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Ten Thousand Villages provides vital, fair income to tens of thousands of artisans in Africa, Asia and Latin America by marketing their handicrafts and telling their stories in North America. Purchases help provide dignity, sustainability, education and hope for villages in more than 30 countries around the world.

Girls Travel Club believe that just because you are travelling light, it doesn’t mean you don’t want to travel beautifully! Using their experience of backpacking and travelling all over the world they have put together a collection of lovely yet useful things, sourced as ethically as possible.

How to buy conflict free diamonds

Global Witness and Amnesty International have produced a short guide on conflict diamonds for shoppers. The guide tells shoppers what they need to know about the trade in conflict diamonds and the questions they need to ask jewellery retailers to try and ensure the diamonds they buy are conflict-free.

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Don't be the root to the problem, be the route to the solution

What does fair trade mean to you?

By Stephen Chapman

Decisions about how we buy or trade products can be a good representation of how we choose to live our lives, and those decisions can be equally fundamental to how someone else lives their life

As daily consumers we have the ability to make a difference to the way international trade works, and to make choices that can ensure people in poorer countries get a fair return for their product.

By simply remaining vigilant about where we spend our money and by exercising genuine concern for the people and places at the source of the products lining our shelves we can help to battle global poverty. If you don't nobody else will.

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Travel Beautifully

By Becci Coombes

When I first left home I could barely lift my rucksack. Lonely Planet and Rough Guide, Universal sink plug, 30 metres of paracord, fire-starting equipment, money belt, First aid kit that would make the World Health Organisation embarrassed at their lack of foresight. Passport wallet, Cagoule, smart outfit for posh nights out, an extra jumper “for those chilly evenings.” Four sets of photocopies of travel paperwork, three reading books in case nobody read anything written in English abroad, and, I kid you not, steel toe-capped Caterpillar boots, “in case they came in useful.”

Within a fortnight I’d whittled it down to the bare essentials, and ended up travelling with less than 6 kilos for over 12 months. Contrary to popular opinion, you actually need very littleand your travel gear doesn’t have to be made of nasty chemicals that damage your body and the planet. Items need not be constructed of cheap plastic that refuses to biodegrade. Travel clothing does not have to cling unflatteringly to one’s sturdier regions or be covered with US Marine Combat print making you look like Ray Mears playing a panto dame.

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