Norman, Oklahoma Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Fair trade=== In 2010, Norman became the 17th city in the United States to adopt a council resolution giving it status as a [[Fair trade|Fair Trade]] Town.<ref name="FairTradeTown">{{cite web |url=http://transfairusa.org/fttowns/?p=296 |publisher=Fair Trade Towns USA |title=Norman, OK β Fair Trade Town #17!!! |access-date=August 16, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.normanfairtrade.org/ |publisher=Norman Fair Trade |title=Norman Fair Trade |access-date=August 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804153946/http://www.normanfairtrade.org/ |archive-date=August 4, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The resolution states that the city of Norman supports the purchasing of goods from the local community; when goods cannot be purchased locally the city will support buying from producers abroad who meet Fair Trade standards.<ref name="FairTradeTown" /> These standards include supporting quality of life in developing countries and planning for environmental sustainability.<ref name="FairTradeTown" /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page