Buying used

Even better than buying organic and buying fair trade is buying used products. Think about it. Buying used items stops the item from being thrown away and at the same time you are not buying the product new. Maybe not that great for the world economy, but great for your wallet and the environment. For this reason, and just because I like doing it, I love to go to a garage sale or a thrift store. You never know what you might find, and it is always cheap. Another plus is that garage sale and thrift store shopping is helping the seller. Many times garage sales are used as a way to make a little extra money for a family. I have even encountered people who do it as a regular income source. Thrift stores usually benefit charities too, like animal shelters and homeless shelters, and often they employ people with developmental disabilities. Buying used is a win win situation for all.

District Threads

District Threads is a cool clothing company that is offering some organic tees, and I have checked out several different brands of organic clothing, and organic t-shirts in particular, and I can honestly say that District Threads is my favorite. The District Threads shirts feel really good against your skin and they are soft and light in a very good way. I have also found that District Threads clothing is quite affordable when you shop at the right online stores. If you are looking for some affordable organic tees, I highly recommend District Threads.

Mom and Pop Internet commerce

I thought of something today that I would like to share with you. You know how everywhere you look is some huge chain store like Walmart, Starbucks, Best Buy etc.? Well, buying from Internet sites for small businesses is kind of like the last bastion of Mom and Pop stores left in America. It really is the only way that normal people can have a business without getting run out of town buy these huge chains. I think we should buy from small Internet businesses when we can.

The cheapest product mentality

Fair Trade gives producers a guaranteed minimum price for their goods so that unscrupulous buyers do not take advantage of their poverty driven needs. Buying Fair Trade products is your way of not contributing to the sweat shop mentality. The cheapest product is not always the best product, in more ways than one. Fair trade means that safe working conditions and living wages are demanded and forced child labor is prohibited.

Fair trade farming practices require that harmful agrochemicals and GMOs are not used and instead environmentally sustainable farming methods are used. We can not count on all countries to use sustainable farming methods when our own country does not. Buying Fair Trade consumables is one way we can take back the planet from the hands of greedy polluters!

Fair trade purchase

Fair Trade is a strategy that alleviates poverty and promotes sustainable development. The idea is to create opportunities for economically disadvantaged producers. I recently purchased some fair trade Mayan products and I was so pleasantly surprised at the intricate craftsmanship in the products. The items were inexpensive, unique, and beautiful, and I know that I helped promote community health care and education programs as well as environmental sustainability.

Fair trade organic

Welcome to fair trade organic. We will be discussing the greening of the economy and a more fair and balanced distribution of money as green goods and services change hands. Our current system of greed and environmental devastation not only exploits people while fouling the eco system, it is failing us economically as well, and we need to look for alternatives.

Fair trade practices and supporting green and organic businesses is the way that we can create green jobs and supports a greening of the economy. We will be passing along ideas and information of this blog and we hope that you will visit often!