Ethical Essentials for Summer
Blow Wind Blow: KILI Radio Station Fueled By Green Power
KILI Radio Station, The Voice of the Lakota, celebrates their 25th year on July 31. KILI, located on The Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, is the country’s largest Indian Radio Station and the reservation’s largest consumer of electricity. For the last six years they partnered with Honor the Earth and the Intertribal Council on Utility Policy on a sustainable energy project to replace coal and uranium by harnessing the reservation’s plentiful wind power.
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Equita is a design-conscious shop showcasing the latest in green, ethical, sweatshop-free and Fair Trade essentials for the body and home. Our line includes: men's and women's designer apparel; home furnishings; kitchen and bath; jewelry and handbags; bodycare; baby clothing and toys; sport and wellness gear; and specialty gourmet treats. Products feature enviro-friendly, sustainable materials and ethical practices, including: certified organic cotton, recycled and repurposed materials; and Fair Trade certified, sweatshop-free, child labor-free, conflict-free, fair labor, socially-conscious principles. Equita proudly sources quality designed, functional products from green/ethical companies and Fair Trade cooperatives in over 40 developing countries, as well as Native American enterprises, women's initiatives, family farms and unionized businesses in North America.
Equita specializes on the Essentials for Ethical Living through the its retail outlets (online webshop and Pittsburgh store) and consulting services. The Equita shop represents the brands that best define its ethical vision. In eco, ethical fashion: Edun, Loomstate, Loyale Clothing, Fin Oslo, Veja Sneakers, Autonomie Project, Muumuu Heaven, Perfectly Imperfect, Del Forte Denim, Stewart + Brown, Ecoist Handbags, Escama Bags, Lucina Jewelry, Josh Jakus. Also, baby clothing by Speesees, Bossy Baby, Nui Organics. The Home section features Rugmark certified Rugs by angela adams, recycled glass dinnerware by Riverside Design Group, organic cotton bedding and bath by Loop Organic. The Gourmet Food area brings you organic, Fair Trade certified coffee, tea, chocolate, preserves by Just Coffee, Choice Teas, Divine Chocolate, Taylor Maid.
As an effort to share Equita's vision with customers and like-minded supporters, we publish a blog - Nitty Gritty - a space for news, information and dialogue on The Essentials for Ethical Living: environmentalism, green design, the local economy, fair trade, social consciousness, and, yes, ethical shopping.
