NYC Fair Trade Coalition

May 9, 2012 – Magnifeco Meet and Greet with Kate Black

Alyssa — Thu, 03 May 2012 00:32:49 +0000

Welcome Kate Black, founder and managing editor of Magnifeco, to NYC! Join us for a casual meet-and-great and conversation about eco, sustainable and fair trade fashion.

When: Wednesday May 9 at 6pm – 8pm

Where: Sustainable NYC

139 Avenue A between 9th and 10th Streets

May 7, 2012 – First Mondays at Arcadia Spa & Home: Housing Works fundraiser

Alyssa — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:14:09 +0000

Celebrate Arcadia Spa & Home’s new location in Chelsea at their inaugural First Monday benefit supporting Housing Works.

When: Monday, May 7, 2012 from 6pm – 9 pm

Where: Arcadia Spa & Home

249 West 23rd Street between 7th and 8th Avenues

Admission: Free!

Check out the Facebook event

10% of all sales will go to Housing Works’ many important projects supporting people with HIV/AIDS and fighting homelessness in NYC.

With Mother’s Day just one week later, wedding season upon us, and so much new product in every department at Arcadia, it’s a perfect opportunity to explore their new digs and remind yourself why you fell in love with Arcadia in the first place!

First Mondays, held on the first Monday of every month from 6 pm – 9 pm, will be a neighborhood gathering of old and new friends in a relaxed, fun environment of food, drinks, freebies and shopping (of course!) for a good cause.

Arcadia is looking for suggestions for worthy community organizations to support. E-mail ideas to info@arcadianyc.com

May 4, 2012 – Mother’s Day Pop Up Shop

Alyssa — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:12:57 +0000

Shop for Change

Come Celebrate and Support Mothers Everywhere

Global Goods Partners, Mayan Hands and Fair Trade Judaica will bring their colorful and distinctive handmade, fair trade products to the Jewish Community Center (JCC) in NYC. Get a head start on Mother’s Day with eco-friendly gift items handcrafted by women living in poor and marginalized communities around the world.

Show the power of your purchase and support mothers around the world!

When: May 4, 2012 8am – 6pm

Where: 334 Amsterdam Ave at 76th st, New York, NY 10023

Apr. 22, 2012 – Green Festival

Alyssa — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:49:24 +0000

Join us for NYCFTC’s chairperson, Pamela Alimurung’s presentation “Join the Fair Trade Movement: An Introduction to Organizing” Presentation at Green Festival!

When: Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 1pm

Where: Javits Center North

655 W 34th Street, New York, NY 10001

Main entrance is on 11th Ave and 40th Street

Fair Trade Fashion Party at NYU Wagner

Alyssa — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:15:23 +0000

Apr. 6, 2012 – Fair Trade Fashion Party

Alyssa — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 18:25:02 +0000

When: Friday, April 6, 2012

5:30-7:00pm

Where: Rudin Family Forum, Puck Building

285 Lafayette St (between Prince and Jersey St)

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Rising Tide Fair Trade and SASHA Exports

Alyssa — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:45:12 +0000

Global Goods Partners Holiday Fair

Alyssa — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 03:00:20 +0000

Mar. 20, 2012 – Designing and Producing for Rising Tide Fair Trade

Alyssa — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:41:59 +0000

Join us at Sustainable NYC for a meet and greet and Q&A with Rising Tide Fair Trade‘s co-owner, Virginia Dooley, and Roopa Mehta, Executive Director of SASHA Exports. Learn more about the production process of Rising Tide Fair Trade products and the evolution of fair trade in India.

When: Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Where: Sustainable NYC

139 Avenue A (btwn St. Mark’s Place & 9th St)

Feb. 24, 2012 – Sewing Seeds Fundraiser

NYCFTC — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:30:43 +0000

From the Textile Arts Center…

Friday, February 24 – 7-10PM

Textile Arts Center, Manhattan
26 W 8 Street, at MacDougal

Cocktails + Hors D’oeuvres

Silent Auction featuring work by:
Titania Inglis, Auralis Herrero, Audrey Louise Reynolds, BAGGU, Caitlin Mociun, Jordana Martin, Ilana Kohn,
Tara St. James, Erin Considine, Ambika Conroy, Shabd Simon Alexander, Sasha Duerr, Hannah Schultz

RSVP

A huge thank you to our artists and designers; Brooklyn Plantology for their nursery sponsorship; Natalie Stopka, and Sarah Bacon.
If you are unable to attend the Silent Auction, please consider donating to our Kickstarter campaign

What is Sewing Seeds?

The Sewing Seeds project started in 2010 at the Textile Arts Center with the mission to provide accessible, accurate, and inspiring information on natural dyes for our community. So far, this project has included classes and workshops on natural dyes for adults and kids, a Living Library of Natural Dyes in the Carroll Street community garden as a reference + teaching tool, and a database on natural dyes and recipes which will soon be freely available online.

Why Natural Dyes?

Before the invention of synthetic dyes in the 19th century, the world wasn’t black and white. It was full of bright colors extracted from the bounty around us; from leaves, flowers, fruits, roots, and bark. Today most of these plants can be grown in a sustainable way and used to dye fabric and yarn with minor impact in the environment, to the dyer, and to the user. Not to mention that a lot of sources for natural dyes are actually wasted by modern cultures, including onion skins, carrot tops and, rhubarb leaves.

What is the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)?

Textile Arts Center is proud to present the new adventure of Sewing Seeds – a CSA fully dedicated to natural dyes. Starting this summer in Brooklyn, an abandoned lot on the corner of Bergen and 4th Street will be transformed as part of the 596 Acres project. The Sewing Seeds CSA garden will run for a 6 month season between June and November 2012, providing members with plant to be used as natural dyes, as wel; as recipes and workshops utilizing them.The Sewing Seeds CSA will create a new green space in the Gowanus community, as well as strongly interact with Textile Arts Center education programs. Sewing Seeds will provide information on the plants, dye extraction, and dye technique, serving as a backdrop for free workshops and lectures for the community.While the Sewing Seeds CSA shareholders’ fees will cover all the expenses throughout the season, the Bergen Street plot has been abandoned and unloved for years. The funds raised through Kickstarter and this silent auction will cover the initial work and materials to convert this land into the new Sewing Seeds garden. Soil, raised beds, irrigation and compost systems will make this unused land an enjoyable and educational space for all of us in the community.

About the Textile Arts Center

The main goal of the Textile Arts Center is to provide support to fiber artists, and everyday people interested in working with fiber, by acting as a resource facility and creative meeting place.

Since its founding in mid-2009, the Textile Arts Center offers multiple ways in which the public can participate in the textile arts. Though the textile arts are made up of many ancient art forms, crafts, and techniques. Through classes, workshops, gallery shows, and special events, the Texilte Arts Center aims to preserve such handcrafts, while enabling paritcipants to fit them into contemporary life.