The lighter side of serious environmental and fair trade issues http://fungreenfair.com Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:58:06 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://fungreenfair.com/index.php/Fair-Trade-News/Hot-office-romance-requires-fair-tade.html What could be a better blend of fun and fair trade than dripping fair trade chocolate over your partner or doing unspeakable things with bananas. Zazubean (index.php/Details/Zazubean-Chocolate.html) and other chocolate companies have gone after this market. Perhaps, fair trade could prevent incidents like this, from Office Space: After the fold: The flick that will change your life... fair - Fair Trade News Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:39:41 +0100 http://fungreenfair.com/index.php/Games/Finally-a-fair-trade-game-of-sudoku.html Just when you thought it was safe to put away your pencil and take off your thinking cap, the Fairtrade Foundation (UK) has brought out an exiting and educational fair trade themed online sudoku game. listen (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Sudoku.ogg) (help (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_help)·info (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sudoku.ogg)) is a logic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic)-based number-placement puzzle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puzzle). The objective is to fill a 9×9 grid so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 boxes (also called blocks or regions) contains the digits from 1 to 9 only one time each. The puzzle setter provides a partially completed grid. Fairtrade Sudoku allows you to guess a value of a box and then through a process of elimination figure out where each shape fits into the grid. The big difference from the original sudoku is that instead of using numbers 1-9; Fairtrade Sudoku uses symbols representing different fair trade products: fun - Games Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:25:19 +0100 http://fungreenfair.com/index.php/Green-News/Human-Power-Generation.html Humans can make electricity - Pedalling your bike can make loads of electricity for household use. This seems like a great way to get in shape and reduce GHGs. Pedal-A-Watt (http://www.econvergence.net/) Creates 75 to 200 watts at 12 to 25 volts DC depending on rider's strength Bicycle easily disengages from stand for immediate road use Stand folds easily for transport Power small, household appliances such as a desktop PC, laptop, or stereo green - Green News Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:05:14 +0100 http://fungreenfair.com/index.php/Games/Talk-to-Frank-an-Anti-Drug-Game.html Video games and marijuana have long been linked (many an hour has been spent stoned playing Nintendo!). What happens when a game sets out to provide info/discourage recreational drugs use. The game Puker (link after the fold) is part of a wider drug awareness/prevention project called Talk to Frank (http://talktofrank.com/search.aspx?search=puker): FRANK aims to ensure that: Young people understand the risks and dangers of drugs and their use Young people know where to go for advice or help Parents have the confidence and knowledge to talk to their children about drugs Professionals who work with young people, especially vulnerable groups, are supported Game play: The game is a side scroller, where you maneuver your marijuana impaired self through various environments in an attempt to avoid passersby, furniture and other obstacles. Water bottles along the way slow your mounting nausea. At the end of the level you attempt to direct your puke into a target to progress further in the game. The simple premise is both elegant and off-putting with its mixture of slang from different decades: You've smoked yourself ill with a spliff. Find somewhere safe to chuck up before everyone sees what a great big puker you are... Game Comments: Unlike Grand Theft Auto (I-IV) (http://www.videogamer.com/news/10-04-2006-2557.html), this game doesn't allow you to buy or sell drugs. But does it glorify drug use, by being so fun? fun - Games Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:19:34 +0100 http://fungreenfair.com/index.php/Fair-Trade-News/Deals-deals-deals...but-food-is-still-too-cheap.html Grain prices shoot up as a result of ethanol and biofuels or demand in China or global warming, but the price of food is still cheap relative to other things we take for granted like cell phones, computers and cars, argues Wayne Robertson (Now Magazine (http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/story.cfm?content=164243)). We can't seem to resist a deal and this leads to bad production choices that literally end up smacking us in the face. fair - Fair Trade News Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:23:10 +0100