E-waste represents 2% of America’s trash in landfills, but 70% of our overall toxic waste. Background: Electronic waste, or e-waste, is electronics equipment that isn’t properly recycled. Computers, cameras and cell phones are filled with highly toxic materials, like lead, mercury, cadmium and brominated flame retardants. To make matters worse, much of our e-waste is recycled (often illegally) overseas using sub-standard [...]
By: Marie Elvshammar Beauty is a word that is translated as ”a characteristic of a person”. Beauty is the perfect word to describe Nicole Marett, a 24 year old girl that is using cosmetics as her tool to fight for the exploited victims of human trafficking. How did you get interested in the beauty industry, and what was it that made [...]
CONGRESSWOMAN JACKIE SPEIER (CA 12) JOINS NOT FOR SALE TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING WITH LOCAL LEADERS IN CALIFORNIA. San Mateo, CA (May 20, 2011)— “I am not for sale; you are not for sale; no one should be for sale.” This firm stance against modern-day slavery is the driving force behind San Francisco-based non-profit, Not For Sale (NFS) – an organization focused [...]
By: Hannah Dyckerhoff and Graeme Watt Sometimes it feels like we don’t live in one world, but two. Usually these worlds don’t intersect, apart from the taxi driver who accidentally takes you down the wrong street on your honeymoon, a short-term mission trip, or the images of children with swollen bellies and flies in their eyes on our televisions. There [...]
4others is a Christian nonprofit organization that is committed to being a driving and creative force in the fight against poverty, preventable disease, and injustice. Our approach is two-fold. First, we believe knowledge is power, so we work hard to raise awareness about local and global poverty. We then partner with other nonprofit organizations to raise funds for specific projects, [...]
By: Darcie Nolan Products in the market come from all over the world – Coffee from nearly every other continent, wine imported by the barrel, sugar and tea flown through customs check points and trucked to our groceries, cafés and restaurants. The Fair Trade movement has been one focused on ensuring the producers of our most desired goods are given [...]
By: Christa Taylor I love Portland. It is truly a beautiful and unique city. The people are warm, creativity thrives, and it’s 2nd in the United States for sustainability and eco-friendly practices. Yet, in all it’s beauty and artistic ability, there is an underlying monster. Portland is now the #1 city in the nation for sex trafficing (it was second). [...]
