From our friends at Oxfam America comes this wonderful teaching tool to help both the young and old learn about the principals behind Fair Trade in a fun and memorable manner.

What a great educational game to use with a fairly traded soccer ball to demonstrate how global trade rules put some countries at a disadvantage!

Speaking of education, Andy Kerckhoff is one of my closest friends and a brilliant teacher in St. Louis. He regularly challenges his students to think well beyond their comfort zones and consider the enormous positive impact they can have in our world.

Here’s what his seventh graders came up with yesterday when presented with the challenge of how they could personally help the people of Africa…