edun LIVE is proud to announce its new partnership with Zazzle, a website offering billions of retail quality, one-of-a-kind products shipped within 24 hours. With Zazzle, you can customize blank t-shirts and other products to instantly create truly unique items. Because of Zazzle's desire to raise awareness of the benefits that edun LIVE brings to those in need, as well as their desire to empower Zazzle users to have not just a voice, but a social voice, through self expression, they've chosen edun LIVE for this very exciting partnership. Now, not only will you be able to create your own designs on Zazzle, you'll also be helping to create jobs in Africa while you're doing it. Visit Zazzle's website.
NGOs
Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) aims to save wildlife and wild lands through careful science, international conservation, education and the management of the world’s largest system of urban wildlife parks. In 2007, EDUN and WCS established the Conservation Cotton Initiative (CCI) a program run by WCS to promote production of organic, conservation-friendly cotton in high biodiversity areas in Africa. CCI will educate, train, and acquire the equipment necessary to help local farmers transition from conventional practices to organic, sustainable cotton production that conserves wildlife habitats. Both farmers and wildlife benefit. Farmers get the benefits of premium prices for their organic cotton, earn additional income from growing and marketing rotational crops and products; and reduce their exposure to health risks associated with the use of inorganic pesticides. Wildlife benefit from active efforts by farmers to protect habitats and adopt environmental-friendly land management approaches. CCI is an example of an incredibly exciting and innovative means for public and private partners to work together to channel resources and funds to those who need it most on the ground.
To learn more about WCS and CCI, visit wcs.org.
Organic Exchange
The Organic Exchange is a charitable organization that focuses on promoting organic agriculture. It is a very useful source of information on organic cotton.
Global Business Coalition to fight AIDS
The Global AIDS Coalition aims to bring together and utilize the skills and expertise of the business sector to fight the global AIDS problem. Over 200 international companies are helping the Coalition towards its mission.
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is an international movement to identify and campaign against human rights violations in the world. Amnesty International has offices in over 80 countries worldwide.
The Africa-America Institute
The Africa-America Institute aims to help Africans build capacity through programs aimed at educating Africans and at educating Americans about Africa.
DATA
DATA (debt AIDS trade Africa) aims to raise awareness about and respond to the triple crisis threatening Africa: debt, AIDS and unfair trade regulations. DATA was founded in 2002 by Bono, Bobby Shriver and activists from the Jubilee 2000 Drop the Debt campaign.
ONE.org
ONE campaigns for the allocation of an extra one percent of the US budget towards the global issues of AIDS and poverty. The ONE campaign believes that this one change could radically transform the future of an entire generation. ONE is a coalition of over 2 million people and 100 non-profit, advocacy and humanitarian organizations. EDUN designed the ONE t-shirt that is being used for the campaign. The EDUN ONE t-shirt is made in Lesotho using 100% African cotton.
ALAFA
ALAFA (The Apparel Lesotho Alliance to Fight AIDS) is a private sector response to the AIDS pandemic affecting Lesotho. It provides AIDS preventative and treatment services to workers in the Lesotho textile industry. $10 from the sale of each EDUN ONE t-shirt is being donated to ALAFA.
ComMark
The ComMark Trust is a regional development initiative that aims to reduce poverty in Southern Africa by putting into practice the development approach known as "making markets work for the poor".
Verité
Verité is EDUN’s third-party monitoring company. It is based in Amherst, MA, and specializes in social compliance auditing. EDUN is working closely with Verité on factory visits and to create a strategic means of monitoring the progress of our facilities as we work with them to achieve our compliance criteria.
Afropop
Afropop is not only a general term to describe popular African music, but it is also the name of an organization that provides radio access, informational programming, and travel series to Africa. The purpose of Afropop is to help increase awareness of the amazing music coming out of Africa and the African Diaspora, and to benefit musicians from these groups to get the most out of their music careers.
DISTRIBUTORS
UK and Europe:
Continental Clothing
Continental Clothing Company Ltd
8-10 Falcon Park, Neasden Lane,
London NW10 1RZ, U.K.
Tel: +44 (0)20 8450 5550
Fax: +44 (0)20 8450 3131
Email: sales@continentalclothing.com
Continental Clothing Company, GmbH
Kopenhagener Str. 35-57
D-13407 Berlin, Deutschland
Tel - 0049 (0)30 43 72 48-0
Fax - 0049 (0)30 43 72 48 17
Verkauf - sales@continentalclothing.de
US:
SS Activewear
COMPANIES
Nutrisoda
Airforce Nutrisoda is using edun LIVE blanks to support their Dress for Success campaign.
Motorola
Motorola chose edun LIVE t-shirts for one of their t-shirt campaigns.
MAC Cosmetics
MAC Cosmetics has been a great champion of the fight against AIDS. To date, they have raised over $85 million through their Viva Glam campaigns. We are proud that they have chosen to use edun LIVE t-shirts for their next promotion.
Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PWC)
PWC has decided to use edun LIVE t-shirts for their volunteer campaign 29k/30, in which over 13,000 PWC people volunteered in local communities in a US-wide initiative in June 2007. During this campaign, all employees of PWC are given time to participate in various volunteer programs.
Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble has decided to support edun LIVE by selling the t-shirts in their college book stores across the country.
Aveda
Aveda is partnering with
edun LIVE for their
2008 Earth Day t-shirts.
SCHOOLS
Miami University of Ohio
edun LIVE and Miami University of Ohio co-launched the edun LIVE on Campus pilot program in January 2007. The program has met with tremendous success, and we plan to roll out the program to other schools worldwide during 2007 and 2008.
SCREEN PRINTERS
T Shirt and Sons Ltd
The Soil Association's only certified organic t-shirt printer, produces high quality printed and embroidered promotional clothing and accessories for a broad range of high profile clients, specialising in t-shirts and cotton bags made from Fairtrade and organic certified cotton.
Mirror Image
Mirror Image is an award-winning leader in the screenprinting industry known for creative and innovative printing techniques and for technical skill in reproduction of photographic images on t-shirts. They also offer in-house embroidery and design services. More importantly they have been a longtime leader in the fight against child labor. They are industry pioneers in the fair treatment of their employees, including being unionized (UAW Local 1596 for almost 20 years) and paying for 100% of the health insurance for their employees (and their families as well.)
Find a screen printer near you - and make sure to ask them if they use eco-friendly and PVC-free/water-based dyes.
WEBSITES
The Green Providers Directory is the UK's leading resource for finding green, organic and fair trade goods and services. They are a not-for-profit, green directory founded on ethical principles. All the companies listed have been individually vetted so you can be sure of their eco-friendly credentials.
Go Green Directory
Natural, organic and eco friendly.
Get Listed In the Green Directory.
The Sustainability Store is a directory of socially and environmentally responsible products and services.
Wholesum advocates organic clothing for individuals engaging in sustainable living and
aware that everything is connected and every bit counts in taking care
of our people and our planet.