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Obama's Asian Angst

Scott Paul | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. China Trade, U.S. Manufacturing, Alliance for American Manufacturing, Fair Trade, President Obama, Politics News
Scott Paul

I like that President Obama accords his Asian peers with respect, bowing if tradition calls for it, even though it raises the hackles of some wingnuts. But bowing to the wishes of China is another matter altogether.

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Top Green Consumer Trends for 2009: Which Predictions Came True?

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Spending Habits, Consumerism, Green Trends, Consumer Trends, Economic Recession, Economic Crisis, 2009 Trends, Top Consumer Trends, Craigslist, Fresh Ideas Group, Trends, Conscious Consumerism, Green Consumer, Sustainable Consumer, Natural Home, Natural Home Magazine, Fair Trade, Landfill Waste, Organic Food Sales, Over the Counter Remedies, Economic Slowdown, Organic Food, Natural Home Remedies, Netflix, Green News
Robyn Griggs Lawrence

At the end of last year, our friends at The Fresh Ideas Group went out on a limb with some public predictions about how Americans would act in 2009. As the year winds down, let's see how they did.

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Fair Trade The White House (PETITION)

Posted 10.05.2009 | Impact

Read More: Michelle Obama, Eco-Friendly, Conscious Consumption, Fair Trade White House, Fair Trade, Impact News

Fair trade organizations, vendors and consumers around the globe have banded together to invite First Lady Michelle Obama to declare the White House "...

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Enforcing the Rule of Trade Law

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Fair Trade, NewPage Corp., Appleton Coated LLC, Protectionist, President Obama, Mark Gardner, Coated Paper, Goodyear, U.S. Department of Commerce, Free Trade, Usw, United Steelworkers, Automotive Trade Policy Council, China, Wall Street Journal, Rick Willett, Charles Uthus, G-20 Summit, World Trade Organization, Indonesia, Sappi Fine Paper North America, Tires, John Cappy, New York Times, Cooper Tire, Section 421, International Trade Commission, Chicago Tribune, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

The USW is in solidarity with Chinese and Indonesian workers who suffer abuse at the hands of their employers. It is governmental policies that injure us both and that we oppose. China cheats.

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Myths of Protectionism Are Spread to Exploit Workers and the Environment

Dave Johnson | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Fair Trade, Free Trade, Manufacturing, Protectionism, Trade, Business News
Dave Johnson

Why, exactly, is protectionism so bad? Why can't we have fair trade that lifts workers and protects the environment instead of unregulated free trade that exploits workers and the environment?

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Fomenting a Green Industrial Revolution in the U.S.

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Industrial Revolution, Fair Trade, Dumping, Gross Domestic Product, Trade Deficit, Suntech Power Holdings, Green-Energy, First-World Country, Trade Surplus, New York Times, Free Trade, Industrial Policy, G-20, World War II, China, Economic Policy Institute, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

When the leaders of the G-20 nations arrive in Pittsburgh, I want them to know I am fomenting revolution -- Industrial revolution. Specifically, a 21st-century burgeoning of green manufacturing in the United States.

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Manufacturing and the Limits of Comparative Advantage

Ralph Gomory | Posted 08.08.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Global Economy, Economics, David Ricardo, Economic Crisis, Comparative Advantage, Free Trade, Globalization, Ralph Gomory, Business, Ralph-Gomory, Warren Buffet, Global Economic Crisis, US Economy, u.s. Economy Problems, Economic Policy, Jeffrey Immelt, Corporate America, Trade, Financial TImes, Business News, Ceo, Free Market, Fair Trade, Business News
Ralph Gomory

Vague talk about future innovations, a post-industrial society, or an explosion of services exports is not the stuff on which to bet the prosperity of a nation.

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Starbucks: From Fair-trade Zero to Local Hero?

