Summer Sale At A Better Footprint!

Well, now Miranda and Kyle are back from Africa! We're making room for all of the new treasures, including our new favorite item, the recycled can cars!! To help us clear out some inventory and make room for the new, we've got everything on sale in the online store!


The recycled can cars are often made from bug spray cans, which are used to treat mosquito nets. Sleeping under a treated net helps save children as well as pregnant mothers from contracting malaria. Gambia is one of the countries afflicted by high rates of malaria. Your purchase of these recycled items, arriving soon, helps manage the waste from treating these nets and supports creative arts and employment for Gambian artists at the Brikama Craft Market.

We're also extending our summer sale for wholesale customers. We're offering more than 15 fair trade items at heavily discounted prices for retail and gift shop owners interested in selling our fairly traded products. Check back often for updates and new products - you'll see them online before we get our new catalog designed!!

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The Urban Frog to Promote Fair Trade

A deli sits on a quiet corner in the heart of Broadway in downtown Green Bay. But when you enter under the purple awning and are awakened by the bold, urban colors of the wall and sleekly designed ultramodern tables and furniture, you'll feel like you're really in the midst of New York - only with a totally earthly and, well, "un-urban" twist.

Truly like an "Urban Frog," deli owner Terry Wojcik strives to serve things "Fresh From Mother Nature." All natural, organic, earth-friendly and health-conscious meals and specialty drinks comprise the hand-drawn chalk menu. And now they'll expand their environmental offerings with a display of recycled and hand made crafts from the hands of women in Gambia, Ghana, and The Philippines.

These items will include an assortment of recycled plastic purses and are part of an international movement called Fair Trade and specifically, part of Worldgoods Gambian Fair Trade Initiative. Even the smallest coin purse recycles about 10 shopping-size plastic bags and the largest can recycle up to 30 bags. Cleaning these poor, rural villages is extremely vital to the health and well being of children, livestock, and gardens in villages like Njau, Gambia. The income generated from making these purses is also instrumental in improving the standard of life and creating a sense of confidence and community among the women who recycle and crochet them.

Other items for sale at The Urban Frog will include hand batiked aprons from the Global Mamas, and recycled juice box tote bags from PREDA.

Worldgoods Fair Trade is excited for the upcoming display launch, and we'll have a booth there from 4-8 p.m. each Wednesday night. Even if you're unable to come at that time, The Urban Frog is a great spot to hit for a lunch - one that's unique, and healthy for both people and planet. Visit the Frog's website now!

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