What is Direct Trade?

Well we know what fair trade is don’t we?

Its like the clean capitalism. it means we are not doing bad when we buy… right?

Or its more like one aspect of the effects drawn from an act of a purchase is celebrated as at least fair.

Do you often celebrate your not bad deeds? does something not being bad mean that its … Good?

NO! and by no i don’t just mean not yes, i mean NO

OK, in the spirit of political doublespeak and the heart of the fair trade movement,

I just defined direct trade by saying what fair trade is not, or…, wait, OK I think I’ve got it now.

Here is Direct Trade in a nut shell:

It is the belief and hope that we can not only recognize that doing better is possible but than to actually do it. Doing more than what is fair is like improving your self not only by not doing bad but by going forward into good. Direct trade is imagination and trying things that may fail but if they work will be a lot better than just fair. Continue Reading →