Waylon Lewis | Posted 08.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Cafe, Corporation, To Go Cup, Starbucks, Starbucks Coffee, Chain, Fair-Trade, Recycled, Coffee, Organic, Shop Local, Green News
Waylon Lewis

Starbucks is already Fair-Trade. Now, they say they're going green -- and supporting local -- by 2010. If they actually do it, I might have to give up my 15-year buycott.

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Beijing Borrowing from Washington's Playbook

Eric C. Anderson | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Unemployment, Global Ecnomony, Fair Trade, China, World News
Eric C. Anderson

It now seems Washington's pandering to populist sentiments in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is going to actually result in jobs losses right here in the United States.

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On The Streets: A Green Photoshoot (VIDEO)

Jonathan Kesselman | Posted 07.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Photography, Nudity, Dislocated Shoulder, Fair Trade, Jonathan Kesselman, Comedy News
Jonathan Kesselman

A publicity photo shoot for The Mother Nature Network goes off the rails when I dislocate my shoulder while half-neked in Columbus Circle.

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Chutzpah and cheaters partner to keep American tire workers unemployed

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 07.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Fair Trade, U.S. Embassy, Free Trade, Usw, United Steelworkers, American Omni Trading Co., China, Foreign Tire Sales, Chinese Tires, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, People’s Daily, Date Rape Drug, Section 421 Case, Orteck Global Supply & Distribution Co., Hercules Tire & Rubber Co., Trade, Melamine, U.S. Congress, Del-Nat Tire Corp., Aqua Dots, Itc, Chutzpah Coalition, International Trade Commission, Dunlap & Kyle Co., Yiddish, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

A group of tire importers that should be competitors banded together recently to ally themselves with China in a trade case. Doesn't sound like th...

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An Honest Mission... in a Bottle

Seth Goldman | Posted 06.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Community Service, Honest Tea, Americorps, Fair Trade, Service, Business News
Seth Goldman

Yes, it's an unlikely path, but my career as a beverage entrepreneur actually has its roots in the national service movement.

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Eco-Extrava-gay-ances

Michael DeJong | Posted 05.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Blood Diamonds, Eco-Values, Fashion Industry, Sustainable Luxury, Clean Diamonds, Economy, Disposable Income, Zeitgeist, Green Living, Labor-Standards, Tree-Hugger, Environmental, Luxury-Brands, Carbon Offsets, Eco-Effectiveness, Greenwashing, Bling, Cradle-to-Cradle, Granola, Global Warming, Gay Marriage, Fair Trade, Socially Responsible, Green News
Michael DeJong

In an industry-wide turn-around, many high-end labels are trying to change their luxury goods businesses by "double air kissing" new environmental and labor standards.

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American Manufacturing Doesn't Need a Bailout, Just a Level Playing Field

Scott Paul | Posted 05.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Recession, Fair Trade, Alliance for American Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs, Business News
Scott Paul

We need to make more things here. Developing new technology and consuming alone do not make for a stable economy, but that's been our economic strategy for the past decade.

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Isolationist Policies On The Rise Threatening A Global Trade War: World Bank

Washington Post | Posted 04.18.2009 | World

Read More: Economy, Exports, World Bank, Free Trade, g20, Buy American, Trade War, Trade Wars, Imports, Trade, Isolationism, Fair Trade, Trade Barriers, Global Financial Crisis, World News

At least 17 of the 20 major nations that vowed at a November summit to avoid protectionist steps that could spark a global trade war have violated tha...

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Starbucks Puts Sticker Shock on Coffee in Brazil

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Espresso, Leblon Mall, Ico, Expresso, Baristas, Cause Related Marketing, Social Responsibility, Cafe Pele, Juan-Valdez, Copacabana, Cumbia, Globalization, Fair-Trade, Coffee, Green Marketing, Mandelson, Ipanema, Colombia, Greenwashing, Illy, Schultz, Bogota, Greenmail, Starbucks, Sustainability, Porro, Business News
Eric Ehrmann

Rio -- Brazil's president Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva got free coffee from President Obama at the White House Saturday. But back home he'll pay $20 f...

