This Xmas, students across the world can take part in a global educational competition to help them find out more about where thousands of products like consumer goods come from. So they'll be looking at Country Of Origin Labelling, or COOL- as in COOLXmas!

Schools and colleges will be able to win a prize for submitting the most products with their country of origin to the global database for consumer goods, www.madeinnations.com. Buymadeincanada.com is also offering an educational prize.

This competition can be developed into a project by schools and colleges to help students explore country of origin issues, like CO2 emissions from transport and shipping, sustainable economies, future employment and outsourcing, and country of origin labelling.

http://www.coolxmas.org./