No, the coffee isn’t red. This Starbucks From Africa To Africa Red, Brown Spice and Citrus, Ground Coffee, 12 oz. bag is Starbuck’s entry into the Product (RED) line of products.

The coffee beans are from East Africa, where coffee originally came from. Brewing it yields a unique flavor of coffee that’s deliciously complex. It’s been described as delicate with subtle hints of herbs, citrus, and spice.

Starbucks has worked extensively with African coffee, and with the opening of Farmer Support Centers in Rwanda and Ethiopia, this product is produced responsibly and under fair working conditions. And proceeds of sales will go not only to help farmers in these developing areas, it’ll also provide treatment for children and adults living with HIV in Africa.

Handmade for Bazura in a women’s cooperative in the Phillipines. The Lunch Bag Cooler you see to the right is an Eco-Friendly, Fair Trade bag that members of this cooperative create by hand using recycled juice boxes. Since the bags are made from recycled juice boxes, not only do you have a unique and stylish bag, you also help reduce waste and keep if off of beaches, out of the ocean, city streets, and overcrowded landfills.

Profits from the sale of each bag goes toward the essential food, housing, education and healthcare needs of these women, their children and extended families.

Domestic violence is one of the most horrible scourges of this society. It’s a crime that often goes unreported and results in the lives of women and their families being torn asunder.

The Body Shop Stop Violence in the Home Lip Care Stick is a small way to show support for ending this scourge. $2 of proceeds for each stick sold supports the National Domestic Violence Hotline.

The lip balm itself is made of organic beeswax, which confitions the skin and promotes healing by sealing in moisture. Another benefit of this product is that because the product is from The Body Shop, they acquire their beeswax from the tropical forests of Northwest Zambia, where fair trade practices help more than 3,000 beekeepers sustain their traditional way of life.

It’s not often that one purchase can help end domestic violence and support needy workers in emerging economies.

The Body Shop Daisy Soap is a fantastic moisturizing soap from The Body Shop. It contains glycerin, which is a powerful moisturizer which helps improve softness and maximize hydration, and shea butter, which moisturizes and helps soften the skin.

It not only makes your skin feel great, it helps TWO great causes.

First, proceeds from every bar of Daisy Soap will go to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, helping women who are the victims of domestic violence and empowering them to end this terrible scourge.

Second, the soap contains daisy extract and Community Trade shea butter from Ghana. Shea butter is one of the best moisturizers in nature. Women in Ghana have used it over the generations to protect their skin from the dry winds of the Sahara desert. The Body Shop works with the Tungteiya Shea Butter Association in Northern Ghana, which is an association of around 400 women from 10 villages.

Under “fair trade” principles, they ensure a fair price for their product, allowing the women to dramatically change their lives with water pipes and wells saving hours of water collecting, better housing, medical care, food, and self esteem. They are also able to give their children, particularly their daughters and the chance to go to school.

Back by popular demand, here’s the LUSH Charity Pot. This is LUSH Cosmetics‘ hand and body lotion where a FULL 100% of proceeds goes to help a number of great organizations, including:

• Clean Ocean Action
• Amazon Conservation Team
• TreePeople
• UNICEF
• International Fund for Animal Welfare
• WaterCan

This luxurious hand and body lotion is made with cocoa butter from projects in the Ivory Coast and the Dominican Republic that adhere to “Fair Trade” principles (offering fair wages and good treatment to workers in developing countries). It contains a blend of geranium, tagetes and ylang ylang essential oils to heal and cleanse, and almond oil to leave skin soft and smooth.

Charity Pot nourishes the skin and also leaves it smelling wonderful. They use only fresh, organic fruits and vegetables, essential oils, and the safest synthetics, which is better for your skin and ultimately more effective than standard cosmetics. All of their products are hand-made in their factories, and none are tested on animals.

LUSH Cosmetics is a company that really takes “socially responsible” selling to the next level. If you haven’t heard of them, you will soon. Their products are among the nicest smelling, feeling, looking cosmetics in the world, and have a growing following. And unlike many of the big cosmetics companies, they are extremely rigrous about selling only a socially responsible product. For example:

• They use only fresh, organic fruits and vegetables, essential oils, and the safest synthetics, which is better for your skin and ultimately more effective than standard cosmetics.
• Products are all hand-made in their own factories.
• Many of the products are vegan.
• None of the products are tested on animals.
• They use minimal or recyclable packaging.
• They use “Fair Trade” principles, ensuring that workers, especially in developing countries, are treated with dignity and paid a fair wage.

The company sells cosmetics, shampoo, soap, shower gels, moisturizers, bubble baths, or lip balm, all natural and handmade. The company gives generously to animal rights, humanitarian,and environmental charities.

The Charity Pot Body Lotion is extremely unique, in that a full 100% of sales (minus taxes) go directly to worthy causes. It is made with pure cocoa butter from the Ivory Coast and the Dominican Republic gathered under fair trade principles. It also contains geranium, tagetes and ylang ylang essential oils to heal and cleanse, and almond oil to leave skin soft and smelling wonderful.

While I recommend every product on the site, this is a special one. It’s not often that one jar of lotion goes so far.