Greenheart Shop – Fair Trade Goods
July 10, 2009 by Michelle Smith
Filed under Fair Trade Fashion, Jewelry and Accessories
Greenheart Shop is a nonprofit, eco-friendly, store in Chicago that specializes in fair trade items. Fair trade is important because it assures the consumer that the artisan who made the piece was paid a fair wage and was working in humane conditions. Those are things that many people here in the US take for granted. Items offered in the shop include clothing, candles, home decor, bath and beauty products, food, paper goods, and children’s toys.
Greenheart, carries some lovely Fair trade jewelry, like the rings below. The rings were made in Indonesia, through a fair trade company called World Finds. The artisans that work with World Finds are paid a fair wage and receive many benefits for the organization such as education, meals, and day care.
This sterling silver ring has a center of wood that measures .75″ in diameter.
Sterling silver ring with a .75″ x .62″ Carnelian center piece.
Image credit: Greenheart Shop
