Fair Trade

Green Festival Returns to Chicago, May 28-19

Green Festival returns to Chicago’s famed Navy Pier for its seventh year on May 18-19. Featured at the weekend-long show will be leaders in the social justice and environmental community, including speakers, entrepreneurs and activists; an organic beer and wine pavilion; a unique marketplace of more than 270 eco-friendly businesses, featuring the latest and greatest in sustainable products and services and new programming that will appeal to all members of the Chicagoland community.

Celebrate International Women's Day ~ Take Action on March 8

Friday is International Women's Day. Oxfam Action Corps Chicago invites Chicagoland residents to celebrate in downtown Chicago with actions to encourage Mondelez (corporate parent to brands like Oreos, Nabisco, and Cadbury) to respect women cocoa farmers throughout their supply chain.

7 Valentine's Day Gifts That Support Local Organizations

Seven ways to show your Valentine how much you care while supporting local Chicagoland organizations, too.

Megy Karydes

Simply in Season Cookbook Takes Us Through All Seasons

Simply in Season cookbook, available at Ten Thousand Villages in Evanston, offers more than 300 recipes for all four seasons that features local and fresh ingredients, fair trade

Megy Karydes

Make Your Holidays Fair Trade

Rather than blindly buying something at the big box store, why not consider a fair trade dress or accessory to the party? Did you know Chicago boasts some of the highest number of Chicago fair trade fashion designers in the United States?

Megy Karydes

Does Fair Trade Chocolate Matter to You?

Whole Foods agrees to pull some chocolate from its shelves due to lack of information of the manufacturer's production process.

Megy Karydes

Socially Conscious Shop Opens in Elmhurst

Megy Karydes

Chicago VeganMania Returns September 29

Three years after it hosted its first event, Chicago VeganMania returns as a free, day-long celebration of vegan culture, commerce, community, cuisine and couture.

Megy Karydes

Jan Lewis Designs Launches Fair Trade Collection of Bangles

Megy Karydes

Kiva Lenders Offer $25 to Friends to Lend for Free