Check out this great review on the Glimpse blog at
http://glimpse-reviews.blogspot.com/2009/06/plovers-review.html
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Plovers and Mini-Mioche clothing get rave reviews!
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009P’lovers now has a Fiction Section
Saturday, March 21st, 2009For over 15 years, P’lovers book section was full of great non-fiction books…but no novels. and then for two years we only had one novel – Water Inc. by Varda Burstyn. Now we have five fiction titles* along with some poetry and short stories. This section will grow but we are being very picky – they have to be (a) great reads and (b) ultimately positive in some way. (There are lots of ‘end of the world’ novels, but they are too bleak for our tastes.)
Water, Inc. – Burstyn
Prodigal Summer – Kingsolver
Into the Forest – Heglund
Ecotopia – Callenbach
World Made by Hand – Kunstler
We’d love to hear your suggestions.
Me to We
Thursday, November 27th, 2008Imagine our surprise when, attending a Green Conference in Washington, DC, we came across ‘Me to We Responsible Clothing’ and discovered that it was a Canadian company.
Our surprise quickly turned to delight when we further realized that Me to We makes clothing in Canada, sweatshop free, from certified organic cotton and viscose made from bamboo, and gives 50% of its net profits to support the work of Free the Children.
WEAVE and TO-GO WARE
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008If you hate taking plastic cutlery when you are buying food on the run, To-Go Ware has created a fabulous option. Refuse plastic and use your own reusable bamboo cutlery set – a fork, knife, spoon and chopsticks wrapped in a hand-woven cotton case made in the Umpium Mai Refugee Camp, by WEAVE, a Fair Trade women’s cooperative on the Thai-Burma border.
Freeplay Radios
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Radios are critical tools for spreading information. This is especially true in developing communities where being able to hear a broadcast can keep vital lines of communication open between communities. However, this can be a challenge if the community has no way to generate electricity.
The Barefoot College
Monday, November 24th, 2008
The Bird Totas and Tree of Life hangings and Pillow Covers available at P’lovers come from The Barefoot College (www.barefootcollege.org), founded in 1972 in Tilonia, Rajasthan, one of India’s largest, driest, and poorest states. The Barefoot College is based on the belief that solutions to rural problems lie within the community. The programs and initiatives of the Barefoot College are designed to benefit the ‘poorest of the poor’ and improve their lives by addressing basic needs for water, electricity, housing, health, education and income.
The Barefoot College encourages learning by doing and focuses on practical knowledge and skills. It many programs include training and service delivery in solar electrification, rainwater harvesting, environmental restoration, health promotion, and education.