Spread Fair Trade Cheer with Every Email: Copy and paste this message (or one like it) as your signature for the holiday season to spread Fair Trade cheer: "Here is a great (free!) way to empower and enrich the lives of family farmers and workers around the world with every holiday purchase. Go to this page, click on a retailer you want to shop from, and pay the same price. Purchases you make automatically generate a contribution to TransFair USA of up to 18%. Happy Holidays!"

Fair Trade for Someone-Who-Has-It-All: The holidays mean eggnog, caroling, menorahs... and shopping for that Someone on your list who has it all. Instead of buying them another striped necktie or fancy corkscrew, get them a gift card to your local coffee shop that sells only Fair Trade Certified coffee - the gift that truly keeps on giving, as with each purchase, farmers in developing countries are offered dignity and hope. Even better: give it with a reusable thermos to cut down on paper cup waste when your Someone is on-the-go.

Count-down to Change: A farmer-owned Fair Trade company, Divine Chocolate, has created Fair Trade Certified Advent Calendars this year to count down the season’s days with chocolate that betters the lives of its producers. Strikingly beautiful, it will also strike up conversations about Fair Trade means and why it matters. You can find it at Whole Foods Markets, or online at a Greater Gift. If you are crafty, make your own calendar by making 24 pockets on a cardboard backing (you could use seasonal magazine cut-outs to make the pockets) and stuffing them with bits of Fair Trade Certified chocolate.

More than Just Accessories: Why waltz into your nearest over-priced department store to buy generic holiday decorations, when you could purchase beautifully hand-crafted seasonal accessories produced in sustainable ways? Check these as a starting place: a hand-painted menorah from El Salvador - profits are directed to children’s education programs; or celebrate the warmth of family in the midst of winter solstice with this elegant hewn-rock embrace.

Fair Trade Gifts: Every year, more Fair Trade products are available. Every gift, whatever the reason or season, is an opportunity to profoundly affect its producer and to raise awareness in its recipient. Shop online at A World of Good, Global Exchange, Ten Thousand Villages - or check the Fair Trade Resource Network for further resources.

The Small Stuff-ers: What better surprise stuffed in a stocking or slipped under a pillow than Fair Trade mini chocolates? Try Divine Chocolate and Equal Exchange to start. Look here for other ideas about how to use these delicious treats-for-a-better-world.