General Questions   What is fair trade? Fair trade means giving producers a decent price for their work, ensuring that working conditions are safe, with adequate heat, ventilation, etc. avoiding the exploitation of children, women and other oppressed groups and trying to ensure that trade benefits the community as well as the individual. By buying our products, you are participating in this process. Who benefits from Fair Trade? We all do. Most importantly, Fair Trade enables producers in the poorest communities of the world to work their way out of poverty, and look forward to a more positive future for themselves, their families and their communities. For consumers around the world, they know that buying Fair Trade products means that they are an active part of the solution of world poverty, and are helping to send a strong message to multinational companies to re-think their trading policies in the developing world. Fair Trade is not just about paying a fair price and meeting the legal standards on working conditions - it's a different way of doing business - it's a partnership that we can all benefit from.   How are you helping the environment? We try to ensure that the materials used in our products are sustainable, and most of our paper products are made from recycled or handmade paper.