Hello world! February 7, 2008

Who am I you may be wondering?  I am just a mom of two active boys who enjoys spending time in the outdoors with my family.  I have been a mostly stay at home mom since my children were born.  (In my previous life, I was a Child and Family Therapist with extremely disturbed pre-schoolers and their families.  This was an amazingly rewarding job but one that also took a big emotional toll.)  In recent years,  I have become involved with a jewelry designer from Sri Lanka (see her work at Ananya Studio), who employs villagers to produce her designs.  She helps them set up their workshops, provides them designs and raw materials and then pays them a fair wage for their product.  My work with her has gotten me very interested in the idea of how our choices as consumers impact the people who produce our consumables and this production’s impact on the world.    I have been drawn into a web of Green/Fair Trade businesses.  What has been interesting to me is seeing how many people are doing small things everyday to create a better world.  Also, how many small producers and artists are out there that consider how their art impacts the world.  This blog will feature one of those small producers, artists or businesses everyday.  I believe through shining the spotlight on the individuals doing small things, we can cause big change in the world.