A few weeks after Chicago was declared a Fair Trade City, several more towns will reach that milestone. Enough to make 1000 fair trade towns in the world!!!! Fair Trade is clearly a strong and growing movement, as more people shop for fair trade products and demand fair trade options in their towns. The fair trade towns campaign really epitomizes that expression, “Think Globally, Act Locally.”
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Ethical Fashion Blog
It’s so fun to see our Dangle Necklace featured in People Magazine’s June Style Watch.
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Chicago celebrated World Fair Trade Day with an exciting announcement. After a 2-year campaign of outreach to residents and businesses, Chicago was declared a Fair Trade City!
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fairtrade.us is giving away a $250 shopping spree this World Fair Trade Day – May 14th. All you need to do to have a chance of winning is register between now and May 13th 2011.
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If you are in the Chicago area, head over to Daley Plaza on Friday, May 6th to celebrate World Fair Trade Day!
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Yesterday was Michelle’s wedding shower, and as you can see, Mata Traders was very well represented! Here we are all decked out in our Mata fashions. One of the co-ops we work with is making the bridesmaids’ dresses, which will be a similar design to the Gold Coast dress – seen below on Michelle and Andrea (Michelle’s sister and maid of honor).
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