October is Fair Trade Month. It's the perfect opportunity to encourage fair trade in your life and the lives of others. Buy yourself some fair trade chocolate. Buy your friend a fair trade scarf. Read up on fair trade and the companies who support it. Boycott companies with a history of human rights violations. Buy … Continue reading october is fair trade month
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on coffee shops
Coffee shops are a necessary social institution. They're a place for meeting, reuniting, flirting, reading, studying, napping, meditating, observing, and imbibing. I feel immensely grateful to work in one. I eavesdrop on brown-nosers, innovators, hobbyists, gossipers, and over-sharers. I see joyful reunions and daily fights between friends over who gets to pay for whose latte. … Continue reading on coffee shops
Fair Trade Month
Happy October and joyous Fair Trade Month. If you read my last post, you'll recall that I'm on a mission to spend my money on ethically produced products; now is the perfect time for you to join me. You can take the Fair Trade Pledge over at Fair Trade USA. Check out their list of Products … Continue reading Fair Trade Month
week in a list
The online business experienced a high point this week, for which I am quite thankful. If you need to update your wardrobe, you should take a look. My manager asked me to take some photos of the shop for the company website. Although I didn't get paid anything extra (apart from photographing on the clock), … Continue reading week in a list
Leah Wise 