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Welcome to the SHARED EARTH newsletter.
Contents:
  New Fair Trade products in stock
  New shop in Leeds
  Shared Earth donates profits from sale of paper bags to tree-planting scheme
  Visit to India and Bangladesh
New Fair Trade products in stock

Click on the images below to see the new Fair Trade ranges we have in stock. Shared Earth is committed to helping the environment. Wherever possible we "reduce, reuse and recycle".

Models made from recycled tin cans Bags made from recycled materials
Models made from recycled tin cans Bags made from recycled materials
Handmade in Madagascar Handmade in India
Please note these are not toys  
   
Frames & boxes made from fast-maturing Shesham wood Notebooks made from waste materials
Handcarved in India Handmade in Nepal
 
New shop in Leeds

The Shared Earth shop in Leeds has relocated to larger premises.

The address is 40 Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 8LX. Click here to find on a map. It is located in between the newly opened Wilkinsons and Costa Coffee, and opposite Yates pub.

Our team of hard-working shop refitters have spent the last few weeks converting a "shell" into our latest branded shop.

New Leeds shop before fitting out Newly opened Leeds shop
Shared Earth donates paper bag profits to tree plantation
In an attempt to reduce waste, Shared Earth now charges for paper bags in our shops. The profits from the sale of these bags will go to Asha Handicrafts in India, to fund a tree-planting scheme - a sustainable managed forest of shesham wood trees. The main cost initially is the cost of the land. Eventually, the wood will be used to make our wooden crafts. We will then be able to say that the sourcing of the wood is fair trade, as well as the manufacture of the products.
Visit to India and Bangladesh

Shared Earth's Managing Director Jeremy Piercy and Designer Michelle Hughes will be visiting suppliers in India and Bangladesh in September. They will be looking for new product ideas. This will be the first Shared Earth visit to Bangladesh where our supplier Motif is based. The photo on the right shows basket making from recycled packets at Motif.

Click here to see our range of products made by Motif.

Photos and news from this visit will be included in our next newsletter.

Basket making at Motif
 

Shared Earth shops are located in York, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff, Liverpool and Bristol.
Click here for shop details.
Go to www.sharedearth.co.uk to browse all the products that we sell at our online shop.
We also sell our products wholesale. If you are a retailer interested in selling our products, please complete and submit our online enquiry form.
We are a member of BAFTS (British Association of Fair Trade Shops) and IFAT (International Fair Trade Association)
   

www.sharedearth.co.uk T: 01904 670321 F: 01904 654161

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Models made from recyled tin cans Bags made from recycled materials Frames and boxes made from fast-maturing Shesham wood Notebooks made from waste materials