Hiphonest: ethical fashion in Amsterdam

Thursday, January 10th, 2008 Posted in Blog | 2 Comments »

A cross in a circle, passing by on a bag, a jacked or a pair of jeans. Ethical fashion brand Kuyichi made it quite far in The Netherlands! In Berlin we had to suffer to find more than one kind ...

Organic cotton farming in Uganda

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007 Posted in Blog | 1 Comment »

In Northern Uganda, in the region around Lira, there is as much as 27 thousand farmers (!!!) growing organic cotton. The farmers are united in a cooperative with chosen representatives. The organic cotton project here is started by and running ...

Uganda: the reality of production

Saturday, December 15th, 2007 Posted in Blog | No Comments »

After the workshop in Kenya I took a bus from Nairobi to Kampala, the capital of Uganda. The trip with Akamba bus took about fifteen hours. It was relatively comfortable, compared to Matatu traveling, where you sit in a small ...