So, now that your coffee, chocolate, and bananas are all Fair Trade certified (they are, right?), you’ll be excited to know you can now play socially responsible ball with Fair Trade Sports.   Fair Trade Sports offers a wide variety of athletic equipment, including soccer balls, rugby balls, basketballs, and clothing, (the list goes on) produced in a safe and healthy work environment by adults who receive livable wages.   They even have a frisbee for all of us hippies hanging out on the grass.   While buying local and organic products is important for the health of humans and the environment, if the workers are not treated fairly and adequately compensated, those efforts are in vain.   Just listen to Eric Schlosser’s thoughts on the issue of worker’s rights:

Fall is a perfect time to get outside, make some new friends and kick, throw, or gently toss in the crisp, cool weather, and now you can enjoy the great outdoors with a clear conscience.   And it gets better.   Inspired by Paul Newman’s business philosophy, Scott James, the founder of Fair Trade Sports, donates all profits after taxes to children’s charities worldwide.   At a time when tumbling towers of greed are threatening to crush our financial system, it’s refreshing to know there are companies comitted to economic, environmental and social justice.

takepart by ordering your sporting goods from Fair Trade Sports and find other Fair Trade goods at worldofgood.com.