Still, I am a little relieved to say that my out-of-town travel for the month is now officially over. I'm back in my own apartment with my cats napping and family and friends near by. I can now hang out and plot ways to make the most of the remaining 11 days to celebrate. I'm visiting new blogs I learned about, such as the one written by Holly of Bread for the World, and I am updating my Facebook page with photos. There is still enough time to order Halloween Fair Trade chocolate from a Fair Trade Federation member. I can respond to some of my emails about farmer tours, especially those organized by the activists of United Students for Fair Trade.
Time at unnaturally high altitudes may be over for me until November (when I head to the Helping Hands Festival in Indianapolis!) but I'm still commemorating Fair Trade right here at home. You probably know that you don't have to travel from here to there to be a Fair Trader. From on-line activism to showing up for educational events to rethinking some of our spending assumptions, we can all participate in Fair Trade from home. Maybe this is the month for YOU to pick up new Fair Trade habits that will promote Fair Trade all year long right in your community!
This photo, taken by Katy Cantrell of CRS, is of farmers and roasters talking coffee quality at a Cooperative Coffees meeting in Nicaragua. I kind of like the connection between the mountains of Matagalpa, where I started my back-to-back trips this month, to the hills of Vermont, where I ended travel yesterday.
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