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Time to End the Inquisition against Buy America Advocates

Scott Paul | Posted 03.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Fair Trade, Free Trade, U.S. Manufacturing, Buy America, Buy American, Business News
Scott Paul

It's time to end the intolerant theocracy of free trade and usher in a responsible dialogue about what works and what doesn't work. Get out of the gutter and into the debate.

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A Twentysomething's Guide to Going Green

Tracy Hepler | Posted 02.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Organic Products, Vintage Shopping, Volunteering, Eco Fashion, Green, Organic Wine, Green Living, Obama Volunteers, Fair Trade, Green News
Tracy Hepler

As twentysomethings, we have the power to influence the future of our environment. With our practices, our wallets and the Internet, we have the ability to significantly steer the course of the Green movement.

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Project Interchange Highlights Bedouin-Style Fair Trade in Lakia, Israel

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 01.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Fair Trade, Desert, Islam, Arabs, Nomads, Environment, Craft, Israel, Embroidery, Weaving, Water, Beduin, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

Elsana and her three Israeli-Bedouin partners envisioned a better life for themselves and founded the Association for the Improvement of Women's Status, Lakia in 1992.

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Protectionism Means Protecting Ourselves

Dave Johnson | Posted 12.31.2008 | Business

Read More: Protectionism, Trade, International Trade, Fair Trade, Tariffs, Fair Wages, Wages, Business News
Dave Johnson

Some people make a lot of money for themselves by undermining our wage, safety and pollution standards. So they tell us that protecting ourselves is wrong.

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What's Your Favorite Progressive Business?

Justin Krebs | Posted 12.26.2008 | Style

Read More: Holidays, Progressive Values, Economy, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Liberal Card, Living Liberally, Fair Trade, Shopping, Holiday Shopping Season, Style News
Justin Krebs

In every community, there are these businesses -- and we should support them. But first, we have to learn about them. So, which are your favorites?

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Ethical Chocolate Worth Craving

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 12.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Sustainable Food, Slow Food Movement, Sustainable Agriculture, Green Living, Fair Trade Chocolate, Slow Food, Taste Test, Organic Food, Eating Matters, Chocolate, Green Valentine's Day, Environment, Valentine's Day, New York Times, Food, Artisan, Dark Chocolate, Sierra Club, Cocoa, Fair Trade, Green News
Josie Garthwaite

But chocolate made with an eye to its social and environmental impact needn't taste virtuous, as Sierra Club staffers recently found out.

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Sandorkraut Reports from Terra Madre

Sandor Ellix Katz | Posted 12.05.2008 | Style

Read More: Wild Fermentation, Slow Food, Organic Food, Politics of Food, Sustainable Food, Food Politics, Food, Terra Madre, Youth Food Movement, Fair Trade, Style News
Sandor Ellix Katz

I'm home from Turin, in northwestern Italy, where I attended Terra Madre, a 4-day gathering of farmers, fermenters, food transformers, cooks, food researchers, and writers from 154 countries.

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Greening Hollywood: Maggie Gyllenhaal Steps Out on L.A.'s (Eco-) Fashion Runway

Paige Donner | Posted 11.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Fashion, Natalie Portman, Fair Trade, Vegan Shoes, Eco-Fashion, Organic Sourcing, Velvet Leaf, Organic Cotton, Fair Trade Co-Ops, Gen Art, Brigid Catiis, Silk Jersey, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Environmentally Friendly, The Battalion, Sustainable Business Practices, Popomom, Laeken, Green News
Paige Donner

Maggie Gyllenhaal hosted The Eco-Fashion Runway show presented by Gen Art to kick off L.A.'s Fashion Week.

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Hanging Ourselves With a Chinese-Made Rope

David Sirota | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Free Trade, Trade, Fair Trade, Politics News
David Sirota

Nobody is against trade. Nobody. Though "free" traders say that anyone opposing their agenda is "anti-trade" that's just not true...at all. Fair traders are for vigorous trade, just with a different set of rules.

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