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Eco Fashion Week – good thing or fad?
Eco Fashion Week begins this coming Sunday in Vancouver. According to their website, its mission is: …to educate the Apparel and Textile industry on how to shift towards more healthy ways to design, manufacture, distribute, market and sell their products. … Continue reading
Posted in advocacy, consumerism, eco fashion, living in your means, recycling, repurposing, second hand, simple living, thrift lifetstyle, Thrift Shopping, thrift shops
Tagged clothing, consumerism, eco fashion, recycling, repurposed items, second hand, shopping, thrift, thrift lifestyle, thrift shopping, thrift shops
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Bangladesh – what have we learned?
When you treat workers as cheap labor it’s difficult to care for them. The long term solution to this is simply responsible entrepreneurship – Nazma Akhter, president of the Sommilito Garments Sramik Federation (Union of Garment Workers Association) A year … Continue reading
Posted in advocacy, Bangladesh, clothing, consumerism, peace, second hand, thrift, thrift lifetstyle, Thrift Shopping
Tagged Bangladesh, charity, clothing, consumerism, peace, second hand, thrift, thrift lifestyle, thrift shopping
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On Truth, Reconcilation, Peace and Thrift
This is not going to be a typical post because it has absolutely nothing to do with thrift shopping. It does, however, have to do with peace and I am, after all, a thrift shopper for peace! Something very important … Continue reading
Posted in advocacy, peace, thrift lifetstyle, truth and reconciliation
Tagged peace, truth and reconciliation
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To be and not to buy
A couple of months ago I blogged about a wedding. Anna-Marie and Daniel got married in May and I was struck by the care and thought that went into their day. Nothing was done “just because that’s how it’s done” … Continue reading
Posted in advocacy, Bangladesh, consumerism, generosity, peace, thrift lifetstyle
Tagged advocacy, Bangladesh, blogs, consumerism, thrift lifestyle
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Back to Bangladesh
So how much have you been thinking about the factory collapse in Bangladesh that happened in April? I’ve been thinking about this a lot. I was pleased to see this excellent cover story on this in last Saturday’s edition of … Continue reading
Posted in advocacy, Bangladesh, clothing, consumerism, peace, thrift, thrift lifetstyle
Tagged clothing, consumerism, peace, thrift, thrift lifestyle, thrift shopping
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