Category Archives: Responsible Living

Nov7

Review: The Conscious Box

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Review: The Conscious Box
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The Conscious Box delivers new greener goods and goodies to your doorstep every month for around the price of two tickets to the movies.
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The Conscious Box delivers new greener goods and goodies to your doorstep every month for around the price of two tickets to the movies.
A few months ago I wrote a review of the Blissmo Box, a new service that delivers a box of assorted greener goods to your doorstep for $22/month. The monthly boxes are full of things like fair trade sugar, organic teas and natural energy bars.
 

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May9

Celebrate World Fair Trade Day

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Celebrate World Fair Trade Day
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Enjoy a fair trade breakfast, join a fair trade event near you, and take advantage of fair trade discounts for World Fair Trade Day.
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Enjoy a fair trade breakfast, join a fair trade event near you, and take advantage of fair trade discounts for World Fair Trade Day.
World Fair Trade Day rolls around again on May 14 — and this international celebration makes for a great time to stock up on fair trade goodies! Yes, fair trade products can be pricier than their conventional counterparts — but the producers get a fairer deal for their work, while you get high quality products that don’t make you worry about major labor abuses.
 

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Mar25

‘Fair trade’ to get a fair debate

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‘Fair trade’ to get a fair debate
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The Fair Trade Federation Conference in May will tackle tough questions in the activist and business communities about what 'fair' really means.
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The Fair Trade Federation Conference in May will tackle tough questions in the activist and business communities about what 'fair' really means.
Green business conferences and expos seem to happen almost every weekend these days, but for fair trade advocates, there’s still just one major get together — the Fair Trade Federation Conference.
 

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Feb8

How to choose eco-friendly Valentine’s Day flowers

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How to choose eco-friendly Valentine’s Day flowers
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Which flowers are the greenest option for Valentine's Day? Organic, local, fair trade, live or faux?
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Which flowers are the greenest option for Valentine's Day? Organic, local, fair trade, live or faux?
What’s the greenest bouquet for Valentine’s Day? Whether you’re getting them for yourself or someone else, flower shopping for environmentalists can be a task fraught with uncertainty. Should you go organic, fair trade or local? Buy online or get delivery? Opt for live plants or go for silk?
 

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Dec14

Drink coffee to plant trees

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Drink coffee to plant trees
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Can drinking coffee reduce your carbon footprint? Tiny Footprint Coffee claims it roasts the world's first carbon-negative coffee.
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Can drinking coffee reduce your carbon footprint? Tiny Footprint Coffee claims it roasts the world's first carbon-negative coffee.
Yerba mate fans have been growing rainforests with Guayaki's pick-me-up drinks — and now, coffee addicts can join in the leafy fun with their morning brew. Tiny Footprint Coffee offers organic, fair trade coffee — and plants a carbon-sucking tree for every pound of beans sold!
 

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