October is the official Fair Trade month. Please consider how you can support Fair Trade producers around the world by making a special effort to look for Fair Trade products this month while doing your in-store and on-line shopping. Fair Trade Sports will begin taking preorders in October – a Fair Trade volleyball would make [...]
Archive for September, 2006
October is Fair Trade month
September 29, 2006Top 3 yoga poses for…
September 23, 2006…a blown ankle (I stepped in a hole while sprinting for the ball). My friend Katie Pearson of Be New Yoga recommends three stretches to rehabilitate a rolled ankle, and two stretches to avoid: Mountain: standing pose with feet hip distance apart Tree: for standing balance Balance Chair: feet parallel, work one foot at a [...]
Our team
September 22, 2006Several people have asked who exactly Fair Trade Sports, Inc is now. We are a small group* of folks from around the globe committed to fighting poverty through business. And doing so in a transparent and authentic way. In addition to the founders (my wife Susan and myself on Bainbridge Island, near Seattle), the team [...]
In the changer 9-19-06
September 19, 2006More tunes to help me through this period of way-too-much-typing on the computers. Ironic that a sports ball company keeps me glued to my desk for too many hours a day; I need to do more “product testing”! Kenna: new sacred cow Love Coma: language of fools Queen: classics U2: dismantle… Red Hot Chili Peppers: [...]
A 3-year old’s perspective
September 18, 2006…on helping at-risk children around the world. Every night at bedtime I say prayers with my 3-year old son, Justice. This past Saturday night we said a prayer of thanks for giving him such a great mommy, and asked God to show us how we could help all the children around the world without mommies. [...]
Your stitchers
September 15, 2006Just thought I would share one of my favorite new photos. It’s great to put faces (and names) with the sports balls with which you play, train, and compete. Pictured here are Mr. Shahid Imran and Mr. Shaukat Ali, who have been diligently working with the rest of our manufacturing team on our sports balls.
Your hand-stitched ball
September 13, 2006Several of you have been asking more about our centers where the Fair Trade Sports balls are hand-stitched. The production lines at our manufacturers include everything from lamination to packaging at the central facility. The hand-stitching is done at ILO-monitored stitching centers; our manufacturer is in the Top 3 companies with 100% production in ILO-monitored [...]
