Articles tagged “Fair Trade”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Choose Rugs Crafted with Sustainable Practices By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden May 14 2008 Many of us are used to choosing rugs for their aesthetic qualities -- you know, something that really ties the room together -- but with many traditional and classic rugs come long-standing labor issues and social inequity. Avoid them with these tips. + READ MORE

5 American Eco-Friendly Bars, Clubs & Restaurants By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health May 14 2008 Bars, clubs and restaurants are all going green these days. What differs is in what ways and to what extent they're going green. Here are 5 eating/drinking destinations around the country taking different, but often overlapping, approaches to eco-conscious customer demands and their own sense of environmental engagement. + READ MORE

Four Tips For Buying Mom Eco-Friendly Roses By Jessica Root IN Home & Garden May 9 2008 Mother's Day is just around the bend, so for all you gift-giving procrastinators out there, how about showing mom you care with a bouquet of organic, Fair Trade roses? + READ MORE

Find Fair Trade Producers on Google Earth By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Tech & Transport Apr 18 2008 TransFair USA, the only third-party certifier of fair-trade products in the United States, has joined up with Google Earth to bring you a new way to explore fair-trade connections around the world from your desktop. + READ MORE

Five Simple Steps That Make a Big Difference By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Apr 9 2008 Annabelle and Holter do their best to show eco criminals the error of their ways. Of course, no car is the best car to drive into a more sustainable lifestyle, but while leaving the car at home might not be an option, driving a hybrid or a car that gets superior gas mileage is the way to go for both your pocket and the... + READ MORE

Ask Summer Rayne: What Is Fair Trade Fashion? By Summer Rayne Oakes IN Fashion & Beauty Apr 9 2008 What exactly is fair-trade fashion?A fair-trade label also ensures that artisans receive long-term trading agreements, living wages, fair working conditions, and, often, reinvestment back in their community through education and other facilities.People Tree, a label based out of the U.K. and Japan, really helped put the + READ MORE

Give Organic, Fair-Trade Sweets for Your Sweet By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Feb 13 2008 It's T-1 days to Valentine's Day, and The Green Guide has a list of what last-minute lovebirds should look for in their chocolatey expressions of amore. Certification also ensures that the price paid per pound of beans never fails below 10 cents more than the current market price, while imposing... + READ MORE

Learn About, Find Fair-Trade Goods By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Work & Connect Feb 6 2008 Fair trade is a model of international trade that promotes giving farmers and producers equitable compensation for their labors-or what counts as a living wage in the country of their origin-so that the lion's share of the producers' hard-earned profits aren't whisked away by predatory (and unnecessary) middlemen. To... + READ MORE

Have Fun While You Go Green and Healthy By Lloyd Alter IN Food & Health Jan 2 2008 It is that time of year where everyone is either making resolutions or making lists of resolutions for everyone else, usually involving giving something up or getting more exercise. + READ MORE

Meet Change Makers Tim Ingle and David Rhode of Ingle & Rhode, The Ethical Jeweller By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Dec 27 2007 Today, we're going to meet David Rhode and Tim Ingle from London.Change Makers is series of interviews with people famous and obscure, who answer questions about how they are creating a more sustainable world through their work and personal lives. + READ MORE

Decipher Eco Labels By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Dec 5 2007 USDA Organic, Fair Trade, Forestry Stewardship Council, Leaping Bunny, Green Seal-even something as mundane as eggs can be stamped with a confusion of labels, such as Certified Humane Raised and Handled, Free Farmed, and Free Range. Learn what the labels on your products mean-and how they rate against similar... + READ MORE

Stay Healthy This Christmas By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Nov 30 2007 It is a sad truth that retailers begin pushing their Christmas wares in Canada the day after Halloween.For many people office parties, office lunches, Hanukkah parties, family Christmas parties, friends' Christmas parties, as well as Christmas day and New Year's Eve are just an endless string of eating too many bad... + READ MORE

Green Your Alma Mater: Six Ways By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Work & Connect Nov 6 2007 Whether it's through socially responsible investments, the use of recycled paper, or sweatshop-free purchasing, you can help your university take its first steps toward going green. You might even consider splitting your regular gift between the school's annual fund and a student group that is working for fair labor... + READ MORE

Support Your Local Small-Mart By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Oct 24 2007 A lot of Main Street retailers and services have gone out of business when challenged by the big boxes,often noting that they can buy stuff cheaper at Wal-Mart than they can from their suppliers. Buy local-imperfect choices: It is better to buy local-non-organic produce than it is to buy non-local organic food flown in. + READ MORE