Safia Minney, the founder of People Tree, calls her blog the People Tree. Most if not all of the snapshots in her recent post about establishing organic cotton farms in Bangladesh are from scenes shown in that TV documentary.
People Tree currently makes more than half of its clothing from cotton grown organically in India, and is now promoting organic plantations in Bangladesh, too, where most cotton fabricated comes of non-local sources (Poisoned any farmers recently, darling?). The Organic Cotton page explains both problems related to cotton that isn't grown organically, and benefits of growing it organically.
A little over a month ago, representatives from People Tree took part in World Fair Trade Day celebrations in Tokyo. Events included a fashion show including Vogue fashions crafted from organic cotton (World Fair Trade Day - May 12). To find out more about how fair trade influences children around the world, please check out the World Fair Trade official web site for 2007.
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ReplyDeleteI'm interested in social and environmentally responsible businesses, too. I'd like to know more about the founder of People Tree. Is the NHK documentary available on line? If so, please add a link. It would be nice to see some pictures, too.
Thanks, pab! I'm glad we share those interests. I should say what my interests are in the introduction to my review. I'll look for the NHK documentary, and try to find some suitable pictures, too.
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