Your Olive Branch presents “I Love Fair Trade!”

Enter Your Creative Submission To Win!

What Can I Win?

The grand prize winner of I Love Fair Trade! receives $2,000 (US) worth of organic apparel, fashion accessories, artisan chocolate, and other fair trade goods from Alter Eco and Indigenous Designs!

In addition to the winner, 9 runners up will receive a Your Olive Branch Peace Pack, consisting of an organic Your Olive Branch t-shirt, a pack of organic lettuce seeds, and a copy of the critically acclaimed DVD “Soldiers of Peace.”

How Do I Enter?

I Love Fair Trade! invites you to creatively express how you feel about fair trade commerce. You can do this through a submission of words, video, images, music, or other media.

Why is fair trade a positive practice? What role does it play in your life? What does fair trade have to do with peace and sustainability? Whether you write an essay or poem, submit a video or song, or design an image or infographic, we want you to show us how you feel about fair trade. Be creative and inspire us! Click here for some sample entries to give you an idea of what we’re looking for.

Who Picks the Winner?

Submissions will be judged by a panel of Your Olive Branch staff members. Ten finalists will be selected based on creativity, technical quality, and engagement with the topic of fair trade. The finalists will be entered into The Voting Round, which will be voted on by the general public. The finalist with the most votes wins the grand prize!

When is the Contest?

The Submission Period runs between July 5, 2010, and September 26, 2010. All entries must be received no later than September 26, 2010. The Voting Period runs between October 3, 2010 and November 5, 2010 here at yobo. For a complete list of rules, click here.

What Am I Waiting For?

Great question! Submit your entry below and you might just walk away with $2,000 worth of fair trade goodies!

I Love Fair Trade! is sponsored by:

Alter Eco