The EarthDivas blog is back! Recently we have taken a hiatus but we are starting back up again with lots to share. Today we want to kick things off with who we are and what we do. We also want to have a chat about the blog and its future. So, let’s begin.
For our new [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on August 1st, 2017 | Comments Off
The winter holidays are going to be here before you know it. And here at Earth Divas, we already have Christmas on our minds. It’s our busiest time of year, and also one of the most wonderful because the end of the year is when we turn over all our profits back to our artisans. [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on September 19th, 2013 | 6 Comments »
It feels really strange to start writing about the winter holidays already, but we just got in all of our holiday decorations and I couldn’t wait to put them up here on the blog!
Every year, Earth Divas has our artisans make a wide variety of holiday ornaments and decorations. And this year’s batch of Christmas [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on September 18th, 2013 | 2 Comments »
“Whatever women do they must do twice as good as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.”
– Charlotte Whitton
Throughout history, there are countless stories of women posing as men to either protect themselves, or get ahead in a male-dominated society.
One of my favorite examples is Jane Austen, who published “Pride [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on August 29th, 2013 | Comments Off
If you’re planning a wedding, have you given much thought to the dress you’ll be wearing? And I don’t mean thinking about how stunning it’s going to be. I mean, have you thought about where that dress will be made? Where it will come from? How will that dress impact the environment, and the [...]
Filed under: Fair Trade Living, Uncategorized on August 13th, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Every year, come late July, those three little words start popping up everywhere…”Back to School.” I start seeing bright yellow pencils, single-subject notebooks, and snowy white bottles of glue lined up neatly on store shelves. I also start seeing parents eyeing eco-friendly lunchboxes, water bottles, and backpacks.
The backpacks we make here at Earth Divas are [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on July 24th, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Several weeks ago in Bangladesh, an overcrowded garment factory collapsed in the middle of a work day, killing over 1,100 workers. I remember that in the days and weeks following the tragedy, that number kept climbing. And as it climbed, my anger, heartbreak, and frustration climbed as well.
A tragedy like this is always senseless. All [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on June 11th, 2013 | Comments Off
It’s like Christmas when we get new designs in, and I have so many to share with you this week! So, I’m diving right in. In fact, I’m going to have to segment them out we have so many fun bags to showcase.
Since today is May Day, I want to highlight our newest fair trade [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on May 1st, 2013 | Comments Off
Did you know that the average American consumes 22 teaspoons of sugar every day? That’s 100 pounds of sugar each year. Yeah, it’s a lot.
Much of the world’s sugar comes from Africa, where it’s easy to grow sugarcane. The problem is that because the sugarcane industry is so huge there, workers are largely unprotected. Child [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on March 16th, 2013 | 1 Comment »
So yesterday I wrote about some of the great Spring styles that one of my favorite companies, Tom’s, has come out with recently. However, I had no idea they were involved with a really exciting and wonderful social awareness campaign.
It’s called Ticket to Give. Here’s what’s happening: Tom’s wants to take 50 people with them [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on February 21st, 2013 | Comments Off
