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Celebrating Fair Trade Month
While we do love October for its Pumpkin Ale, Haunted Houses, and colorful leaves, we also love October for being Fair Trade Month. It stands as a great reminder to take the time to think about what it means to be conscious consumers in our everyday lives and how our seemingly simple decisions at the check-out counter have the potential to make an impact. One of our strongest values at Holstee is that everything we make and sell is produced fairly. Buying Fair Trade goods means placing value in ethical production: protecting the planet, improving livelihoods, ensuring fair working conditions, and empowering sustainable business worldwide. Check out Fair Trade USA's Top 10 Ways to Celebrate Fair Trade Month and join the celebration of making each purchase matter. Happy Fair Trade Month!
- October 11, 2011
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Written by: Mary Shouvlin
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Via Nativa Jewelry
Alessandra Plasa co-owner of Via Nativa has found gems in the forests of Nicaragua.
These captivating, gracefully sculpted pieces of solidified art are adorning fingers,wrists,necklines, and homes worldwide. By combining import forces with NYC based Fair Trade organization Esperanza en Accion and FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) Via Nativa is emerging as an artisan boutique with trending layers of rich reclaimed wood.. must haves for home and wear. This is by no means a guilty pleasure..eco conscious and gorgeous are equal purpose in this equation.
Curating with A Conscience
Since we started Holstee, we've managed to become increasingly aware of the incredible amount of good products being made today. When we say good, we mean in every sense of the word- from exceptional design to production that considers its impact on all stakeholders. Its true, there's still lots of crummy products made in less than desirable ways - but the best way to bring forward change is it give light to the things we want to see more of, and this is exactly what we plan to do.
This week in addition to offering our own designs, we are excited to announce the launch of Curated x Holstee. Through this we plan to identify and share the products we've tried, loved and are proud to share with you. We've also added badges to each of our products to help you quickly understand which are:
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