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Saturday, July 17, 2004

Fair trade... 

i would like to give a little quick publicity to some great people.  the___site people.  the hunger sitethe child health sitethe rainforest sitethe breast cancer site.  and the animal rescue site.  it is free to click on them, and you can do so for each once a day, and it adds donations to worthy causes.  all by just clicking your mouse... for free. 
 
they also have a site that allows you to purchase items that further benefit their cause.  gear that gives.  all of this is fantastic, but they recently just made it even better.  they now have a special section for handmade and fair trade goods.  brings a smile to my face that they are helping all these causes and also helping fair trade (the qualifications).  i recently went to a world goods style store where i had previously discovered fair trade chocolate for sale.  searched it all, and found they no longer had any.  i asked somebody about it (mostly to raise awareness that people were asking for it because i had already searched for myself).  they immediately shook their heads, as though they hadn't even heard of it.  how disappointing.  it's places like that where they really need to be on top of that.  people go there for international stuff, and they could be socially conscious about the stuff they buy, too.  i want to find one of my fair trade pamphlets, make some copies, and hand them out at places like that to try and educate them about what's up.  hey, if i can do my part...
 
new link: looking up fair trade info i came across a fair trade clothing company (downside: in the UK).  clothes that aren't made in sweat shops!  here's a way to find a retail store that sells fair trade.  become a responsible shopper.  it's scary what you'll find!  these will be added to the sidebar once i have the time.  promise!
 
P.S. Keep them in your prayers.




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