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Shopping Fairtrade this Holiday Season
Thursday, November 13
Time: 7:00-7:45 p.m. - Talk
7:45-9:00 p.m. - Private Shopping Event
Facilitator: Rev. Dr. Shanon Sterringer
Location: Hybrid
The Green Shepherdess FairTrade Boutique in Downtown Willoughby
OR Online
As the holiday shopping season begins, let’s learn a little bit about FairTrade and how you can incorporate it into your Holiday!
What is Fairtrade?
Why is Fairtrade so important?
What do the labels mean?
Where can you find Fairtrade?
What are the nine core principles that guide the Fairtrade movement?
Rev. Dr. Shanon Sterringer, owner of The Green Shepherdess FairTrade Boutique in Downtown Willoughby (36 Public Square) will be offering a hybrid program (in-person or online) on this topic on Thursday evening, November 13th at 7pm EST.
She will also say a few words about the nine core principles that guide the fairtrade movement.
When you shop fairtrade you support small local businesses as well as artisans, farmers, and laborers across the globe. Every level of the supply chain is positively impacted by your purchase.
The difficult work of addressing systemic injustice around the goods we consume (including forced labor/human trafficking and environmental issues) starts by choosing fairtrade!
Investment: $5
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Enjoy an Exclusive Shopping Experience!
Following the presentation, the store will be open for:
A private shopping event until 9:00 p.m.
Samples of Fairtrade tea and chocolates
A Holiday coupon to be used in-store or online
Online participants will receive a holiday coupon as well!
To shop our online store, visit www.thegreenshepherdess.com.
We are also on Instagram and Facebook!
The Green Shepherdess is a verified member of the
Fair Trade Federation.
Meet Rev. Dr. Shanon Sterringer
Priest | Author | Founder of the Hildegard Haus
Rev. Shanon Sterringer, PhD, is an ordained priest and the pastor of The Community of St. Hildegard in Fairport Harbor, OH.
Shanon's passion is in the work of St. Hildegard of Bingen, a twelfth-century German visionary. Shanon founded and operates the Hildegard Haus. In addition, she is a professor, writer, and owner of a fair-trade store and blog, The Green Shepherdess. She has published two books, "30 Day Journey with St. Hildegard of Bingen" (Fortress Press, 2019) and "Forbidden Grace: Hildegard of Bingen and a Modern Woman's Call to the Catholic Priesthood" (PageMill Press, 2022).
Shanon has led dozens of retreats, workshops, and classes in various topics of Hildegard including herbs, art, theology, music, writings, leadership, and creativity. She has traveled to Bingen, Germany for research and retreat several times since 2015.