemisphere, as well as a good way of working for justice in the commercial world. Therefore, it is one of the causes that I truly respect and value. We cannot forget that we are speaking about a collaboration North and South, so without the consumers of the North, this project would be unviable. The progress of the life for the poorest people is put in our hands and by purchasing products in the shops of Fair Trade we are taking action against injustices and poverty. The World Fair Trade Day tries to sensitize and to alert consumers to this unjust trade system and promotes a change for the better. For me, every day I act against poverty and support the craftsmen and impoverished people: and you? Remember that the curtain has risen and the band is playing for the World Fair Trade Day, now you need to take to stage." The organizing efforts of the European office of the World Fair Trade Organization are well underway. Celebrities from diverse fields and from across the world are being contacted to help drum up support for the global celebration of Fair Trade, World Fair Trade Day 2010. The event will be celebrated around the world on May 8th, 2010. |
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Photo by Reference |
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JOAQUIN PADILLA BARRIOS
Spanish rock star Joaquin Padilla Barrios has announced his strong support for Fair Trade and World Fair Trade Day 2010. Joaquin is the lead of the rock group Iguana Tango, which also includes Mario García, Jacobo García, Kike Kíkez y Fco. They launched themselves in 1999 with the album "El nacimiento de la Iguana". At the moment, Iguana Tango is recording their next album which will be their seventh and will be released soon.
"Fair Trade fights child labor, gender inequities and forced labor, all while boosting the earnings of some of the most impoverished among us," says Joaquin, "Sustainable, honorable, and infinitely charitable, Fair Trade makes international commerce more human. Join me in supporting Fair Trade by celebrating World Fair Trade Day 2010." |
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Photo by Alex Rio |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 19 February 2010 14:19 )
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I'll try to view some videos on YouTube. All the acts look amazing!!!!
Jenny x