An old NY Times book review (Yes, I have six months of them on my kitchen table – terrible I know, but how can you throw out something you haven’ at least looked at?) reminded me of my frustration when trying to shop for even essentials, like socks. Seriously, when was the last time you tried to find socks made in America instead of some slave factory in China? Not easy to do, for sure.
The authors of Making It In America argue that free trade has resulted in a massive transfer of wealth to corporations that rely on our inordinate desire to have more stuff cheaper no matter the moral cost. The 2012 clothing factory fire in Bangladesh with more than 100 workers dead is an example, much like the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire.
How to believe in free trade and still buy ethically-made products? As the King said, “’Tis a puzzlement.” The book uses American Roots, a union manufacturing company in Maine, as an example. I checked out their website – not as expensive as I thought a hoodie would be, and in my search I did find American union-made socks.
Prayer for the Day
Ah, dear God, in our search for more stuff,
We have ignored the moral cost of what we buy;
But, we ask, what can a few do against corporate power,
For we know how money controls power.
Grant, O Lord, that we are able to use our buying power
To help workers no matter where they live.
In the name of the One who calls us to justice,
Even Christ Jesus our Lord, Amen.
Thoughts for the Day
When an industry doesn’t care about how people are treated, no consideration of sustainability is possible. You can’t just care about the environment and forget about the fair and ethical treatment of people.
Simone Cipriani, Ethical Fashion Initiative, UN/WTO
Demand quality, not just in the products you buy, but in the life of the person who made it.
Orsola de Castro, upcyclist, fashion designer, co-founder of Fashion Revolution
You shall not withhold the wages of the poor and needy laborers, whether other Israelites or aliens who reside in your land and one of your towns. You shall pay them their wages daily before sunset, because they are poor, nd their livelihood depends o them; otherwise, they might cry to the Lord against you, and you would incur guilt.
Deuteronomy 24: 14-15
An old NY Times book review (Yes, I have six months of them on my kitchen table – terrible I know, but how can you throw out something you haven’ at least looked at?) reminded me of my frustration when trying to shop for even essentials, like socks. Seriously, when was the last time you tried to find socks made in America instead of some slave factory in China? Not easy to do, for sure.
The authors of Making It In America argue that free trade has resulted in a massive transfer of wealth to corporations that rely on our inordinate desire to have more stuff cheaper no matter the moral cost. The 2012 clothing factory fire in Bangladesh with more than 100 workers dead is an example, much like the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire.
How to believe in free trade and still buy ethically-made products? As the King said, “’Tis a puzzlement.” The book uses American Roots, a union manufacturing company in Maine, as an example. I checked out their website – not as expensive as I thought a hoodie would be, and in my search I did find American union-made socks.
Prayer for the Day
Ah, dear God, in our search for more stuff,
We have ignored the moral cost of what we buy;
But, we ask, what can a few do against corporate power,
For we know how money controls power.
Grant, O Lord, that we are able to use our buying power
To help workers no matter where they live.
In the name of the One who calls us to justice,
Even Christ Jesus our Lord, Amen.
Thoughts for the Day
When an industry doesn’t care about how people are treated, no consideration of sustainability is possible. You can’t just care about the environment and forget about the fair and ethical treatment of people.
Simone Cipriani, Ethical Fashion Initiative, UN/WTO
Demand quality, not just in the products you buy, but in the life of the person who made it.
Orsola de Castro, upcyclist, fashion designer, co-founder of Fashion Revolution
You shall not withhold the wages of the poor and needy laborers, whether other Israelites or aliens who reside in your land and one of your towns. You shall pay them their wages daily before sunset, because they are poor, nd their livelihood depends o them; otherwise, they might cry to the Lord against you, and you would incur guilt.
Deuteronomy 24: 14-15
An old NY Times book review (Yes, I have six months of them on my kitchen table – terrible I know, but how can you throw out something you haven’ at least looked at?) reminded me of my frustration when trying to shop for even essentials, like socks. Seriously, when was the last time you tried to find socks made in America instead of some slave factory in China? Not easy to do, for sure.
The authors of Making It In America argue that free trade has resulted in a massive transfer of wealth to corporations that rely on our inordinate desire to have more stuff cheaper no matter the moral cost. The 2012 clothing factory fire in Bangladesh with more than 100 workers dead is an example, much like the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire.
How to believe in free trade and still buy ethically-made products? As the King said, “’Tis a puzzlement.” The book uses American Roots, a union manufacturing company in Maine, as an example. I checked out their website – not as expensive as I thought a hoodie would be, and in my search I did find American union-made socks.
Prayer for the Day
Ah, dear God, in our search for more stuff,
We have ignored the moral cost of what we buy;
But, we ask, what can a few do against corporate power,
For we know how money controls power.
