by Barbara DeSouza | Fashion as a Force for Good
Read Time: 3.5 min. Fashion Revolution Week Every year, during Fashion Revolution Week (FRW), we remember the tragic collapse on April 24, 2013 of Rana Plaza, the Bangladesh factory complex that killed 1,134 garment workers and injured over 2,500. Known as one of the...
by Kathy Thomas | Fashion as a Force for Good, Materials
What is Eco-Friendly Sustainably Sourced Wood? – (Read Time: 3 min.) “Eco-friendly” and “sustainable” have become hot topic buzzwords for marketers in recent years, but what do those words really mean? For fair-trade companies...
by Kathy Thomas | Fashion as a Force for Good
Read Time: 5 min. #1 – Keep Families Together For years, Clara worked the same job every day while dreaming she could have more time to spend with her husband and three children. Now, as an independent businesswoman and fair-trade Artisan, she’s able to pursue...
by Kathy Thomas | Artisans, Stories of Hope
Read Time: 3 min. Women in U.S.A. Are Breaking Free From Poverty, Addictions, Trafficking, Trauma, and Abuse In the U.S.A., women breaking free from addiction, sex-trafficking, generational poverty, and trauma are rediscovering their value and identities, as...
by Kathy Thomas | Artisans
Tran Thi Ha’s Story of Hope in Vietnam “In my community, there aren’t many jobs for housewives like us. Because of some difficulties that my parents experienced when I was a small kid, I didn’t have a chance to go to school. My beloved mother taught me...