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FAIR + SUSTAINABLE FASHION |
Welcome to encounter earth online You are invited to explore this website to understand the vision and hope to see sustainable lives and environment developed in poor nations where exploitation is too often the default.
Relocating & Retooling on Vancouver Island Key decisions have been made by the ee team in early 2010. The ee team has decided that now is the time to shift and move from “Fair Trade” to “Direct Trade”. Direct Trade means that ee will be working directly with the developing world, manufacturing ee brand clothing. This translates into collaborating or launching cooperatives and small factories. Currently it seems that South America will be where this all begins. Please come back to this website to catch up on what ee is up to and where ee is beginning to work.
clothe your soul
We give you the opportunity to buy the clothes you need while empowering third world families to step out of poverty.
We exist to put our beliefs to work.
We believe in fair play, truth, transparency, art, self-expression, and that life is an adventure not a career path. We share the stories behind the products, the names and lives of the artisans, and how your purchase changes their world.
Below are locations where Encounter Earth producers live & work.
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Dil started a 2 year apprenticeship with a traditional jeweler in 1990.
After the apprenticeship he started working on his own. Now Dil Bahadur
is a master jeweler intent on teaching the next generation of jewelry
apprentices from his village. Dil Bahadur brings boys, 15 and older,
from his village to Kathmandu and teaches them a valuable income
producing skill while at the same time sending them to school to
complete their education. Jewelry making offers these boys a viable
alternative to forcible conscription into the military conflict that is
brutalizing Nepal. These wonderful jewelers and visionaries are
developing secure livelihoods, receiving an education, while
financially supporting their families and communities.