Angel Community Trade

Please consider making The Body Shop one of your retailers of choice for body, bath and skincare products. By doing so, you are actively helping to save the planet, while also supporting thousands of people worldwide through their Community Trade program. The Body Shop lists its core values as: Against Animal Testing, Support Community Trade, Activate Self-Esteem, Defend Human Rights, and Protect Our Planet.

"Our trade with these communities is not just about creating another product or market for The Body Shop. It is about exchange and value, trade and respect, friendship and trust."

Anita Roddick

The Body Shop Community Trade program all started with Anita in the late 1980's when she developed trading relationships with local groups she met during her world travels.

Now it's making a world of difference: from some 25 countries, from Australia to Zambia, The Body Shop trades with over 35 suppliers ranging from Nicaraguan sesame farmers to Indian handicraft producers....

In 2002/03, The Body Shop purchased around £5million worth of natural ingredients and accessory items through the Community Trade program, including nearly 700 tonnes of natural ingredients.

For more information on The Body Shop and The Community Trade program, please click here.

Bag for Life

Every time you use this bag and refuse a new plastic bag, you're helping protect the planet. It's made by Teddy Exports, a fantastic Community Trade supplier in southern India. By choosing a Community Trade product like this, Teddy has been able to build a hospital and a school for 300 children. Furthermore, $2.00 from every bag sold goes to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
Please click here to purchase.

April 2008's Glamour magazine shows four other chic, recycled and organic bags to use for shopping.

Journey for Change: Empowering Youth Through Global Service is a volunteer program that recently took 30 at-risk youth from Bushwick, Brooklyn to Johannesburg, South Africa. Please click here to learn more. To support the year-long program, please click here.

To view a CNN.com video of the participants in South Africa, please click here.

To read Soledad O'Brien's Behind the Scenes: Out of Bushwick on CNN.com, please click here.

To read Journey for Change participant blogs on CNN.com, please click here.

To read the cover story on Journey for Change in Time For Kids Magazine, please click here

To view pictures taken by Journey for Change Participants on Timeforkids.com, please click here

To view Journey for Change photos, please click here.

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(RED) was created by Bono and Bobby Shriver, Chairman of DATA to raise awareness and money for The Global Fund by teaming up with the world's most iconic brands to produce (PRODUCT)RED branded products. A percentage of each (PRODUCT)RED product sold is given to The Global Fund. The money helps women and children affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa.

Read about Annie Hausmann, a full-time volunteer living in Bergen County, New Jersey.

Read about Linda Langstraat, Executive Director and founder of Adopt-A-Grandparent.

The Sustainable South Bronx
National Organization of the Month

Free the Children
International Organization of the Month

New News out of Africa by Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Higher Grounds Trading Co. is a company fueled by its social mission and driven by a passion for sourcing the highest quality coffees from around the world.