Category Archives: Home Goods
You know what I love? The Holidays. I love homes filled to overflowing with friends & family, great food, laughter & a chance to catch up after a busy year. You know what else I love? A beautiful table. Maybe it is the domesticated woman living deep inside me, but I feel something lovely when I have a chance to set places with stunning table items. Even as a child I would run around lining up forks and knives, folding … Continue reading
Did you know that the beautiful handmade wool rugs that you admire could be tarnished with child labor and slavery? Child labor in the handmade rug industry has been rampant for years. Over 250,000 children work in obscurity creating handmade wool rugs, sitting 18 hours a day at a carpet loom. Many in the western hemisphere justify child labor as increased wages for poor families; however, child labor does not solve the poverty issue for families. It actually creates a … Continue reading
Students at Broad Meadows Middle School in Quincy, Massachusetts take a 24 hour technology fast to reflect on how to help end child labor in the carpet industry. Krista, an eighth grader at Broad Meadows and a member of Operation Day’s Work has spearheaded the project to help her fellow students reflect on the needs of children living in less fortunate circumstances. As Krista puts it “Technology is a luxury many of us enjoy every day. Our peers in poor, … Continue reading
African woven baskets by Baskets of Africa would be a nice update to anyone’s Kwanzaa decorations. These baskets are woven primarily by women in a variety of African countries. Baskets of Africa pays a fair wage to the weavers allowing them to gain financially while preserving their cultural heritage. Kwanzaa is a celebration of family, community, and cultural heritage. By including African woven baskets into your Kwanzaa decorations you are preserving a cultural tradition of weaving among many indigenous people … Continue reading
