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Welcome to encounter earth online! There is currently one pilot store open in Canmore, Alberta, Canada. Plans are in place to develop an online store so that the fair + sustainable fashion is available to people like you in different parts of Canada and the world.
You are invited to explore this website to understand the vision and hope to see sustainable lives and environment developed in poor nations where exploitation is too often the default. We are already seeing some of the wealth in Canada and North America be transferred to hard working individuals and communities in third world countries so that they are moving towards living healthy, thriving lives. Relocating & Retooling on Vancouver Island! Some key decisions have been made by the ee team over the past few months. The retail shop in Canmore will be closing in early February to make way for the next phase of development. The ee team has decided that now is the time to shift and move from “fair trade” to “Direct Trade”. Direct Trade means that ee will be working directly with the third world, manufacturing ee brand clothing. This translates into collaborating or launching cooperatives and small factories. Currently it seems that South America will be where this all begins. Please come back to this website to catch up on what ee is up to and where ee is beginning to work. So as we close the doors on the retail space in Canmore don’t miss the opportunity to purchase incredible fair + sustainable clothing at 50% off! We still have a lot of goodsociety jeans. If you cannot come in please email or ring and we can ship your order. Encounter Earth carries product from cooperatives/collectives, small factories, and a few larger companies who adhere to our values of fairness and sustainability. Here is a list of some of our partners: Good Society Jeans, Just Shirts, Indigenous, Patagonia, Hagar Design, Simple Shoes, Pure&Co, Unique Batik, Neon Buddha, and NYDJ.
clothe your soul
We give you the opportunity to buy the clothes you need while empowering third world families to step out of poverty.
We exist to put our beliefs to work. We believe in fair play, truth, transparency, art, self-expression, and that life is an adventure not a career path. We share the stories behind the products, the names and lives of the artisans, and how your purchase changes their world. Below are locations where Encounter Earth producers live & work. |
Through her work producing the high-quality artisanal knitwear we carry
at Encounter Earth, Sunita Kadgi has been able to send her daughter,
Sugita to school – an opportunity that Sunita herself never enjoyed.
Sunita’s efforts were supported by our partners’ program to provide
assistance to producers to keep their daughters in school. As a sure
sign of the benefits of women in education, her daughter now wants to
be a teacher when she grows up.