Comments on: Level Ground Trading: Linking sustainability to long-term relationships

By: women's jewellery

women's jewellery — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 08:40:54 +0000

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By: band rings

band rings — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:52:28 +0000

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By: Ben Ziegler

Ben Ziegler — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:16:15 +0000

Hi Maria,
Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts. I really like the points you make around trust and credibility – I think trust & credibility are at the heart of why people connect with organizations like Ten Thousand Villages and Level Ground Trading. And, I hope people visiting your store over the next few days, leading up to X-mas, are in a generous mood! Cheers, Ben.

By: maria

maria — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:08:58 +0000

Hi Ben, thanks for this article and for the very nice comment about Ten Thousand Villages (OK, I admit it, I work at a Ten Thousand Villages store and so I’m probably a litttle biased!!).

It’s great that more and more people are becoming sensitive to the social impacts of their purchasing decisions (Katy, I do hope your kids enjoy that hot chocolate and good for you for being interested enough to look at the label). Hopefully, as all businesses respond to this growing awareness it will become easier and easier for each of us to behave like “socially conscious consumers” all the time.

The nice thing about organizations like Ten Thousand Villages is that because they have been built on a passion about and committment to these ideals, you can rest assured that everything in the store is fairly traded.

In a way, this is what I think is most important about World Fair Trade accreditation… it is a return to the old idea that a person’s life is made easier if they can trust their chosen retailers.

If fair trade and social justice is important to you, then the decision where to spend your money is made simpler when dealing with credible organizations like Ten Thousand Villages and Level Ground.

By: Ben Ziegler

Ben Ziegler — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:13:27 +0000

Hi Katy, Glad you found something that was both fairly traded AND something which, in all likelihood, will be a hit with your family. Cheers, Ben.

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By: Katy

Katy — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:19:07 +0000

I was surprised while shopping in Costco to see “genuine Belgian Hot Chocolate- fair trade”. It does have the “Fair trade certified “logo as well. The black and white person with 2 bowls standing in front of the world.
I brought it home for the kids to try!