By Lucille Chi •
February 10, 2009

Planning a romantic day this Valentines? Yes? No? Well, just in case, here is our lovely green Valentine guide for the upcoming holiday:
- Love Notes: Give your sweets a personalized note that you craft yourself or share the love with virtual notes like WWF E-cards and Nature Conservancy Valentine E-cards.
- Blooms: Organic Bouquet has wonderful ways to give fresh flowers and help charity at the same time, and Local Harvest is another favorite flower source of ours that always brings the freshness of the flower-farm into your home.
By Lucille Chi •
November 10, 2008
This week on EcoWorldly, we are reporting on food and farming around the world that is environmentally conscious, socially responsible, delicious and sustainable. Shea Terra Organics is a shining example, because they have culminated a formula for sustainability with their natural beauty blends and and fair trade gourmet. Their strategic business partnerships help to alleviate the increasing threats to Africa’s native inhabitants and indigenous wildlife.

“Our most important goal from the start has always been to support Africa through self-empowerment and environmental programs, and bring awareness about the continent’s diversity and beauty.” said Shea Terra Organics’ founder, Tammie Umbel
It is admirable that for more than a decade Shea Terra Organics has been developing high quality healing products from indigenous African ingredients.“Shea Terra partners with individuals, and cooperatives while working closely with NGOs to ensure that native trades people, farmers and harvesters not only get ‘fair’ prices for their commodities, but that they receive prices that they themselves set.”
Now, I am pleased to introduce our guest Tammie Umbel, founder and CEO of Shea Terra Organics who shares her recipes for success with us, in an exclusive interview for EcoWorldly:
LC: Divine Chocolate (shown here

By Alicia Erickson •
October 11, 2007
Several contests launched this month in honor of Fair Trade month. From free chocolate to trips, there’s a chance for everyone to win.
Divine, a delicious Fair Trade chocolate company, has a tasty deal for all the top chefs out there. They’re looking for recipes that have "heaps of creativity, Divine appeal, and powerful statements about why contestants are hungry to change the world through Fair Trade." The sweetest
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