I love doing service projects with my kids, but I don’t make it happen very often. As much as I want to pass down values like gratitude and sharing with others, my busy schedule and fear of commitment often get in the way. A local organization serving refugees is encouraging Nashville folks to put together […]
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I’ve been hoping to incorporate ethical pieces into my home decor. When Ten Thousand Villages sent me their Jolly Bells Garland, I knew it would be a great fit for a winter mantel scene. The Nester is one of my favorite interior design writers, and Myquillyn’s advice to “shop your house” when redecorating is
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October is Fair Trade Month! When a product is certified fair trade, it has met rigorous standards of ethics and manufacturing. Fair trade products are good for the people who make them, good for the environment, and good for you! These are exciting times in the fair trade world. Where once fair trade was available only
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Our team is flying to the Philippines to launch A Beautiful Refuge THIS WEEK! Thank you so much to all of you for your support via donations, prayers, encouragement, and feedback! The team has experienced some interesting setbacks, including higher-than-usual custom fees (successfully negotiated down!) and a continuing search for workshop space. However, A Beautiful
Hey, friends! I wanted to give you an update on A Beautiful Refuge, our social enterprise project. Things are really starting to move, but each stage is being carefully planned. Why the Philippines? My friend Hannah, the brains behind this project, spent six months working with Safe Refuge in the Philippines in 2009. Hannah saw
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Do you ever have something so exciting to share that you can’t figure out how to do it justice? So you just hold it tight for a bit, savoring the feeling until it has to be let out? Time to spill the beans! A while ago I joined with some other ethical fashion bloggers as
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Do you have any little ones on your gift list this year? I love shopping for baby gifts, but sometimes I’m not sure how to find gifts that are ethically made AND safe for the youngest gift recipients. Happily, some wonderful companies offer fun, whimsical, eco-friendly gifts for the little bits in your life. Check
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What if the shirts we wear speak not just to those around us, but also to the people who make them? The Parative Project is using shirts to take two messages — “You are loved” and “Our freedom is tied together” to survivors of human trafficking in India. Drew Oxley has been in the business of
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We introverts have enjoyed the limelight lately. Books and articles extol our hidden virtues and proclaim the wisdom of keeping an introvert handy at all times. For those of us who often feel invisible in the chaos, it’s been nice. Lately, though, I’ve realized how thankful I am for the extroverts in my life. A
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Ethical clothing for kids is hard to find and tough to afford. Enter Wildly Co, a new children’s clothing line by Mike and Hayley Morgan (you might know Hayley as The Tiny Twig). Wildly Co has just launched their Kickstarter campaign to fund their first capsule collection, and I love the basic pants and shirts the company
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