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Elvia's Guatemalan Textile Creations - A Grassroots Enterprise

3/23/2013

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Entry #24  Elvia's Textile Creations


This is Elvia Minas of San Miguel Escobar.  I met her
 on a research trip to Guatemala during the summer of 2012 when I traveled there to learn about the Direct Trade Coffee Cooperative known as As Green as it Gets. I was delighted by the beautiful patterns as well as the quality of Elvia’s creations and purchased several for myself and family members. After seeing mine, some of my friends even purchased items from Elvia, and I continue to put others in contact with her. 
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Don't Let the Perfect be the Enemy of the Good - Voltaire

6/11/2011

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Entry #16 – June 11, 2011

Don’t Let the Perfect be the Enemy of the Good – Voltaire


This photo includes my Business Law and Public Policy Students, officers of Spartan Global Development Fund, MSU Students for Fair Trade, and others from the Broad College of Business. The occasion was a visit by Dr. Kevin Danaher of Global Exchange for our Annual Fair Trade Bash. He spoke in my classes about “Green Careers.”


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Entry #3:  Chakra and chacra

10/5/2010

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October 5, 2010  Entry #3

Chakra and chacra

I was recently reminded of another chacra:  a garden. The fact that chakras and chacras sound identical is intriguing. Both are about a healthy lifestyle through balance and integration. The photo shows my friend Oscar Santillán in his family’s chacra at Pakarinka Sisari in Agato, Ecuador.


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    Paulette L. Stenzel

    I am a mom, learner, writer, lawyer, violinist, environmentalist in process, traveler, and avid reader.  My profession is Professor of Sustainability and International Business Law in Michigan State University's Broad College of Business. My research, writing, and teaching coincide with my personal pursuit of a more sustainable world through the Triple Bottom line:  economy, social equity, and environment. Through research and public speaking I share information and perspectives on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Fair Trade, direct trade, cooperatives, micro-finance, local production and purchasing, organics, and related areas.  

    Contact me at stenzel@msu.edu.

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