Recycling Mobile Phones with Oxfam

Some of the phones we collected for Oxfam.

Oxfam is collecting unwanted mobile phones to be either reused or recycled.  This has the double benefit of reducing potentially dangerous waste going to landfill and raising funds for Oxfam.  A win-win, ring-ring, situation!

FairTrade Chocolate - Can you taste the difference?

For the Mufti-Day meeting of the Geography Club, we took a look, (and a taste!) at FairTrade Chocolate.  What does 'FairTrade' mean for the producers? Can we taste the difference?

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Nutty Chocolate & Coffee Brownies

Makes about 12 brownies

50g dark Fairtrade chocolate, roughly broken up 110g butter 2 eggs, beaten 225g unrefined (golden) Fairtrade sugar 50g plain flour 1 teaspoon baking powder pinch of salt 100g hazelnuts (chopped in half) For the frosting: 100g butter, softened to room temperature 100g icing sugar 100g cream cheese 1 tablespoon strong black Fairtrade coffee

Pre-heat oven to 180°C/gas mark 4.  Grease a tin measuring approximately 27cm x 18cm and line with baking parchment, allowing paper to rise 3cm above the tin.  Toast hazelnuts in oven for 10 minutes (maximum) until lightly browned.  Melt chocolate and butter in a bowl over a pan of simmering water.  Sieve flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl.  Stir in sugar.  Beat in eggs and chocolate mixture until well-mixed.  Stir in hazelnuts.  Pour mixture into the tin and bake for 30-40 minutes until centre springs back when lightly pressed.  Remove from oven and allow to cool completely in tin.  To make frosting, beat butter and icing sugar together until pale and fluffy.  Beat in cream cheese and coffee. Spread frosting on cooled Brownies.  Chill in fridge for 30 minutes, then cut into squares.

This recipe from www.fairTrade.org.uk