Sweeten the world with 'daisy' fairtrade sugarbowl
These simple yet beautiful laquered sugar bowls are handmade using time honoured processes by artisans in Vietnam.
Available in three different colours (orange, red or green) the makers of these bowls work under a fairtrade scheme that guarantees a decent living wage. Ha Tay province villagers make the pots when they aren't planting and harvesting their crops, and access to outside markets provides employment and preserves traditions for the men and women. Available for $17.95 at World of Good.
I really enjoy reading your blog, it always has great insight. But I am very frustrated with the fact that so few people are talking about presidential candidates and their thoughts on global warming. Now that it is down to just a few candidates I would think that this would be a bigger issue.
Live Earth just picked up this topic and put out an article ( http://www.liveearth.org/news.php ) live earth is also asking why the presidential candidates are not being solicited for their stance on the issue of the climate change. I just saw a poll on www.EarthLab.com that says people care a lot about what their next leader thinks of global warming. Does anyone know of another poll or other results about this subject?
Here is the page where I saw the EarthLab poll: http://www.earthlab.com/life.aspx. This is a pretty legit website; they are endorsed by Al Gore and the alliance for climate protection and they have a carbon footprint calculator. Does anyone have a strong opinion about this like I do? No matter what your political affiliation is or who you vote for this is an important issue for our environment, our economy and for homeland security.
Posted by: Adrian | February 8, 2008 8:10 PM