Fair Trade typically is a business principle whereby "products are imported and/or distributed by organizations who have Fair Trade at the core of their mission and activities (commonly referred to as alternative trading organizations), using it as a development tool to support disadvantaged producers and to reduce poverty."
But what about service industries? When you spend $3.00 for that cup of Fair Trade coffee in a coffee shop here in Canada, how much is the person behind the counter earning? Is it something close to minimum wage? Is that still fair trade?
But what about service industries? When you spend $3.00 for that cup of Fair Trade coffee in a coffee shop here in Canada, how much is the person behind the counter earning? Is it something close to minimum wage? Is that still fair trade?
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Basic cleaning involves a thorough dusting and vacuuming of the furniture in the living room, dining room, halls, and bedrooms, including picture frames, lampshades and baseboards as well as cleaning the woodwork. In the kitchens we clean and disinfect the counter tops and sinks, and wipe down the outsides of the major appliances and clean the inside of your microwave.
When was the last time I used this? Some people say two years is okay but I'd even make this one year in the case of clothing, kitchen stuff, things in storage areas, etc. Will I use it again? This better be a firm yes or you're going to be sitting here doing this again next year - with the same stuff.
Do you have a parent whose home is so full of old newpapers that there are only narrow paths left through which to navigate? Do you worry that it is a fire trap? Does your mother own forty-seven cats and counting? Can't bear to part with a single one of them? These are examples of hoarding. Although not exclusively a problem of the elderly, this is often when the problem finally has to be dealt with.
It's time to do some enviro cleaning using natural products but you don't know which products to trust. No problem, you can make your own cleaning solutions. It's easy and you'll save money. These are the main environmentally-friendly things you'll need, although there are a few other items as you'll see.
The number one reason why we don't need antibacterial soaps is that regular soap and water works just fine to get rid of bacteria. Why gild the lily? Now we have to ask ourselves why not gild the lily? And there are plenty of reasons- 275 of them to be exact. That's the number of active ingredients in antimicrobials that the EPA classifies as pesticides because they are designed to kill microbes.
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