Tag: Fair Trade - Page 8
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Andean Collection Fuses Eco-Chic Jewelry With Social Conscience
From superfood to super-chic, acai doesn't belong just in your power smoothie. The Andean Collection will ply your ears, necks, and wrists with the multitasking berry, along with other sustainably harvested nuts and
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Four Brands of Organic Booze To Get Your Summer Party Started
Summer is approaching and it's time to dust off the yard furniture, fire up the grill (or better yet the solar cooker), and bask in the (hopefully seasonal) warmth of the season. And while there's nothing better on a lazy summer
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UWisconsin Oshkosh Bans KFC on Campus
Man, college students can be demanding. Asking for fair trade this, and free-range that. Well when college students at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh found out
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Stalk Your Clothes From Seed to Sold With Made-By Track & Trace
A late-morning tweet by @ecofashionista reminded me that it's been three years since we last checked in on Made-By, an independent, Amsterdam-based consumer label that encourages sustainable and ethical practices in the fashion
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Give a Green Bag Makes Gift Shopping Easy
Need a gift in a jiffy? Or to curry favor in a hurry? Put together your own green swag bag with help from Give a Green Bag.
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Learn the Art of Soap-making From Ruby Red Cosmetics
Martine, soap-maker and founder of Ruby Red Cosmetics is offering a series of soap-making classes in her studio/kitchen in London going on now. Students can learn not only how to make soap, but also discover what makes some soap
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"Beat Poverty" Event On World Fair Trade Day In Japan
The good people over at People Tree are a real insipration here in Japan. This year's World Fair Trade Day was no exception: 800 people showed up to watch their fashion show, there was Taiko drumming by Gocoo, a celebrated band
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Just in Time for Summer: Stretch Mark Repair Oil from Shea Terra
While Shea Terra has several new products, all of which are chosen for their healing properties and for their community empowerment values, the Mama's Gold Stretch Mark Prevention & Treatment Oil seems like a great find as
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Vegan Footwear - Cowhugger Walk with Me
Photo from Modesto Junior College MooShoes, Inc. is a vegan-owned business that sells an assortment of cruelty-free footwear, bags, t-shirts, wallets, books (mainly cookbooks) and other accessories. It is the first cruelty-free store of its kind in New
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Annie Lennox's Fair Trading, Rosario Dawson's School Gardens, and more
If Cadbury's Chocolate can commit to fair trade with African cocoa farmers why not Hershey's? That's Annie Lennox's "sweet dream" on Saturday, May 9th, when World Fair Trade Day is celebrated in 70 countries from Asia to South America,
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Do You Buy Fair Trade?
Bonnie tells us that Saturday is Fair Trade Day. We have certainly been pushing fair trade for years on TreeHugger, but Fair Trade products like chocolate and coffee can be more expensive, and I wonder if this is having an effect on their sales.
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Celebrate World Fair Trade Day on Saturday
It's World Fair Trade Day's 60th birthday on May 9 and time to celebrate with a Big Bang!! That's the theme this year: "bang something (anything) with spoons, sticks, hands, fingers, friends, family, neighbours, a crowd, an audience,
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Autonomie Project Brings Style to Fair Trade Accessories
While not as true as it once was, eco-friendly and fair trade clothing often still lacks that special something. The Autonomie Project is out to prove that idea wrong by providing sustainable, fair trade clothing and
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Women We Love: 11 Environmental Heroines (Slideshow)
When we talk about environmentalist heroes, does the image of noble environmentalists like John Muir may come to mind? Probably. But what about the inspiring faces of environmentalist heroines past and present, who’ve worked hard to transform our
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Women We Love: 11 Environmental Heroines
Wangari Maathai Our first choice for our eleven environmental heroines is Wangari Maathai, who is a woman of many firsts: not only is she the first African woman and first environmentalist to bring home a Nobel Peace Prize, she was also the first Eastern
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Green Gift Guide for Mother's Day
Not sure what to get mom this year? Or grandma or your expecting wife? If you're looking for a little something you can wrap up and hand her alongside that "I love you," a laid-back day spent together, and a delicious local and organic breakfast in
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Indigo Handloom Promotes Good Karma With Ethereal Threads
Photo credit: Indigo Handloom Indigo Handloom is what Aladdin's cave would look like if it were a walk-in closet. Fit for a modern Scheherazade, the dreamy collection of gowns, scarves, tops, and skirts delights with luxurious textiles, floaty hemlines,
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Why is Eco Fashion So Expensive?
It's a question I've been asked more times than I care to count--even if I could count that high: Why is most eco fashion so effing expensive? So, prompted by an excellent story on EcoSalon.com on the why and wherefores of
