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How Life Happens and We Have To Support Each Other! “Education is fundamental to human development and progress. It involves more than just gaining information; it also involves developing critical thinking, creativity, and the capacity to adjust to a world that is changing all the time.”  So says Sujal

Celebrating 40 Years of Connection: Part 1 By Ric Conner Co-Founder of Ganesh Himal Trading Forty years ago this September Denise and I said goodbye to friends and family and headed out on a eight month journey to parts unknown. Our first stop was Thailand. As we stepped off

Artist Collaboration: Brilliant Stranger by Dawn Patel Will Rogers once said, "A stranger is a friend I've never met." These "friends I've never met" are the dedicated, hardworking, and talented collaborators in the Brilliant Stranger Line of Cotton Clothing.  My relationship with Ganesh Himal Trading began in 2003, when

"The cacophony, the howling winds of humanity's insane actions,  keeps us frenetic and reactive. The stillness makes us grounded and connective."   By Denise Attwood Anyone who knows me knows I love whales. I have petted them, swum with them, walked the beach with them, had them come to comfort me

What is the Impact of a Fair Trade Childhood? The first time I traveled to Nepal I was five months old. Since then I have returned over a dozen times, spending more than two cumulative years of my life there in total. Over these years, I saw something very special: a

Perspectives Over the last month, two baby great horned owls have adopted our wooded home as their new home. I wake to them in the morning squawking in the bird bath or sitting on a post by my garden, their beautiful eyes piercing through me, their heads swiveling 360

Co-Owner Denise Attwood with Ms. Meera Bhattarai and Ms. Revita Shrestha Ganesh Himal Trading Makes a Second Contribution to ACP’s Retirement Fund In 2019 our long-time partner and friend, Meera Bhattarai, who is the founder and director of the Association for Craft Producers (ACP) in Nepal informed us of a truly

2022 Conscious Connections Annual Report Dear Friends of CCF, In 2022, we rejoiced the fact that we could come together again, to hug, to laugh, and to share conversation in person. We celebrated the metamorphosis of our oldest project, the Baseri Clinic, and the successful culmination of one of our biggest