Don't do nothing

Please join with me and March on Mars.

Click here to use your voice to stop the exploitation of child workers by the Mars chocolate company. Read the info then send a letter or make a phone call. Please, don't do nothing.

Every single voice counts, as is evidenced by Cadbury's decision to make a traffik-free chocolate bar.

Please, take this seriously.

Thanks.

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
– Edmund Burke (1729-1797)

Cadbury goes traffik-free

Once upon a time, Cadbury's Dairy Milk was my favorite chocolate bar.

That was before I knew about children being exploited on cocoa farms by these big corporations so they can make huge profits. Since then, we've bought fairly traded chocolate whenever possible. That goes for coffee and tea, too, in our house.

But, it certainly doesn't stop there. Check the labels on your clothes for the country of origin. If it wasn't made in the U.S., Canada, or Europe, chances are the person who made it got barely a fraction of a percentage of the price you paid for it. Unfortunately, finding fairly traded clothing in our consumer-obssessed culture is not an easy thing to do. And if you do find it, it's most likely not going to be cheap. But keep in mind: every purchase makes a difference - to someone. Be it good or bad.

Just Us, a Canadian fair trade coffee, chocolate, and sugar company that we regularly buy from, has a great motto - "People and the Planet before Profits". And now, Cadbury is catching on. Read this from an email I just got.

Now I'll gladly buy my beloved Dairy Milk again. It'll be sooooo good with a steaming cup of Just Us French Roast.

Uh... maybe not today

I got the sudden and brilliant idea to take some me time and go see Coraline today.

But then I re-considered: it's Valentine's Day and it plainly wouldn't be cool to step out without my hubby. So I've decided to go some time during the week. I just really must see it in 3D before the Jonas Brothers and mobs of screaming girls take over every theatre in the city!

Hope you're having a happy Valentine's Day and are eating lots of chocolate! I'm about to indulge in some more myself... before I go see a movie BOTH of us want to watch ;)