Mama's Earth Earth-Friendly Mission
Mama's Earth provides reasonably priced, Earth-friendly basic goods and apparel. We work to provide a pleasant experience for everyone who uses our web site and ensure that everyone is 100% satisfied.
As should be the case with any true "general store", beyond products, we will do our best to be an information source and clearinghouse for ideas to make the environment cleaner and more sustainable and the people in it calm, serene and at peace with themselves and the world around them.
So relax...feel at home here. Get a nice cup of tea (or organic coffee), put your feet up on the furniture and take some time to browse around. Please be sure to write and tell us what you think about Mama's Earth.
Mama's Earth Fair Labor Credo
Mama's Earth pledges that everything we sell is sweatshop and cruelty-free. We seek out companies that guarantee fair treatment of workers and reward them with our patronage. We hope you'll do the same.
—The Staff of Mama's Earth
People Before Profits
Profit pressure in the global economy moves downward from CEO to factory supervisor, each demanding more productivity for less cost from those below them. Where does the price squeeze end? At the bottom, with workers who are pushed to produce goods as quickly and cheaply as possible. This squeeze is what causes forced overtime, low wages, dangerous conditions, punishments and fines for slow work and mistakes, child labor, and other abuses found in sweatshops around the world.
Your Vote Counts—Vote With Your Dollars
The only thing that most corporate entities care about is profits. Money gets their attention and that is where our leverage lies. Think before you buy that $4 shirt. Someone's sweat and blood probably went into its manufacture. Ask every retailer about conditions under which their things are made before you buy. Patronize those who know and guarantee their products to be sweatshop-free. Boycott those who can't or won't answer...and make sure they know your reasons. This moves some of the pressure back up to chain by making retailers ask the same questions of their suppliers. You can make corporations listen by voting with your dollars. Your vote counts...to corporations and to the world!
Learn about closing sweatshops
Co-op America has almost an entire site dedicated to ending sweatshops, including demystifying the myths about them and ways for you to take action. Check it out at www.coopamerica.org.
