This weekend, if you're looking to do a bit of holiday shopping, or just spend some time looking and learning more about sustainability and fair trade, check out the Echt Waar Bazaar in Utrecht. Running December 3-4, the bazaar features a mix of design, craft, recycling, fashion, vintage, food, fair trade, innovation, sustainability and more. It is held the first weekend of every month, with usually 20 or more exhibiting participants.

If you, yourself, create with recycling, sustainability and fair trade in mind, you can always be an exhibitor yourself. E-mail echtwaarbazaar@inderuimte.org for more information if you're interested, and tell them a bit about yourself.

If you just want to look around, this weekend's event runs from 12:00-17:00 Saturday and Sunday at a historic and attractive location that began life as a cloister in 1412. The historic entrance is located at Oudegracht 230, with another entrance at the Abraham Dolehof at Lange Nieuwstraat 7. For more information about the participants and the In De Ruimte organization, visit their website.