Grant, O Lord, that we are able to use our buying power
To help workers no matter where they live.
In the name of the One who calls us to justice,
Even Christ Jesus our Lord, Amen.
Thoughts for the Day
When an industry doesn’t care about how people are treated, no consideration of sustainability is possible. You can’t just care about the environment and forget about the fair and ethical treatment of people.
Simone Cipriani, Ethical Fashion Initiative, UN/WTO
Demand quality, not just in the products you buy, but in the life of the person who made it.
Orsola de Castro, upcyclist, fashion designer, co-founder of Fashion Revolution
You shall not withhold the wages of the poor and needy laborers, whether other Israelites or aliens who reside in your land and one of your towns. You shall pay them their wages daily before sunset, because they are poor, nd their livelihood depends o them; otherwise, they might cry to the Lord against you, and you would incur guilt.
Deuteronomy 24: 14-15
An old NY Times book review (Yes, I have six months of them on my kitchen table – terrible I know, but how can you throw out something you haven’ at least looked at?) reminded me of my frustration when trying to shop for even essentials, like socks. Seriously, when was the last time you tried to find socks made in America instead of some slave factory in China? Not easy to do, for sure.
The authors of Making It In America argue that free trade has resulted in a massive transfer of wealth to corporations that rely on our inordinate desire to have more stuff cheaper no matter the moral cost. The 2012 clothing factory fire in Bangladesh with more than 100 workers dead is an example, much like the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire.
How to believe in free trade and still buy ethically-made products? As the King said, “’Tis a puzzlement.” The book uses American Roots, a union manufacturing company in Maine, as an example. I checked out their website – not as expensive as I thought a hoodie would be, and in my search I did find American union-made socks.
Prayer for the Day
Ah, dear God, in our search for more stuff,
We have ignored the moral cost of what we buy;
But, we ask, what can a few do against corporate power,
For we know how money controls power.
Grant, O Lord, that we are able to use our buying power
To help workers no matter where they live.
In the name of the One who calls us to justice,
Even Christ Jesus our Lord, Amen.
Thoughts for the Day
When an industry doesn’t care about how people are treated, no consideration of sustainability is possible. You can’t just care about the environment and forget about the fair and ethical treatment of people.
Simone Cipriani, Ethical Fashion Initiative, UN/WTO
Demand quality, not just in the products you buy, but in the life of the person who made it.
Orsola de Castro, upcyclist, fashion designer, co-founder of Fashion Revolution
You shall not withhold the wages of the poor and needy laborers, whether other Israelites or aliens who reside in your land and one of your towns. You shall pay them their wages daily before sunset, because they are poor, nd their livelihood depends o them; otherwise, they might cry to the Lord against you, and you would incur guilt.
Deuteronomy 24: 14-15
An old NY Times book review (Yes, I have six months of them on my kitchen table – terrible I know, but how can you throw out something you haven’ at least looked at?) reminded me of my frustration when trying to shop for even essentials, like socks. Seriously, when was the last time you tried to find socks made in America instead of some slave factory in China? Not easy to do, for sure.
The authors of Making It In America argue that free trade has resulted in a massive transfer of wealth to corporations that rely on our inordinate desire to have more stuff cheaper no matter the moral cost. The 2012 clothing factory fire in Bangladesh with more than 100 workers dead is an example, much like the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire.
How to believe in free trade and still buy ethically-made products? As the King said, “’Tis a puzzlement.” The book uses American Roots, a union manufacturing company in Maine, as an example. I checked out their website – not as expensive as I thought a hoodie would be, and in my search I did find American union-made socks.
Prayer for the Day
Ah, dear God, in our search for more stuff,
We have ignored the moral cost of what we buy;
But, we ask, what can a few do against corporate power,
For we know how money controls power.
Grant, O Lord, that we are able to use our buying power
To help workers no matter where they live.
In the name of the One who calls us to justice,
Even Christ Jesus our Lord, Amen.
Thoughts for the Day
When an industry doesn’t care about how people are treated, no consideration of sustainability is possible. You can’t just care about the environment and forget about the fair and ethical treatment of people.
Simone Cipriani, Ethical Fashion Initiative, UN/WTO
Demand quality, not just in the products you buy, but in the life of the person who made it.
Orsola de Castro, upcyclist, fashion designer, co-founder of Fashion Revolution
You shall not withhold the wages of the poor and needy laborers, whether other Israelites or aliens who reside in your land and one of your towns. You shall pay them their wages daily before sunset, because they are poor, nd their livelihood depends o them; otherwise, they might cry to the Lord against you, and you would incur guilt.
Deuteronomy 24: 14-15