Who are you?: Daniel. My Mummy works at Bridge of Don Academy.
What is your Fairtrade item?: Earth Squared Weekend Bag, Hawthorne Berry colour.
Why?: As a treat to herself my Mummy bought this bag. Silly really because she’s not going to have many weekends away without me for a long time. It still looks good and is the perfect size for me. Once holidays are back to normal my Mummy can take this bag on a plane because it’s designed to fit the cabin baggage allowance. Perfect for all my toys and nappies. My Mummy doesn’t often buy clothes or accessories for herself but when she does she keeps them for years. The quality you get with fair trade products like this means she can keep them for a very long time. No doubt she’ll still have this bag on the go when I graduate!
Earth Squared are a company based in North Berwick. Their fashion accessories are designed by them and produced by fair trade accredited artisans in Vietnam. The company are also members of BAFTS (the British Association for Fair Trade Shops).
For online fashion and accessories shopping:
Earth Squared https://www.earthsquared.com
Traidcraft https://www.traidcraftshop.co.uk/fashion
Ethical Superstore https://www.ethicalsuperstore.com/category/fashion/
To learn a bit more about the fashion industry and why fair trade is important watch the following videos.