Wholesome tv and internet browsing

Having gotten rid of our sky subscription, we are happy to discover that we still get BBC1 and BBC2 for free (but not RTE or TG4 despite paying the licence fee, and their crappy analogue reception). Skipping through the hundreds of channels (past the very tempting Movies4men - also free) I discovered the Community Channel, (channel 539) which is an absolute treasure chest of wholesome programming. So far I have watched documentaries on the producers of Bonita bananas (enduring all kinds of abuses as they strike for their rights in Ecuador); a documentary on Divine Chocolate, who have a great fair trade partnership with farmers in Ghana; and a documentary on Excellent Development in Kenya. These are all archived on the Community channel website.

Related links:

Excellent Development

Banana link.

and in recognition that it's not all high moral tone in Daniel's psyche!

Movies for Men

Labels: community channel, development, fair trade

posted by Daniel @ Monday, October 27, 2008