The Commoner's Catalog for Changemaking By Cameron Conner One of my earliest childhood memories is being carried on my mother's hip through the streets of Kathmandu, walking side by side with Chunta Nepali, one of my parent's business partners in Nepal. As we slowly make our way through the streets of the
Sometimes it's Just Destiny Sometimes things are just meant to be. It’s more than coincidence, it’s more like destiny. That’s what happened in Sertung, Nepal in 2015. We were doing earthquake assessment in an area to the west of Langtang on a 12-day trek that few had traveled since before the Maoist
The Women behind our Fair Trade Paper By Denise Attwood September 2021 Sometimes things just don’t work out, even in Fair Trade. So we can either pivot and get creative or dwell in the loss of a good idea. Well we aren’t very good at dwelling in loss at Ganesh Himal Trading but
I Love Fair Trade Now, More than Ever By Denise Attwood September 17, 2021 I love Fair Trade now more than ever. I feel so wrapped in care, in community and in visions of the possibility of how we can all live together in the world. Strange since we are also surrounded
August 24, 2021 Distributing Reusable Menstrual Pad Kits to Nepal’s Remote Regions by Kesang Yudron Written for Conscious Connections Foundation From left to right: Samjhana Lhomi, Somi Lhomi, Kesang Yudren and Chandrakala Rai Surrounding us there is beauty and there is fear. The majesty of the mountains above us and the valleys below
What a difference two months can make. In early April we were celebrating that CCF’s Nepal team had reached over 3500 women and girls in Nepal giving them access to Menstrual Hygiene information, education and supplies that will forever change their lives and the lives of their children and communities. When CCF’s Nepal
Finding the Golden Threads By Denise Attwood Co-Owner of Ganesh Himal Trading Weavings are my passion. So much so that I have no more room on my walls or floors or in my house for any more. I love their textures, patterns, unbelievable strengths and extreme vulnerabilities, I love that
Interview with Denise Attwood, Co-owner of Ganesh Himal Trading by Meredith Pietzman Fair Trade Winds What inspired you to start Ganesh Himal Trading and work with artisans in Nepal? When we arrived in Kathmandu in 1984, Ric and I had no idea that the experience would be a
