Over at the Good Human they are giving away a nice gift basket full of Fair Trade Goodness.To Enter head on over there to read the article and leave a nice comment. Enter and join in the Fun!

I love fair trade coffee, i’ve just never had the opportunity to enjoy fair trade Chocolate. For some reason the Coffee has gained more traction around here while people are content with buying Chocolate from the same old companies.

Coffee it seems has started to transcend the role of a common commodity, which is awesome for me. The more places that have different coffee’s for me the better. While specialty products are available for almost anything, even special milk, eggs ect. Chocolate is only in its infancy in terms of widely available alternate product sources. I can’t wait to see where this goes.

Either way be sure to check out The Good Human’s Valentines day contest!

Another Earth Day rolls around on the calendar to find that being green is getting easier. Adoption of CFL’s as alternatives to Edisonian Incandescents are taking off. Al Gore has throw down with a new presentation that is getting some notice. And very worth your time to watch. I’ve talked about it before but sometimes things are more than buzzwords. Green carries so much more weight than just its pigment nowadays, and its making it easier and cheaper to do things the right way. Recycling is just the start we need to move beyond blue buckets at the curb and into the houses themselves.

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