Tag: Fair Trade - Page 3
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Exclusive: Moksa Releases New Organic Soaps to Benefit IFAW's African Elephant Campaign
Keeping in line with their commitment to benefiting environmental non-profits with each of their handmade personal care products--past collaborations have included Rainforest
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Paper, Plastic, or... Kudzu? The Bag Debate Just Got More Interesting
When I wrote about a study suggesting plastic bags might be the greenest option after all, many commenters objected. Pablo's follow up post on the merits and drawbacks of paper versus plastic versus reusable bags provided some
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Celebrate World Fair Trade Day Tomorrow, May 14
Image: Courtesy of WorldofGood.com World of Good, the socially responsible marketplace that was acquired by eBay in 2010, recently took a trip down to Guatemala to visit some of its artisan suppliers and to get a better sense of the social and political
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Afia Turns Vibrant Ghanian Textiles Into On-Trend Ethical Fashion (Photos)
Inspired by traditional Ghanian dress and the vibrant handcrafted textiles of western Africa, Afia designer Meghan Sebold premiers an on-trend capsule collection for Spring/Summer 2011.
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Mother's Day: An Opportunity to Support Women Around the World
I'm not an advocate of Hallmark holiday-driven consumerism, but if you're going to be doing some Mother's Day shopping, the dollars might as well go to a worthy place, right?
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Functional Chocolates for Basket Cases
With Easter comes egg hunts, peeps and chocolate bunnies. It's a sugar fest. So how can we indulge in bonbons and reap some health benefits? Studies show that cocoa
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10 Fair Trade Coffee Companies Offering an Eco-Conscious Caffeine Jolt (Slideshow)
Can't get moving in the morning without your daily coffee fix? Switch to a Fair Trade brand and sip easy knowing beans are grown and harvested by workers making a living wage -- more often than not by companies focusing
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10 Fair Trade Coffee Companies Offering an Eco-Conscious Caffeine Jolt
Can't get moving in the morning without your daily coffee fix? Switch to a Fair Trade brand and sip easy knowing beans are grown and harvested by workers making a living wage -- more often than not by companies focusing on sustainability. TransFair USA w
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10 Fair Trade Tea Brands With Smart Sustainable Practices (Slideshow)
Tea is one of the healthiest, most versatile drinks on the planet -- whether hot or iced, black or green, chai or ooling, loose or bagged, it's an herbal shot of antioxidants and cancer-fighters that you can enjoy all year with
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10 Fair Trade Tea Brands With Smart Sustainable Practices
Tea is one of the healthiest, most versatile drinks on the planet -- whether hot or iced, black or green, chai or ooling, loose or bagged, it's an herbal shot of antioxidants and cancer-fighters that you can enjoy all year with nothing but water. Make s
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Bon Appétit and United Farm Workers Partner to Improve Labor Conditions in U.S. Agriculture
In 2009, the CEO and vice president of Bon Appétit visited southern Florida with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), "to get a firsthand look at the labor conditions for the pickers who supply winter tomatoes to kitchens across the
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Brand Jamming Contest to Demand Hershey's End Child Labor, Human Rights Abuses
There's been a lot of attention paid to fair trade chocolate and to the underlying child and forced labor issues involved in chocolate production. But one of the slowest companies to act on these issues is Hershey's
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People Tree Gives Laura Ashley Prints a Modern Twist for Spring 2011 (Photos)
The UK-based fair trade label has given Laura Ashley prints from the 1970s a modern twist with updated colors and silhouettes in organic cotton fabrics.
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Racial Injustice in Food Production: Is the Income Gap an Accident?
If you're in the market for tortillas, buying from a local factory might sound like the most responsible choice, right? What if you knew that a worker (a 22-year-old new father) there had been killed by a dough-mixing machine,
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Massive Ethical Business Strategy Revealed by Cooperative Giant
From Wal-Mart's controversial sustainability efforts to Marks & Spencer's aggressive Plan A program, there have been some major top-down green strategies revealed in the business world. But one chain of supermarkets,
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Green Mountain Coffee, Fair Trade USA, USAID Partner to Boost Sustainable Practices in Brazil Coffee Communities
Green Mountain Coffee announced a partnership today with USAID and Fair Trade USA that in theory will build upon fair trade certification to promote biodiversity and environmental education in the coffee-growing communities
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New York Fashion Week: Tara St. James Schools Us in Zero-Waste Design for Fall 2011 (Slideshow)
The 2011 Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation winner is Study NY by Tara St. James, who schools us in zero-waste pattern making.
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Beyond Flowers and Chocolates: Sustainable Valentine's Gifts
Be a real sweetheart tomorrow when shopping for February 14 by supporting world artisans and hand-crafted items by small business entrepreneurs. The jewelry item above, for instance, shows the meaning of love, literally. This handmade necklace is
