Fairwind

Buy a friend or family-member a fair trade gift at Fairwind, a rich source of distinctive fair trade products, sourced from third world suppliers in Asia, South America and Africa.

UNIQUE GIFTS

An explore round this understated site reveals a fantastic collection of unique gifts, created by artisans who have been enabled through their partnership with Fairwind to develop their businesses in a sustainable way. Each time you buy something from this site, you too are helping the fair trade cause, which is encouraging as there is much to tempt you to buy…

FAIR TRADE

Goods are divided up into a number of categories listed down the right hand side of the page. These cover: Garden Gifts and Hanging Mobiles; Romantic gifts; Fashion Jewellery; Ceramic Jewellery; Rugs & Runners; World Music CDs; Solid Oak Furniture - and much, much more. There are some really fabulous pieces here: some colourful enameled salad bowls surrounded with aluminium; a hand-woven cushion made from naturally dyed wool; hand-painted rice containers for storing keepsakes or change; a wooden travel chess set; and more - all sold at excellent prices.

GREEN

Fairwind is not only a wonderful source for gifts and a support to third world producers - it also tries to ensure that its producers use materials from sustainable resources and recycles as much as possible. 10% of the proceeds from all elephant products sold go to the World Wide Fund, which supports conservation. An excellent site.

13 April 2010