Inspiring Quotes for Fair Trade Month

Happy Fair Trade Month!

First recognized in 2004, Fair Trade Month is celebrated annually during the month of October to raise awareness about the importance of the fair trade movement. 

This Fair Trade Month, we're donating a portion of all orders to help establish a tailoring & stitching training center in India! Learn more about our initiative here.

We've curated a list of 9 inspiring quotes from iconic figures in the sustainability & fair trade movement to help you celebrate!

Benjamin Harrison: 'I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process' Emma Watson: 'Its a small miracle that we as consumers can participate in the process that is keeping skills and communities alive' Mahatma Gandhi: 'There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness'
Mother Teresa: 'I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.' Lucy Siegle: 'Fast fashion isn't free. Someone somewhere is paying.' Orsola di Castro: 'Demand quality, not just in the products you buy, but in the life of the person who made it.'
Sass Brown: Cheap fashion is really far from that, it may be cheap in terms of financial cost, but very expensive when it comes to the environment and the cost of human life.' Robert Swan: 'The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.' Anna Lappe: 'Every time you spend money, you're casting a vote for the kind of world you want.'
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