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Newsletters

• Global Village Newsletters
  • June 2007
  • March 2007
  • December 2006

Helpful Links

• Other Fair Trade Shops in Central Illinois
  • Global Crossroads Bloomington, IL
  • Ten Thousand Villages Champaign, IL
• General
  • Fair Trade Federation- Committed to providing fair wages and good employment opportunities to economically disadvantaged artisans and farmers worldwide.
  • Ten Thousand Villages - Markets fair trade handicrafts and tells their stories in North America.
  • A Greater Gift - Promotes social and economic progress in developing regions of the world.
  • Co-op America - Working for an end to sweatshops and promotes healthy workplaces with respect of all people.
  • Green Festivals - Celebrating social and economic justice and ecological balance. Chicago, San Francisco and Washington DC.
  • Friends of the Third World - Empowering people around the world to overcome poverty.
• Clothing
  • NoSweat Apparel - Clothing produced by independent trade union members in the US, Canada, and the developing world.
  • Marketplace of India - Non-profit organization providing access to global markets for low-income Indian women.
  • Ganesh Himal - Markets high quality, handcrafted clothing, jewelry, and paper from small cottage industries in Nepal.
• Food
  • Equal Exchange - Engages consumers and builds honest and Fair Trade relationships through cooperative principles.
  • Divine Chocolate - Bringing delicious fairly traded, slavery-free chocolate into the hearts and mouths of chocolate lovers.
• Guatemala Project
  • Sharing the Dream - Promotes fair trade with cooperatives and small businesses in Guatemala, creating sustainable markets for their projects.
• Haiti Reforestation Project
  • The poorest nation in the western hemisphere, Haiti knows what to do to resolve the crisis, but lacks the resources to do so. Global Village plans to support the tree planting efforts of the nonprofit organizations Konpay the Quixote Center and the Lambi Fund. Reforest Haiti Conference - Promotes fair trade with cooperatives and small businesses in Guatemala, creating sustainable markets for their projects.
• Travel
  • Borderlinks - Immersion delegations to Mexico offering cross border relationship building and developing local and international strategies in response to the global economy
  • Center for Global Education - Brings participants face-to-face with people of other cultures working for justice and human dignity. Opportunity to examine the root causes of poverty and oppression.
  • Crooked Trails - Works in conjunction with indigenous people around the world facilitating cultural exchanges that allow visitors and hosts opportunities to share in each other's lives
  • Global Exchange - Participants learn about host country's history, politics, economy, religion, government, health care, agriculture, education, and environment, all while participating in exciting cultural activities.
  • Sharing the Dream - Opportunity to experience the culture of Mayan weavers in Guatemala, and to see what fair trade does and does not contribute to these third world artisans

 

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