Kerry

Female | 27 years old | USA/Peru | Last updated 3/ 1/2008 11:27 pm
http://www.marcellotoshi.com I have shoe line that I design for (see link above). All the shoes are handcrafted by artisans in Peru and we are looking for ways to make the shoes more environmentally holistic. Any information regarding leathers - or non-leathers, water-based glues, wet-white tanning, or even fairtrade organizations that support shoe-trade would be fantastic. So far I have only found FT organizations that support food-based trade and for sportsballs, funnily enough. We are in the process of opening our own artisan workshop and I would like to have it FT certified. I'd be very happy to recieve any suggestions!
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Hi Kerry,

Sounds interesting what you are trying to do. I understand your difficulties with finding a certifying body for shoes as FLO only deals with the articles you mentioned.

I produce fair trade certified photo greeting cards in peru, with pictures made by Peruvian teenagers (www.fairmail.info). We got certification from the dutch association of world shops. It costs like 3000 dollars but they also give certification for any artesan goods. So you could check it out. I have contacts if you wish.

Good luck, peter peter@fairmail.info