Comments on: ibuTrade: the online gift shop http://souleconomy.com/ibutrade-the-online-gift-shop/ Connecting Communities Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:56:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: amanda http://souleconomy.com/ibutrade-the-online-gift-shop/#comment-43 amanda Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:47:49 +0000 /?p=312#comment-43 @Lisa-Marie Agreed - well done to Tracey on her achievements! @Kayli I am glad you like the ibuTrade product range. I have visited the websites of Carol Cassidy and OckPopTok and admire what they are doing as well. It is great that you will shop at ibuTrade and support products that are being ethically made. @Sainte I appreciate your thoughts on moving fair trade into the mainstream and you raise some interesting points which I will investigate. There are now some fair trade products available in supermarkets, but there is opportunity to do more. Agreed, Tracey is doing a great job! @Lisa-Marie
Agreed - well done to Tracey on her achievements!

@Kayli
I am glad you like the ibuTrade product range. I have visited the websites of Carol Cassidy and OckPopTok and admire what they are doing as well. It is great that you will shop at ibuTrade and support products that are being ethically made.

@Sainte
I appreciate your thoughts on moving fair trade into the mainstream and you raise some interesting points which I will investigate. There are now some fair trade products available in supermarkets, but there is opportunity to do more. Agreed, Tracey is doing a great job!

]]> By: Sainte Grenouille http://souleconomy.com/ibutrade-the-online-gift-shop/#comment-33 Sainte Grenouille Wed, 28 May 2008 00:05:06 +0000 /?p=312#comment-33 It's pretty amazing that Tracey is able to get passionately involved in something while raising three kids! What a champion! And to see it working is fantastic. Accessing products does take a bit of work and research. Building a grass roots support base for fair trade organisations I guess is best way to move forward and make it easier. I wonder what can be done at other levels (Federal/bigger business?) to help move the standards of fair trade into mainstream products and see FTOs products appearing in supermarkets. I wonder if DFAT recognises IFAT. :) Again, well done Tracey. It’s pretty amazing that Tracey is able to get passionately involved in something while raising three kids! What a champion! And to see it working is fantastic.

Accessing products does take a bit of work and research. Building a grass roots support base for fair trade organisations I guess is best way to move forward and make it easier. I wonder what can be done at other levels (Federal/bigger business?) to help move the standards of fair trade into mainstream products and see FTOs products appearing in supermarkets. I wonder if DFAT recognises IFAT. :)

Again, well done Tracey.

]]> By: Kayli Wild http://souleconomy.com/ibutrade-the-online-gift-shop/#comment-32 Kayli Wild Tue, 27 May 2008 23:38:13 +0000 /?p=312#comment-32 Wow, some lovely products! I just came back from travelling in SE Asia and they do have some remarkable hand-made silks that I wanted to buy, but couldn't carry in my backpack. Carol Cassidy and OckPopTok are leading the way in making quality Lao silk products, and thank you ibuTrade for making them accessible to the world. I will definitely be shopping on your website when I need a gift for someone interstate. Your site would be perfect for wedding gift registers too! Wow, some lovely products! I just came back from travelling in SE Asia and they do have some remarkable hand-made silks that I wanted to buy, but couldn’t carry in my backpack. Carol Cassidy and OckPopTok are leading the way in making quality Lao silk products, and thank you ibuTrade for making them accessible to the world. I will definitely be shopping on your website when I need a gift for someone interstate. Your site would be perfect for wedding gift registers too!

]]> By: Lisa-Marie Stones http://souleconomy.com/ibutrade-the-online-gift-shop/#comment-31 Lisa-Marie Stones Tue, 27 May 2008 23:35:12 +0000 /?p=312#comment-31 Congratulations to Ms Donehue for filling a much needed hole in the market and striking that elusive "work/life" balance. "Verve nerve and brilliance" indeed! Congratulations to Ms Donehue for filling a much needed hole in the market and striking that elusive “work/life” balance. “Verve nerve and brilliance” indeed!

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