Pants to Poverty was set up by last year?s students? group of Make Poverty History and exists to help the white band to evolve and make trade work for everyone and the environment; especially those who need it most: the workers of the developing world.

Pants to Poverty will challenge injustice by creating ethical alternatives. They believe that another world is possible and that together we not only can but must create it.  All of the money they generate will be invested in making their supply chains as perfect as possible and getting the message for fair trade heard louder than ever before.

Grown and sewn in India to the highest possible standards, the pants to povety fairtrade and organic pants make trade work for everyone.  Show your support wear the pants!

Silverchilli was borne out of a desire to blow away the myth that 'third world' goods/crafts are of an inferior quality, to be bought out of sympathy for the cause rather than true desire for the product. An ironic perception when you consider that most 'labelled' clothing is made in sweatshops in the developing world, and that most Fair Trade goods are hand made to a high quality.

Silverchilli.com implements fairtrade ethics in a number of ways:

• They pay for the production of your ordered item in advance.
• They have spent time capacity building the communities to cost the items accurately so that they make a good living from the products you buy.
• They design the products in conjunction with the Silversmiths.
• They are working to delivery times stated by the communities we work with, not us.
• They return 95% of our profits back to the community.
• Silverchilli pays 50% in advance for all the orders to help fund raw materials, so the silversmiths are never out of pocket, and 50% on delivery.

Silverchilli are also keen to ensure that they do their bit for the environment and they consider it throughout their business activities.   The silver our silversmiths use is obviously mined, but Silverchilli are conscious that there are things that they can do to make some contribution to off-setting the effect of that activity. Notably there are things they do to neutralise the carbon that the business creates through its international deliveries.  They choose their packaging carefully to ensure that it is as environmentally friendly as possible.  Also, in partnership with UK charity, The Woodland Trust, Silverchilli has started planting trees in woods around the UK. It takes just 5 trees to neutralise the carbon from an entire plane which flies from Mexico to London.

Forget about organic cotton or hemp for your clothes - they are just so yesterday.  If you are looking for the next big thing in eco-friendly and fair trade clothing you need to go for bamboo.  

Just what are bamboo?s green credentials? Growing up to 1 foot each day on farmland means it?s renewable and sustainable - it is harvested in less than 3 years.  Also, being naturally resistant to most bacteria and microbes means there is no need for pesticides or chemicals meaning that it? organic.   Made in to clothes it becomes as soft as cashmere.  It?s naturally wicking and highly breathable properties means that it?s cool in summer and warm in winter.

New York based Panda Snack say they were the first company to have started taking the woody pulp of this fast growing plant and turning it in to silky soft t-shirts and polo shirts.  They  even hope to extend the market to include bamboo made home furnishings, sheets, towels and loungewear.

Here in the UK, Bam bamboo clothing, use bamboos naturally anti-bacterial and deodorization property to deliver a fantastic range of naturally anti-bacterial sports t-shirts for men and women.  Bam even say that for every item you buy from them, they will plant a tree on your behalf in the South American rainforest.  Meaning purchasing one Bam T-shirt - one tree - will account for the absorption of 367kg of carbon dioxide.!