A few weeks back, New Zealand signed a preliminary agreement between the Whanganui River and the Crown that made the river a legal entity, giving it a legal voice. Brendan Puketapu, a member of the Whanganui River Maori Trust, signed on behalf of the river. This landmark decision is the first of [...]

A lot is made of Fair Trade certification these days and the buying of products which ensure that farmers and workers in the developing world get a fair price as well as other benefits from trading their produce. However, when it comes to ethical, fair-trade coffee do people really take [...]