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Blogs about: Fair Trade Sporting Goods

Going Green with the Mystics

fairtradesports wrote 3 days ago: When the WNBA’s Washington Mystics hosted the Los Angeles Sparks (a game they ended up winning … more →

Tags: Eco impact: green sports balls, Eco-Friendly, Fair Trade, Fair Trade balls, fair trade basketball

Making a Difference in Ethiopia

fairtradesports wrote 6 days ago: My friend Jason from graduate school was in Africa recently, in the process of adopting another chil … more →

Tags: How You Can Help, Fair Trade balls, fair trade soccer ball

Making a Fair Trade soccer ball

fairtradesports wrote 1 week ago: Ever wonder how your Green + Fair Trade Certified soccer ball is created? Here’s a quick visua … more →

Tags: Eco impact: green sports balls, Fair Trade: learn more, how a soccer ball is made

Holiday shopping lists

fairtradesports wrote 1 week ago: The holiday shopping lists are starting, and the folks at Wantist just added us to theirs. Their tag … more →

Tags: Eco impact: green sports balls, Press: what others are saying, wantist

How does your company work?1 comment

fairtradesports wrote 2 weeks ago: I get that question alot. Here’s a new diagram I prepared recently for my MBA students and to … more →

Tags: Charities We Support, Eco impact: green sports balls

Another producer profile

fairtradesports wrote 1 month ago: Brazia is 20 years old, unmarried and has been stitching soccer balls in the Chagelan stitching cent … more →

Tags: Fair Trade: learn more, adult soccer ball, athletic balls, fair labor practices, Fair Trade, fair trade soccer ball, fair trade soccer balls, fight child labor, no child labor

Our new Canadian distributor

fairtradesports wrote 1 month ago: I just wanted to take a moment to welcome our new Canadian distributor, Zold Eco-Sales Agency, into … more →

Tags: Wholesale and custom design, athletic balls, Fair Trade, Fair Trade balls, fair trade sports, fair trade sports ball, fair trade sports balls

World Day for Decent Work

fairtradesports wrote 1 month ago: October 7 is World Day for Decent Work, a day we set aside to call attention to matters of Fair Trad … more →

Tags: Charities We Support, Fair Trade: learn more, Fair Trade, ilrf, respect, soccer balls, wddw, Word Day for Decent Work

Child labor in Pakistan

fairtradesports wrote 1 month ago: While the recent US Dept of Labor report on child labor in India stitching soccer balls was fairly t … more →

Tags: Fair Trade: learn more

New report on child labor

fairtradesports wrote 2 months ago: The US Department of Labor recently released a report detailing the facts about child labor as it st … more →

Tags: Fair Trade: learn more, How You Can Help, child-labor-free, no child labor

Nike brand managers :: clueless?

fairtradesports wrote 4 months ago: Oh my gosh. Are Nike brand managers completely clueless? Until today, I didn’t think so, becau … more →

Tags: Nike, BusinessWeek, under armour

Another major brand for Fair Trade

fairtradesports wrote 4 months ago: Granted, it was only for a single order, but that order has now been repeated this year. Our Fair Tr … more →

Tags: puma, umbro

What does it all mean?1 comment

fairtradesports wrote 4 months ago: It means that you can take a small, persistent idea and radically change (for the better) an entire … more →

Tags: Eco impact: green sports balls, How You Can Help, third party certification, third party certified

Oh no, yet another certification

fairtradesports wrote 4 months ago: We’re happy to announce that our soccer balls can now carry yet another certification mark; th … more →

Tags: Fair Trade: learn more, NFHS, NFHS soccer ball

Wilson and Nike green initiatives

fairtradesports wrote 4 months ago: While we introduced the world’s first eco-certified basketball to the North American marketpla … more →

Tags: Eco impact: green sports balls, eco-certified basketball, green basketball

Chicago Green Fest Recap :: Part 2

fairtradesports wrote 5 months ago: Quick video summary of the unique green and Fair Trade aspects of our sporting goods from the Chicag … more →

Tags: Eco impact: green sports balls

For Father's Day ...

fairtradesports wrote 5 months ago: This Father’s Day, show Dad you care by giving him his own eco-football. Whether he’s a … more →

Tags: Fair Trade balls, fair trade football

Fair Trade the White House1 comment

fairtradesports wrote 5 months ago: Fair Trade the White House - an exciting new campaign – has officially begun and we need your … more →

Tags: How You Can Help, Fair Trade: learn more, anti-body, Karen Synder

World Day Against Child Labor

fairtradesports wrote 5 months ago: This Friday, June 12, is World Day Against Child Labor, and more voices than ever before have joined … more →

Tags: Charities We Support, How You Can Help, child-labor-free


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