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Editorial
Fashion is a global, multi-billion pound industry, but as we become more environmentally aware, shoppers look to buy products that are ethical as well as
fashionable, wanting to feel, as well as look good.
In this edition of GVNR we look at how manufacturing and consumerism is changing, from the growing of cotton in Mali to the importation of Fair Trade jewellery made
by Chilean artisans. We also write about some of the companies who are getting it right, promoting a more responsible approach to clothing production and buying. The
UK celebrated Fair Trade Fortnight in March during which is was revealed that the sales of products with the Fair Trade Mark are now running at a rate of £200 million
per year with 301 producer groups selling to the UK market.
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http://www.gvnr.com/109/1.htm
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 Cotton Farmers Say No to GMO
Cotton-growers and other farmers have voted against introducing genetically modified crops in a "citizens jury" in Mali. The world's fourth poorest country, Mali is
the largest producer of cotton in sub-Saharan Africa, largely grown by smallholder farmers whose livelihoods depend on it. For Full Article, Click Here:
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 The Bishopton
Trading Company
In 1895, Carolyn Whitwell flew to a small village in South India with her three-month-old daughter, determined to create a new kind of business. She
recruited four elderly tailors, who worked from the back room of a house in the village on four treadle wheel sewing machines. Back in England, she took on a former
butcher’s shop on a run-down shopping street in a suburb of Bristol, and the Bishopton Trading Company was born.
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How Howies Do It
 Cardigan Bay’s 3rd biggest clothing company was set up in 1995 by Claire and Dave Hiatt. Howies was a company with a difference; one which aimed to be ethical itself
and also to help spread the word to a wider audience.
It started small, with 5 designs of t-shirts being produced and sold from the living room of Claire and Dave’s flat. Over the past 11 years Howies has grown, but the
company philosophy has remained the same.
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 People Tree
Global, Ethical Fashion
People Tree is one the UK’s leading Fair Trade Fashion companies. It sources its clothes, accessories and homewares from producers around the world and the company’s
mission statement commits it to helping these people achieve economic stability; paying them fair prices, promoting rural development and championing the use of
traditional skills.
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http://www.gvnr.com/109/5.htm
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 Book Review:
How to be GOOD When You Shop The GOOD Shopping Guide (new edition) is the complete guide to
ethical shopping, exposing the ultimate holding companies or hundreds of consumer brands and endorsing others.
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http://www.gvnr.com/109/6.htm
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Wear Fair Fashion
 WearFair sells Fair-trade jewellery online, offering its buyers an ethical way of being fashionable. The ideology behind the business is to build up good relationships
with the Chilean artisans and to promote creativity and individuality. Fair-trade helps to build belief in other people's talent without burdening them with the
worries of trade and business. For Full Article, Click Here:
http://www.gvnr.com/109/7.htm
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Organic Cotton is Making its Mark
 Organic Cotton is making its mark with more companies selling clothes and household products than ever before. People Tree fashion company have launched
an Organic Cotton Campaign this spring with special labels on their organic cotton garments. The labels have a tear-off section for customers to fill in and take to
their favourite clothes shops, asking them what they are doing about stocking organic cotton.
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Viewpoint
This article was originally published for Living Lightly magazine in the year 2000. When researching stories for this edition of GVNR we came across
it and was struck by how dated it now was after only six years. For this reason we are publishing it on-line as it is a positive indication of how consumer attitudes
have changed in recent years.
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Global Resources
Websites devoted to Positive Planetary Transformation
Baby Milk Action
www.babymilkaction.org
Baby Milk Action is a non-profit organisation which aims to save lives and to end the avoidable suffering caused by inappropriate infant feeding. Baby Milk Action
works within a global network to strengthen independent, transparent and effective controls on the marketing of the baby feeding industry.
The Fairtrade Foundation
www.fairtrade.org.uk
The Fairtrade Foundation was established in 1992 by CAFOD, Christian Aid, New Consumer, Oxfam, Traidcraft and the World Development Movement. These founding
organisations were later joined by Britain's largest women's organisation, the Women's Institute. Currently there are a total of 32 members of staff at the Fairtrade
Foundation that work within the departments of Commercial Relations, Communications, Certification, and Finance and Resources. We also rely on the work of around 15
volunteers.
IFAT
www.ifat.org
IFAT is the global network of Fair Trade Organizations. Our mission is to improve the livelihoods and well being of disadvantaged producers by linking and
promoting Fair Trade Organizations, and speaking out for greater justice in world trade.
No Sweat
www.nosweat.org.uk
No Sweat is an activist website where you can find information on anti-sweatshop campaigns and what you can do to help to gain fair wages and better working conditions
for sweatshop workers.
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as public a service. GVNR has not researched nor does it endorse any
products or services listed in the Resource section. Readers are advised
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