FAIR TRADE:
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SHOPPING WITH A CONSCIENCE!
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EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES
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is an equitable and fair partnership between marketers in North America and
artisans and farmers in the Global South (Africa, Asia, Latin America). It
includes:
- Paying a fair living wage
- Supporting worker-owned, democratically run cooperatives and small
businesses
- Offering employees advancement opportunities
- Providing equal opportunity employment, particularly for the most
disadvantaged
- Engaging in environmentally sustainable practices
- Being open to public accountability
- Building long-term trade relationships
- Providing healthy and safe working conditions
- Providing financial and technical assistance to producers
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Your Cleveland Area Guide to Informational Resources and Sweatshop-Free
Clothing, Coffee, Crafts & More
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Cleveland Area Fair Trade & Non-Sweatshop Products
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Equal Exchange
www.equalexchange.com Worker-owned alternative trade organization establishing long-term fair trade
relations for farmers. Equal Exchange cocoa, coffees and teas are fair-trade
certified. Congregations can purchase coffee wholesale through the Interfaith
Program. Purchase EE at Heinen's, Dave's Ohio City, Web of Life, the Food Co-op,
and Zagara's.
Esperanza Threads
1160 Broadway Bedford, OH 44146
440.786.9009
www.esperanzathreads.com
Esperanza pays a living wage to Cleveland women. Guided by the principles of
economic, environmental, gender and racial justice, Esperanza produces 100%
organic clothing for women and children.
Heartbeats
20015 Detroit Rd. Rocky River, OH 44116
440.356.8601 800.808.1991
www.heartbeatscatalog.org
Heartbeats is dedicated to developing self efficiency and self-esteem for women,
minority and developing world artists.
INTO
2425 West River Rd. Ste 239 Elyria, OH 44035 440.324.4323 into inc@intoworld.org
Illuminating Nations Through Opportunity meets the immediate goals of Ecuadorian
families living in poverty by marketing their handicrafts. INTO pays the
artisans a fair price and reinvests a portion of the sales back into their
community.
St. Louis Parish
2475 N. Taylor Cleveland Heights, OH
216.382.0440
Salvadoran crafts, non-sweatshop organic clothing & fair trade coffee are
sold after all Masses on the 2nd Sunday of each month.
Ten Thousand Villages
19321 Detroit Rocky River, OH 44116
440.333.7709
Trinity Commons 2254 Euclid Ave Cleveland, OH 44115
216.575.1058
www.tenthousandvillages.com
Nonprofit alternative trading organization providing vital, fair income to
people in the Global South by selling their handicrafts and telling their
stories in the North. The stores offer fair trade coffee, chocolate, handcrafted
gift items and more. Voted best non-mall shopping in Cleveland.com reader's
poll.
SERRV International
800.422.5915
www.serrv.org
Nonprofit organization promoting the social and economic progress of people
in developing regions of the world by purchasing and marketing their crafts in a
just and direct manner. Up to 50% of the final price is returned to artisan
producers. SERRV works in cooperation with various church bodies, including
Catholic Relief Services and Lutheran World Relief.
Sweat-Free Clothing Web sites
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