Posted by Jocelyn Boreta in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Store Updates on 12th June, 2013 | 2 Comments
When I walk into my dad’s house it’s literally piled with paper. He fumbles with his new smart phone by day, but when the evening rolls around he finds no greater pleasure then thumbing through print magazines. So when I told him about a group of artisans in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam who are making beautiful, functional housewares out of the magazine and newspaper he has stacked around his apartment, he wanted to know more….
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Fair Trade News & Views, Guest Posts, Uncategorized on 11th June, 2013 | No Comments
The folks at Smithsonian Folkways share a recently released collection of songs written and performed by Jewish, Christian, and Muslim coffee farmers of the Peace Kawomera (Delicious Peace) Fair Trade cooperative in Mbale, Uganda. Really inspiring stuff.
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Fair Trade News & Views, Fair Trade Roundups on 29th May, 2013 | No Comments
This Fair Trade Roundup recaps World Fair Trade Day, plus introduces Fairtrade America’s new Executive Director Hans P. Theyer.
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Posted by Zarah Patriana in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 7th May, 2013 | 4 Comments
Last month, Hershey’s announced its next step toward 100% certified sustainable cocoa by committing to source cocoa through three of the world’s most recognized cocoa certifying organizations, including Fair Trade USA. Was calling this announcement a victory premature or even misleading?
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Posted by Jocelyn Boreta in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign, Global Exchange Store Updates on 30th April, 2013 | 4 Comments
It’s almost Mothers Day, and mom who knows right from wrong better then anybody, doesn’t want a gift sourced from others’ suffering. As a daughter, adoring aunt, and buyer at the Global Exchange Fair Trade Stores, I know that Fair Trade jewelry is always the right gift for mom. Here’s where it gets complicated……
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Fair Trade News & Views, Fair Trade Roundups, Featured on 24th April, 2013 | No Comments
Find out the latest on World Fair Trade Day, and news about an alter being erected to honor Fair Trade Pioneer Raúl del Águila, plus of course the usual vetted list of interesting articles to keep you updated and informed about what’s going on in the world of Fair Trade.
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Posted by Kara Roguly in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Store Updates on 11th April, 2013 | 15 Comments
Sitting at my kitchen table, looking down at the beautiful tablecloth hand block printed in Bajur, India, I can’t help but wonder… Could I have made this? How difficult can block printing be? I just so happen to have some beautiful blocks, fabric paint, paintbrushes and canvas ….so here I go!
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Posted by Ashley Fisher-Poggio in Fair Trade News & Views, Featured, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign, Global Exchange Store Updates on 27th March, 2013 | 1 Comment
Fair Trade coffee is about to get an extra shot of deliciousness in Washington DC with the screening of the award winning documentary film Delicious Peace at the Global Exchange Fair Trade Store (inside Busboys and Poets @ 5th & K).
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Posted by Zarah Patriana in Fair Trade News & Views, Featured, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 22nd March, 2013 | 9 Comments
We won! After years of pressure from Fair Trade activists like you, Hershey’s recently announced its next step toward 100% certified sustainable cocoa by committing to source cocoa through three of the world’s most recognized cocoa certifying organizations, including Fair Trade USA. When Hershey’s made its announcement in October of 2012 to source 100% certified »
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Posted by Jocelyn Boreta in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Store Updates on 21st March, 2013 | 3 Comments
The decision between buying Fair Trade vs. local, as far as I’m concerned, is a decision between buying better vs. better. Both buying practices are rooted in knowing where your money is being spent and the impact on community. That’s why it was such a difficult decision to….
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