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Queen of Sheba Fashion will soon be offering Mata Trade Indian clothing design imports in our online boutique. These pieces are guaranteed to be Fair Trade items by the Fair Trade Federation.
We work hard to operate by Fair Trade Principles. This means that product producers are paid a livable wage in safe and fair
conditions, and do their work at home and in small workshops rather
than factories. For those in India, services like on-site day-care, medical check-ups, and
over-time pay are usually offered.
Fair Trade Combats Child Labor
Every year thousands of children migrate to the megacities of India to find work and send money back to their families. Providing income to women at poverty level is a way to combat the problem of child labor at its roots. The change can be seen not only in the life of the woman employed by Mata Trade co-op, but especially in the next generation, and the children the woman can afford to educate.
Fair Trade Links
Fair Trade Federation (http://www.fairtradefederation.org/)
Fair Trade Resource Network (http://www.fairtraderesource.org/)
Chicago Fair Trade (http://www.chicagofairtrade.org/)
Green America (http://www.coopamerica.org/)
Queen of Sheba Boutique: http://queenofshebafashion.com
Fashion is our passion, but women inspire us.
The mission of Queen of Sheba Fashion is to provide fun vintage-inspired fashions that fund the small businesses of women in developing nations. A portion of all profits are used to empower women globally by giving them economic advantages otherwise unavailable in their homelands. This aid comes in the form of low or no interest micro loans and the purchase of their goods at fair market price. Women are selected through nonprofit partners such as Kiva, Global Giving and World Vision based upon need, spirit of entrepreneurship and potential for community-nurturing social profit.
Our fashions are creative, eclectic and fun. They are inspired by the women we love.
To view the Spring/Summer 2009 collection, go to http://queenofshebafashion.com.
We are happy to show the Austrian Pavilion for the Shanghai Expo 2010 at this exhibition...
aast///advanced architecture settimo tokyo
Generative Architecture events in Settimo Tokyo, promoter CASARTARC Settimo Torinese Association. aast is a group of events intended to spread Generative Computational Design, becoming an Advanced Architectural Research International Exhibition. aast gives the opportunity to professionals and students to test a new approach to design, using innovatory tools. aast is a survey of researches on new generations of architects oriented to understand the huge transformation of contemporary architecture perspectives. aast’s aim is the promotion of 3D parametric software, which is able to integrate all the building components and data into one parametric model. All the building information becomes highly manageable throughout all the design and construction phases. aast deals with the parametric software brand-new trend as generating design and extending design creativity. We will discuss about complex forms impossible to be generated before and also raise a series of new design theories, methods and tools.
It´s about time to mention that the show Housing in Vienna is on show right now in the Ringturm in Vienna. The show was designed by SPAN last year and was first on show in Venice. The second stint of the exhibition was in the Polytecnico Milan, and I´m pretty sure it will be close to your home someday this year, as the tour continues. The design of this show was an important step for us as we could continue our explorations in surface tessellation systems and spatial continuity. Another important aspect for us was to gain further experience in the fabrication processes of complex curved geometries. This explorations are fully integrated in the design of the show.
