So, I've recently been told by a little bird that I'm not very good at blogging. Well, I think that's true. I noticed that the time between posts had previously been 2 years. I'll attempt to rectify that serious neglect of this blog by posting today. Just a little update about what I've been doing; completing my peace corps application, checking my email every 2 minutes, reading websites about organic cosmetics, doing chores and running errands.
I've found a good website that sells organic cosmetics www.saffronrouge.com. I like it for the range of products, though I do think some of the prices are a little high and it is light on editorial content about the products themselves. The website features "Kristin's blog" and "Kristin's favorites", both of which detail new organic beauty products and the founder's favorite products from each of the lines sold on the site. I would like to see more articles about advances and happenings in the industry. Other sites that accomplish that come off a little too hippie-dippy (see http://www.organicconsumers.org/bodycare/index.cfm). So I think there is a need for a website that marries the purely marketplace aspect of Saffron Rouge and the activist slant of Organic Consumers.
My interest in collectives in Latin America is being piqued lately, ever since I read this article in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/dining/05choc.html?_r=1&ref=americas&oref=slogin
It details how an indigenous group in Ecuador is leveraging it's access to cacao and translating that into greater income by learning techniques of processing cacao into chocolate. They're being supported by leaders in Swiss chocolate-making techniques. I think it's a real sign of progress towards greater income stability for a historically marginalized group.
Okay, I gotta finish packing for my trip to NYC!!! Bye for now.
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