GoodWeave works to end illegal child labor in the carpet industry and to offer educational opportunities to children in South Asia.
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Uma Sherpa
Uma Sherpa isn't receiving educational support from RugMark because she was a child weaver - she is getting it so she doesn't become one.
Born into a family too poor to afford school fees, Uma dropped out of the second grade in 1999. RugMark inspectors indentified her as at risk for entering the work...
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Walter Chapin
Christine and Walter Chapin launched Company C, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of hand-crafted area rugs, on a hunch that consumers would respond well to less traditional options in Oriental rug designs. That insight paid off, and as the company took hold, the Chapins signed up with the GoodWeave certification program to ensure that its mills hired only skilled adult weavers.
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Select photos from Faces of Freedom will be on display along with a selection of GoodWeave certified rugs in the GoodWeave booth at the Architecture Digest Home Design Show. GoodWeave licensed importers CariniLang, Bennett Bean Studio, and Amy Helfand Studio will also be exhibiting at the show.
GoodWeave certified rugs will soon be available in Macy's! Visit the Fine Rug Gallery at the 111 N. State Street for the 60% off Odegard sale from March 4 to March 21st. This sale, held in the former flagship store of Marshall Fields and the second largest department store in the world, will also be the debut of the GoodWeave label in the Macy's stores.
Throughout March, Faces of Freedom will travel between GoodWeave member Company C’s three retail locations in Hingham, Mass., Portland, Me., and Concord, NH.
The Editor at Large, "RugMark recognized for efforts to end child labor in the rug industry," February 1, 2010
Epoch Times, "Canadian Designers Explore Ancient Art Form," by Madalina Hubert, January 20, 2010
Natural Home Living, "2010 Predictions: Interior Design Trends," by Robyn Griggs Lawrence, January 13, 2010
