TOPIC: FAIR TRADE (20)
Warby Parker
http://www.warbyparker.comWarby Parker was founded with a rebellious spirit and a lofty objective: to create boutique-quality, classically crafted eyewear at a revolutionary price point.
Fair Trade USA
http://fairtradeusa.org"Fair Trade" helps “free trade” work for the poor. Fair Trade USA is the leading third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the United States. We enable you, the consumer, to make a difference with your dollar. We help people and the planet work in tandem so both are healthy and sustained.
European Fair Trade Association
http://www.eftafairtrade.orgEFTA (the European Fair Trade Association) is an association of ten Fair Trade importers in nine European countries (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom).
Lemonopoly
http://lemonopoly.orgLemonopoly is a game about our local lemon trade. We trade real, local lemons that grow in backyards, urban farms and on public fruit trees.
Real world economic takeover...in a game.
Afia
http://shopafia.comAFIA is an award-winning sustainable, tastemaking women’s clothing line sourced and sewn in Ghana, West Africa.
Designer Meghan Sebold handpicks the cotton wax fabric from the markets in the capital city of Accra – we use fabric printed in Ghana to support this iconic industry and showcase the fabric in our market. We work with sewing cooperatives in Ghana paid a fair wage for their craft.
Fair Trade Federation
http://www.fairtradefederation.comThe Fair Trade Federation is the trade association that strengthens and promotes North American organizations fully committed to fair trade. The Federation is part of the global fair trade movement, building equitable and sustainable trading partnerships and creating opportunities to alleviate poverty.
Sweet Riot
http://www.sweetriot.com/We make all-natural chocolate treats called ‘peaces’, and we work to create a more just and celebrated multicultural world for our next generation.
Little Trove
http://www.littletrove.comLittle Trove is a fair trade company working with artisans in rural communities in Asia and South Africa to create contemporary home and giftware to sell in Western markets. The idea is to bring positive change to the lives of the poor, while creating employment in the artisan communities.
Global Goods Partners
http://www.globalgoodspartners.orgGlobal Goods Partners is a nonprofit organization that sells handmade, fair trade products in order to improve the economic status of women in marginalized communities around the world. We work with nearly 40 artisan groups which collectively employ over 3,000 women in close to 20 countries. Our online store offers socially-conscious consumers a direct connection to artisan partners that are changing women’s lives by helping them to build sustainable livelihoods.
Raven+Lily
http://www.ravenandlily.comRaven + Lily is a socially responsible brand dedicated to empowering women through design partnerships and sustainable economic opportunities.
Mission Hammocks
http://www.missionhammocks.comMission Hammocks helps support social integration programs in Nicaragua by making 100% handmade hammocks. Each of our hammocks, hammock chairs, and baby furniture is made with organic cotton and helps to support persons with disabilities.
Fairtrade International
http://www.fairtrade.netWe are 25 organizations working to secure a better deal for producers. From our headquarters in Bonn, Germany, we set international Fairtrade Standards and support Fairtrade producers.
Yellow Leaf
http://yellowleafhammocks.com/Yellow Leaf aims to engineer a turnaround in which marginalized ethnic groups such as the Mlabri apply their artisan talents of hammock making towards creating a micro-economy that will elevate them from their former state and maintain their cultural identity, with the added benefit of eradicating toxic farming methods within the communities we partner with. Hammocks have been the means to securing civil rights, combating deforestation, creating basic infrastructure and achieving financial security for hill tribe villages in this region of Northern Thailand.
Rising Tide Fair Trade
http://www.rtfairtrade.comRising Tide Fair Trade works with artisans in developing countries who earn a fair wage, enabling them to support their families and achieve a sustainable business operation. The fair trade artisans we work with earn roughly 60 percent more than they would for comparable factory jobs. Since most of the artisans have the choice to work from home, they can tend to their children while contributing to the family income.
Harriet Kelsall Bespoke Jewellery
http://www.hkjewellery.co.ukHarriet Kelsall Bespoke Jewellery specializes in crafting individual bespoke wedding and engagement rings, to suit customers style and budget. HK was one of the first of 20 companies worldwide to offer fully-certified Fairtrade and Fairmined gold, and was selected by the Fairtrade Foundations as a choice luxury bespoke jeweller.
