Green Festivals - About Global Exchange

About Global Exchange

Global Exchange is a 20-year-old membership-based international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world. We envision a people-centered globalization that values the rights of workers and the health of the planet; that prioritizes international collaboration as central to ensuring peace; and that aims to create a local, green economy designed to embrace the diversity of our communities.

We educate people about what is really going on in the world, and we do this using a diverse range of educational methods.

Reality Tours: We take thousands of people on to more than 40 destinations around the world and equip them with skills and resources to get the word out when they return.
Fair Trade Stores: We educate consumers while generating income for grassroots groups in dozens of countries.
Green Alternatives Program: We prepare high school and college students for the green careers of the future.
Corporate Pressure Campaigns: We press chocolate companies to purchase Fair Trade Certified cacao, and lobby college campuses to reduce their carbon footprints.
Speakers Bureau and Media Outreach: We expose people to grassroots voices of the Global South that do not get on the corporate media.
Published Books and Other Educational Materials: We provide the resources needed by grassroots leaders to educate and mobilize their constituents.
Events Program: We produce events such as the Green Festival™ and diverse local educational and cultural events.

For more detailed information: www.globalexchange.org or 800-497-1994