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RESPONSIBLE CONSUMERISM
Throughout the 1980s, I was an economically depressed student -- first in college, then in seminary, and finally in law school. I married a fellow student in seminary and, thus, began to have a wee bit of disposable income. Wanting to live my values, I committed myself to spending responsibly, to buying goods with an eye towards economic justice, peace, and environmental responsibility. In 1991, a friend and I started a fair trade shop in the basement of our church, Watts Street Baptist Church in Durham, NC The shop blossomed into a non-profit store, One World Market, recently renamed Bull City Fair Trade. Since then, with more disposable income (and a new husband), I have expanded my responsible consumerism to include buying from individual artists, craftspeople and authors. I provide links here for others committed to these same values.
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