Fair stones - natural stones without child labour

Panel discussion at the adult education centre

On Monday, 26 October 2015 at 7 p.m., XertifiX founder Benjamin Pütter, the state guild master of stonemasons Tobias Neubert and the managing director of the district craftsmen's association Jörg Franke will discuss how Chemnitz can guarantee that largely local or fairly traded stones are processed and what measures are necessary to achieve this. The panel discussion in the event hall of the adult education centre in the TIETZ is open to the public and admission is free. Benjamin Pütter from XertifiX e.V. will give the introductory speech.

Local authorities, private individuals and cemeteries are increasingly using natural stone for their designs. The majority of natural stone now comes from India, Vietnam and China. International social and environmental standards play only a subordinate role in these countries. Child labour, but also dust, noise and poor working conditions are the order of the day.

The panel discussion - a cooperation between arche noVa - Initiative für Menschen in Not e. V. Dresden, the agenda21 office of the city of Chemnitz and the Chemnitz Adult Education Centre - is part of the Forum Eine Welt series. The One World Forum is dedicated to North-South issues and discusses problems of globalisation.

For further information please contact:

Gerd Kurbjuhn, Head of the Society Department

Chemnitz Adult Education Centre

Telephone: 0371 488-4321, e-mail: kurbjuhn@vhs-chemnitz.de