Ethletic Children’s Sneakers by Autonomie Project
Autonomie Project prides itself on being an organic, sweatshop-free vegan business and their footwear range makes for a perfect alternative to all the other shoe producers that use harmful products in their manufacturing processes. Autonomie Project also adheres to the Fair Trade principles, meaning amongst other things, the workers are paid a living wage, definitely no child labor, workers have access to health care, no forced overtime and no harassment or discrimination. Overall, Autonomie project is seeking to be a 100% ethical and eco-friendly business.
They have a range of shoes for adults and also offer the Ehtletic Sneakers in children’s sizes suitable for three years and up. Why not teach your kids from an early age that their carbon footprint is just as important as their actual footprint. Like all the Autonomie Project footwear, the Ethletic Sneakers use 100% Fair Trade certified cotton, FSC certified natural rubber and all dyes are PCP and AZO free. Sweatshop-free labor is used to make the shoes. They are available in six colors.
Further details and to buy online, check out the Autonomie Project website.
Scarborough Fair Foods fairtrade, organic chocolate
Scarborough Fair organic chocolate, available in the Australian market is a Fairtrade certified organic chocolate. The Fairtrade certification is an important consideration when buying chocolate because it is a product where exploitation is rife, however, it is not widely known. If you wish to do some reading then the article in Fortune magazine, Chocolate’s bittersweet economy is a good place to start.
Originally the Scarborough Fair range was only available for Easter and the good news is that it is now available all year. The four premium chocolate blends are Rapture (70% dark orange chocolate), Sinless (70% dark chocolate), Adore (milk chocolate) and Blameless (fruit and nut milk chocolate).
Full details available at the Scarborough Fair Foods website.
Scarborough Fair Foods Organic Fairtrade Green Tea
Scarborough Fair Foods have a range of specialty teas, coffees and chocolates that are Fairtrade certified. Some go further and are organic and biodynamic certified as well. The Fairtrade logo ensures the growers are not exploited and receive fair prices for the produce. The flow on to the communities helps them maintain self sufficiency and not be subject to exploitation such as child labour.
The Scarborough Fair organic green tea is one of the range of specialty teas and is available in plain, lemon, mango and lime and finally, mint. Being biodynamic certified it ensures the leaves are grown without chemicals and pesticides and follows ecological and sustainable farming methods.
They are available throughout Australia and New Zealand in supermarkets and come in packets of 50 and 25 bags.
To see more about the range of specialty organic teas see the Scarborough Fair website.
Scarborough Fair Organic Fairtrade Coffee
Scarborough Fair Foods was established in 2004 by a New Zealand based food marketing company. They wanted to take a mainstream approach to distributing Fairtrade certified organic coffee rather than the usual method of premium priced low volume products.
Fairtrade is reasonably well know with their logo now on many products globally. Briefly, their mission is to ensure the producers receive a fair price for their products and the flow on from this is better quality of life, clean water, minimum safety standards and no child labour, just to name a few.
The Scarborough Fair organic coffee is sourced from Guatemala, Mexico and Peru. Most of these are based around the co-operative farming model. There are a variety of options with ground roasted, beans and instant. They are then available in a variety of blends using, for example, arabica and robusta beans, with dark roast, medium roast plus others.
Check out the Scarborough Fair website for a list of all the Fairtrade organic coffees.
Organic Fairtrade certified Republica Coffee
Republica Coffee is an Australian owned company started by Jacqueline Arias. Of course it made sense for her to ensure the growers are given a fair price for their work after hearing stories from her parents about coffee farming in ancestral Colombia. All the coffee is Fairtrade certified and organic. Her philosphy is simple in that a profitable business can go hand in hand with running an ethical company.
At the time of writing there are three products on offer. Firstly the Organic Signature Blend with a full buttery body and sweet nutty chocolate notes. Second, the Organic Timor Blend an Arabica coffee sourced from the small country of Timor to the north west of Australia. A fruity aroma and subtle dark chocolate aftertaste. Finally there is the a decaffeinated blend, Peru Organic Decaf. As the name suggests, the beans are grown in the Peruvian Andes and decaffeinated using pure water and definitely no chemicals. This has a floral aroma and earthy character.
They are available at major supermarket chains plus many specialty food stores. For more information plus instructions on how to brew the perfect cup at home, visit the Republica Coffee website.
