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verterra biodegradable dinnerware
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holiday parties will be upon us before you can blink. and with them, inevitably, come drunk co-workers hooking up on the copy machine, stale cookies & someone running around with blinking reindeer antlers.
what does not have to be inevitable? plastic cups & plates piled up 5 feet high in the trash can!
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vere chocolates
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last friday, we went for factory day at vere chocolates.
this local NYC factory–right on west 27th street–is dedicated to pure, real chocolate. they may have started out wanting to make a healthier, better for you chocolate, but they also came away dedicated to social & environmental responsibility.
on fridays they open up their doors for [...]
organica deluxe.
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check out this sophisticated organic gift box company–organica deluxe.
their tagline is natural, organic, sustainable, fair trade - and always luxury.
but you will also dig their deluxe principals as well. soy inks, wind energy, carbon credits, eco-friendly cornstarch peanuts for packing…
pick one of their pre-made variety or make it personal. choose from [...]
happy world vegan day!
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in honor of world vegan day ‘08, i wanna tell you about my favorite vegan restaurant–angelica kitchen.
this place has been keeping vegans happy since 1976. they’ve been kicking out delicious organic food with a special focus on sustainable agriculture & responsible business practices (that means they don’t take credit cards, which means they aren’t [...]
equal exchange: fairly traded
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the cooking class i took monday focused on dairy-free desserts, but the instructor also took some time to talk about the slavery of chocolate.
we don’t always think about the food supply & how stuff gets from the ground to our bodies, so i welcomed this idea that somewhere, someone was being forced into slavery [...]
bamboula
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bamboula, this fair trade company works with aid to artisans in order to provide handcraft-based businesses a way to compete in the global marketplace. collaborating with artists in five african countries, bamboula offers some cool recycled glass items, and i really dig their [...]
cocoa vino
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this month i’ve been trying to celebrate fair trade month by highlighting those who use & sell fair trade products. one of my longtime favorites is cocoavino. the first time i tasted their drunken figs i was saved.
they use fair trade chocolate & espressos to make their heavenly treats. and beyond that, [...]
trick or treat! fair trade style, yo!
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the chill is here, i feel it. halloween approaches.
while i normally poo-poo this ghoulish holiday, i feel energized this year because there is so much fair trade chocolate out there–making treats good for the earth, the workers & my belly. and organizations like global exchange are keeping the cocoa industry honest by pushing the rights [...]
it takes ten thousand villages..
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i love october!
not only is it vegetarian awareness month–but also sharing the october stage, is fair trade awareness!
explore this awesome social movement whose approach to industry/economics empowers workers & promotes sustainability.
why?
because strategic advocacy for fair pay as well as social & environmental standards related to the production of goods, empowers marginalized workers & producers [...]
art of the gift bag
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ahhh, the gift bag. how many times have you lugged the thing home only to find it filled with a bunch of crap? it might be sufferable if they’d at least give you a cool bag that you could reuse, right?
well, the gift fair was loaded with a hefty variety of options. [...]
