Soul Economy

Don’t miss out on the inaugural Fair Trade Christmas Market event this weekend organised by the Queensland Fair Trade Collective. Check out the wide range of ethical and fair trade products including clothing, homewares, jewellery, handicrafts, accessories as well as coffee, tea and chocolate - and pick up your Christmas gifts.
Many of Queensland’s fair trade [...]

The second Manly Fair Trade Markets in 2008 will be held on Saturday, 6 December - just in time for your Christmas shopping! A relaxing ferry ride across the harbour landed me in Manly at the markets in August this year. They were really well attended, and in a perfect position to capture many people [...]

Soul Economy had the pleasure of meeting with soulful entrepreneur Emma, at the launch of Women for Empowerment, Freedom and Textiles (WEFT). I had the opportunity to find out a little more about this wonderful venture that supports refugee women from Burma - KWO (Karen Women’s Organisation) - to create beautifully handloomed scarves, table runners, [...]

Soul Economy had the pleasure speaking to soulful entrepreneur, Shannon, founder of The Dharma Door recently. The Dharma Door range of unique and exquisite handcrafted products are made from either sustainable or recycled materials and are Fairtrade, created by artisans in developing communities in Philippines, Bangladesh, India, Cambodia and Vietnam. Join us in reading Shannon’s [...]

I am very pleased that both individuals and companies can now purchase fair trade, eco-friendly hampers from The Hamper Hut - what a great idea! This is no surprise considering the owner of The Hamper Hut, Carinda, achieved being printed in the latest edition of Anthill as one of the impressive entrepreneurial minds that entered [...]