Fair-trade and Organic Gifts For Your Valentine

If you have trouble reading this email go to http://www.newdream.org/emails/ta44.html Home | Tell A Friend | Donate | Community Issue No. 44, February 12, 2008 In This Issue * Be a Conscious Consumer This Valentine's Day * Send an Email Asking Congress to Support 1Sky's Climate Solutions Chocolate for Your Valentine? Make it Fair Trade and Organic and Spread the Love! The average consumer spends $122.98 on Valentine's Day, much of it spent on items that aren't particularly desirable: flowers grown with toxic chemicals, chocolate made under terrible working conditions, and destructively mined jewelry. This Valentine's Day, be a Conscious Consumer and express your love for your sweetheart and the planet by seeking out fair-trade, organic and/or ethical alternatives to these products. The Conscious Consumer Marketplace can help. Looking for sweets? We've got a number of fair-trade, organic chocolate options for you to choose from. Maybe flowers is more your game? Browse for local or organic flower sources here. Need something really special for your special someone? Choose some vintage or fair-trade jewelry. And while you're at it, take a second or two to tell Congress that our climate could use a little love and care too! Our partners at 1Sky have a launched a Valentine's Day call to action, click here to send your Reps a little tough love. | Contact Us | Community | Donate | Privacy Policy Subscription Details New Dream News is one of five free e-bulletins produced by New American Dream in addition to In Balance, our quarterly newsletter for dues-paying members. The other free e-bulletins are Act Locally, Live Consciously, Buy Wisely, and Take Action. We invite you to view e-bulletin back issues or help New American Dream carry out our campaigns by making a tax-deductible donation today. Keep the Dream Alive To help insure this e-bulletin isn't mistakenly steered to your bulk folder, try adding newdream-news@newdream.org to your address book. Tell a Friend! Tell your friends to sign up for New American Dream's action alerts today! Sign up for New Dream Action Alerts! If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for New American Dream's action alerts at https://www.newdream.org/cnad/user/user_home.php?config[r175] [state]=SSL%20On%202&config[r175][action]=Switched&toggled=off&referral=166552