Fair Trade Baskets & Bags at OPIRG

OPIRG Brock now offers Fair Trade products to be sold out of our office!

OPIRG Brock has partnered with our sister PIRG at McMaster University to reduce transportation costs and to offer a variety of fair trade products to both communities. Zoyatl a women’s basket weaving cooperative of Tlamacazapa, Guerrero, Mexico create these baskets to provide employment for women. The cooperative structure provides the framework for women to receive a fair price for their baskets. Zoyatl is one of the projects inspired by the Walking Together for Health and Development (Caminamos Juntos Para Salud y Desarrollo) is a nonprofit organization working in Tlamacazapa since early 1997.
In addition OPIRG Brock is also offering a small assortment of bags from the Reutilize Project. The Reutilize Project creates bags out of waste. By weaving old potato ship bags, rubber from old tires, or pop tabs to create a beautiful assortment of bags.
OPIRG Brock will be selling these products at cost to help make them more accessible to students.