May 19th
4:55 PM
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The 14 Companies that Didn’t Sign the Fire and Building Safety Accord

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A building collapse on April 24th in Bangladesh became the most deadly accident in the history of the garment industry, killing 1,227 people. An agreement that would have companies paying $500,000 a year towards safety improvements has been accepted abroad as a way to prevent tragedies like this from ever reoccurring, but many top retailers in the United States have declined to sign the accord.

The companies:

  1. Walmart (34 factories in Bangladesh)
  2. GAP (78 factories in Bangladesh)
  3. Macy’s
  4. Sears/Kmart
  5. JCPenney
  6. VF Corp/The North Face
  7. Target
  8. Kohl’s
  9. Cato Fashions
  10. Carter’s
  11. Nordstroms (3 factories in Bangladesh)
  12. American Eagle Outfitters
  13. The Children’s Place
  14. Foot Locker

Instead of buying clothing made in dangerous conditions from far off countries, you can buy American-made clothing, shoes, and goods in general, or boycott the companies until they agree to sign the accord/ make an effort to protect those making goods over seas.

#Walmart      #Kohls      #Kohl's      #The Children's Place      #Target      #GAP      #Sears      #Kmart      #JCPenney      #VF Corp      #The North Face      #North Face      #Cato Fashions      #Carter's      #Nordstroms      #American Eagle      #American Eagle Outfitters      #Foot Locker      #Bangladesh      #American made      #made in America      #factory      #factories     
April 17th
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A Different Stripe: One-Straw Revolution inspires organic success in Bangladesh

After reading the poetic One Straw Revolution by the master Japanese farmer, Masanobu Fukuoka, Ahmed went one step beyond organic and tried to do low-intervention farming. The tea garden functions on minimal irrigation. They installed a plethora of plants next to the tea plants to feed and aerate the soil. What now exists is a breathtaking vision. The barren area has been transformed into an Eden with a resurgence of wildlife never seen before—recently, a pair of monkeys was spotted. The animals had not been seen in the area for decades.

   - from an article in Newsweek by Alice Feiring on Teatulia, the only organic tea garden in Bangladesh, and it’s co-founder Kazi Anis Ahmed. Read the rest of the article here.

#Bangladesh      #tea      #tea farming      #food forest      #fukuoka      #no till      #permaculture     
October 7th
10:01 PM
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uniformitarianism: Sundarbans, Bangladesh Stretching across part of southwestern Bangladesh and southeastern India, the Sundarbans is the largest remaining tract of mangrove forest in the world. The Sundarbans is a tapestry of waterways, mudflats, and forested islands at the edge of the Bay of Bengal. Home to the endangered Bengal tiger, sharks, crocodiles, and freshwater dolphins, as well as nearly two hundred bird species, this low-lying plain is part of the Mouths of the Ganges. The area has been protected for decades by the two countries as a National Park, despite the large human populations concentrated to the north. This satellite image shows the forest in the protected area. The Sundarbans appears deep green, surrounded to the north by a landscape of agricultural lands, which appear lighter green, towns, which appear tan, and streams, which are blue. Ponds for shrimp aquaculture, especially in Bangladesh, sit right at the edge of the protected area, a potential problem for the water quality and biodiversity of the area. The forest may also be under stress from environmental disturbance occurring thousands of kilometers away, such as deforestation in the Himalaya Mountains far to the north. (Click through for more. Courtesy of NASA.)

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Sundarbans, Bangladesh

Stretching across part of southwestern Bangladesh and southeastern India, the Sundarbans is the largest remaining tract of mangrove forest in the world. The Sundarbans is a tapestry of waterways, mudflats, and forested islands at the edge of the Bay of Bengal. Home to the endangered Bengal tiger, sharks, crocodiles, and freshwater dolphins, as well as nearly two hundred bird species, this low-lying plain is part of the Mouths of the Ganges. The area has been protected for decades by the two countries as a National Park, despite the large human populations concentrated to the north.

This satellite image shows the forest in the protected area. The Sundarbans appears deep green, surrounded to the north by a landscape of agricultural lands, which appear lighter green, towns, which appear tan, and streams, which are blue. Ponds for shrimp aquaculture, especially in Bangladesh, sit right at the edge of the protected area, a potential problem for the water quality and biodiversity of the area. The forest may also be under stress from environmental disturbance occurring thousands of kilometers away, such as deforestation in the Himalaya Mountains far to the north. (Click through for more. Courtesy of NASA.)

#India      #bangladesh      #sundarbans      #river      #aerial      #mangroves      #mudflats      #forest      #NASA      #national park      #landscape      #nature      #gemma     
September 21st
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JC Penney Goes Back On Promise to Compensate Bangladeshi Families Whose Loved Ones Burned to Death in Factory Fire

“On December 14, 2010, 30 Bangladeshi factory workers were burned alive when an easily preventable fire broke out in the unsafe, multi-story sweatshop in which they were working. These men and women worked for “That’s It Sportswear” producing clothing for famous U.S. brands.

Thanks to pressure from Change.org members, seven of the eight brands (including J.C. Penney) doing business with the factory owners – the Hameem Group – signed a commitment to ensure fair compensation for the injured workers and surviving family members of the workers who died and to take meaningful steps to stop the epidemic of workplace deaths at US brands’ apparel factories in Bangladesh. Now J.C. Penney has shamefully broken this pledge. Today, six of the eight brands continue negotiating in good faith to establish an adequate worker compensation fund and sustainable fire safety initiatives. J.C. Penney, however, has dropped out.

In Bangladesh, nearly 500 workers have died in factory fires during the past five years.”

The source leads to a petition you can sign with a click of your mouse.

#JC Penney      #Bangladesh      #factory fire     
8:40 PM
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ragilliarrh: Unsafe Journey. A woman is riding between the railway carriages of a local train heading north from Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Her luggage is tucked under the carriage in front of her. It is the month of Ramadan, a fast which culminates in Eid-ul-Fitr, a three-day celebration. Tens of thousands of people leave the city to go to their home village and celebrate with their families. Trains are packed and many who fail to get tickets before they sell out or can’t afford buying them at the black market ride on the roof of the train or, like this woman, finds a quiet spot between the carriages. (Photo and caption by Amy Helene Johansson)

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Unsafe Journey. A woman is riding between the railway carriages of a local train heading north from Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Her luggage is tucked under the carriage in front of her. It is the month of Ramadan, a fast which culminates in Eid-ul-Fitr, a three-day celebration. Tens of thousands of people leave the city to go to their home village and celebrate with their families. Trains are packed and many who fail to get tickets before they sell out or can’t afford buying them at the black market ride on the roof of the train or, like this woman, finds a quiet spot between the carriages. (Photo and caption by Amy Helene Johansson)

#woman      #train      #bangladesh      #unsafe journey