On behalf of Anti-Body and Fair Trade the White House, I’d like to introduce the new Fair Trade Holiday Gift Guide, filled with over 80 fair Holiday gift options, including Anti-Body fair trade body-care!

Happy Holidays!

EVENT: Busboys and Poets Fair Trade Night – Movie, Mini Spa, FREE Chocolate and MORE!

DATE/TIME: Monday, 19 October, 2009 6:00 PM

VENUE: Busboys and Poets @ 5th & K Streets
1025 5th Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-789-2227

You’re invited to Fair Trade Night!

VENUE: Global Exchange Shop at Busboys and Poets 5th & K Streets location

Join the Global Exchange Fair Trade Store to celebrate Fair Trade Month!

Treat yourself to a night of FREE Fair Trade treats, including:

• a screening of Burning Heart Production’s “The Fair Trade:” the story of c0-founders of Anti-Body Fair Trade cosmetics and how they came to dedicate their  lives to Fair Trade
• a mini spa lunch of our new line of Anti-Body beauty products, including lotions, bath fizzers and MORE! Test their fabulous scents – it’s Fair Trade!
• a book signing by Jackie DeCarlo, author of Fair Trade: A Beginner’s Guide, and learn how you can help “Fair Trade the White House“
• and (last but NOT least) a divine-ly delicious chocolate tasting with Divine Chocolate! -It’s positively decadent!!!

ABOUT GLOBAL EXCHANGE

Global Exchange is an international human rights organization dedicated to promoting economic, political and social justice. Our Fair Trade program offers alternatives to sweatshop production by working with artisans and farmer cooperatives worldwide.

More about this calendar event:
http://www.meetup.com/DCFairTradeNet/calendar/11622262/

What an excellent day! We danced, we colored, we laughed and all in the name of fair trade! Thanks to everyone who came out to help us celebrate Fair Trade Month at Ten Thousand Villages, Pasadena. It was a very Fairy Day!

See photos here.

Hello, Anti-Body fans of Jackie DeCarlo!! This week starts Fair Trade Month and there are two upcoming opportunities to hear her speak in the DC area.
You can find her first at the Green Festival, hosted by Green America and Global Exchange, on Sunday, October 11th at 4 pm (check out their website to see all key note speakers, vendors and more). Then, on October 15th, Jackie has the privilege of doing a Fair Trade month event at the Metro Washington GLBT Community Center located near Scott Circle downtown. Hear about fair trade, local activities, Fair Trade the White House campaign and more The event starts at 7 and all are welcome.

Jackie is an experienced traveler, author, speaker and advocate for social justice. Anti-Body has had the pleasure of hearing her speak at Pasadena’s Ten Thousand Villages & Just Lives Festival, and the privilege of working with her for Fair Trade the White House.

The Holidays always roll around a lot quicker than we anticipate, so Anti-Body’s getting started a lot earlier this year! Our collectable and fair trade  Nutcracker Sweet Lip Balms are now available online and at many locations near you. One package includes Clara (Strawberry), Sugar Plum Fairy (Plum) and the Nutcracker (Chocolate Hazelnut). These make great little stocking stuffers or make a great gift all on their own.

Get them while supplies last, now through the end of December!

Forbes takes notice of Ten Thousand Villages and their growing success with the fair trade trend. Read the article here to see how your purchase sustains more than just your wish list.

You can find Anti-Body products at select Ten Thousand Villages, including our very own local shop in Pasadena!

TIME published an intriguing article by Richard Stengel entitled For American Consumers, a Responsibility Revolution. Is it possible that Americans are shifting their shopping habits? This could bode well for fair trade!

Illustration by C.J. Burton for TIME

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals,” FDR said in 1937, in the midst of the Great Depression. “We know now that it is bad economics.” We learned this all over again after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the shame of subprime mortgages and the brazen Ponzi scheme of Bernie Madoff. But even amid the Great Recession of 2009, people have been trading in their SUVs for Priuses, buying record amounts of fair-trade coffee and investing in socially responsible funds at higher rates than ever before. What we are discovering now, in the most uncertain economy since FDR’s time, is that enlightened self-interest — call it a shared sense of responsibility — is good economics…

Read the full article here.

Global Fayre just received their shipment of Fairy Trade Lotions with decorative stickers! Get yours in Sweet Rose or Fresh Coconut while their stock lasts!

Find Global Fayre at 324 S Campbell, right on the corner of Campbell and Walnut in the historic downtown area of Springfield, Missouri.
Hours
Monday to Wednesday, from 10am to 6pm
Thursday to Saturday, from 10am to 7pm
Sunday, from 10 am to 2 pm (NEW hours)

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To all of Anti-Body’s friends in the U.S. and abroad, Happy Labor Day! Which means, you should be paid fair wages while working in good conditions and reasonable hours. This holiday was founded in 1894 for these very reasons, yet, many of the rights fought for are still ignored today. This Labor Day, choose sweat-free, fair trade items to contribute to your patriotic purchases!

Check out Sweat Free Communities for an indepth list of conscientious shopping ideas.

The second in our Fairy Trade line is now available in Fresh Coconut!

The “Fairy Trade” series is the first fair trade body-care product directed at tween girls (and women who are young at heart). Rose scented “Gentle Fairy” loves trading with coconut scented “Love Fairy“. The first 1,000 units include a limited edition sticker pack. All-natural, paraben-free, with fairly traded coca butter, shea butter and green tea ingredients. SIZE: 8 ounce

Stock up, Tweens! Just in time for Fair Trade Month (October).

Also available in Sweet Rose.