<P> A Fair Trade University is one that develops all aspects of Fair Trade practices in their coursework . In 2007, the Director of the Environmental Studies program at the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh, David Barnhill, started a push to become the first Fair Trade University . This push received positive reactions from faculty and students . To begin the process, the University as a whole agreed that it would need support from four institutional groups--faculty, staff, support staff, and students--to maximize support and educational efforts . The University officially endorsed the Earth Charter and created a Campus Sustainability Plan to align with the efforts of becoming a Fair Trade University . </P> <P> The University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh also offers many courses in many different disciplines that implement fair trade learning . They offer a business course with a trip to Peru to visit coffee farmers, an environmental science class that discusses fair trade as a way for cleaner food systems, an English course that focuses on the Earth Charter and the application of fair trade principles, and several upper - level anthropology courses make fair trade the center of the class . </P> <P> In the spring of 2010, the University of California, San Diego became the second Fair Trade University in the United States . The University of California at San Diego understood the efforts of the Fairtrade Foundation in the UK, but they recognized they wanted to be more detailed about how their declaration as a Fair Trade University would make an actual change in the way on - campus franchises do business with the university . They also required constant assessment and improvement . The main premise of being a Fair Trade University for the University of California at San Diego is the promise between the university and the students about the continual effort by the university to increase the accessibility of Fair Trade Certified food and drinks and to encourage sustainability in other ways, such as buying from local, organic farmers and decreasing waste . </P> <P> Fair Trade Universities have been successful because they are a "feel good" movement . The movement also has an established history, making it a true movement rather just a fad . Thirdly, Fair Trade Universities are effective because they raise awareness about an issue and offer a solution . The solution is an easy one for college students to handle, just paying about five cents more for a cup of coffee or tea can make a real difference . </P>

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