Veja are considered by many to be the Green sneakers.
Veja works directly with Brazilian small producers, who are organized into cooperatives, of organic cotton and natural latex from the Amazon.
The Veja project created a supply chain that respects both humans and the environment.
Save The Neem Tree
11:44 - November 02 nd 2006 /// Posted By /// Tags : brazil, neem tree, organic cotton, producers
Cotton growers have adopted natural practices to replace agrochemicals.
The Neem is an Asian tree they have planted in the cotton fields. Producers use Neem leaf extracts as a natural repellent.
Organic Cotton Growers, Brazil
We work with a cooperative of small producers of organic cotton in the “Nordeste”, a dry and poor area in Brazil.
Almost 100 families have adopted the agroecological system proposed by ESPLAR, a local NGO.
…
Read more …
Oportunidade & Dignidade
3:21 - November 03 rd 2006 /// Posted By /// Tags : brazil, villaget
Two years ago, Veja met Villaget, a Brazilian NGO working to promote social justice. The association helps young people of a poor neighbourhood in Porto Alegre, South Brazil, to get work opportunities.
Instead of spending idle time on …
Read more …
Organic Hopes for 2007
5:06 - February 08 th 2007 /// Posted By /// Tags : agro-ecology, brazil, northeast, organic cotton, pesticides, producers
To start 2007 on a good basis, Veja organized a 2-day seminar during which organic cotton producers from the two different regions of Brazil we are working with, met.
Ph D. Pedro Jorge Lima, the first Brazilian agronomist to introduce organic …
Read more …
Veja Tauá
9:46 - April 26 th 2007 /// Posted By /// Tags : brazil, organic cotton, producers, sneakers
Tauá is the small village where the organic cotton of the Veja sneakers is cultivated.
Tauá is located in the Northeast of Brazil, a dry area. 89 families associated in cooperatives live there on organic cotton. Cotton and food crops are …
Read more …
Veja Grama Collection
3:26 - November 02 nd 2007 /// Posted By /// Tags : amazonia, brazil, collection, ecological leather, latex, seringueiro, sneakers
Made of organic cotton, ecological leather and rubber from the Amazon, the Veja Grama collection has arrived since the beginning of November in a few stores. Particularity of this line: the amount of natural rubber contained in the sole is engraved under each sneaker. …
Read more …
Novo Mundo(s) exhibition in Marseille
5:37 - November 19 th 2007 /// Posted By /// Tags : amazonia, brazil, novo mundo(s), organic cotton, photos, producers, seringueiro
After Paris, The Novo Mundo(s) photography exhibition settles down in Marseille, from November 17th to December 3rd.
The photographer Florent Demarchez followed us to Brazil.
He has been to the Amazon and Ceará (North Brazil) to meet the “Seringueiros” (Rubber Trappers) …
Read more …
CATEGORIES
acacia, advertising, agro-ecology, agroécologie, albam, alexandre orion, amazonia, amazonia, brazil, ecology, fair trade, latex, producers, seringueiro, video, antipub, art, artistes, arty, asf, ateliers sans frontieres, baskets, bio, bonpoint, brazil, cabas, catwalk, christine phung, chrome-free leather, clip, collection, conférence, consommation, coton biologique, cult, cyclope, developpement durable, débat, ecological leather, ecologie, ecology, ecology, pesticides, video, energies, environment, ethical fashion, ethical fashion, exhibition, sneakers, ethical market, exclue, exclue veja, exhibition, exposition, fabrication, fair trade, fashion, fleurs, flowers, french trotters, global warming, grama, guris, high top, indígenos, jeans, la controverse, latex, le louvres, leeds, made in england, maison des metallos, maldives, merci, montfermeil, movie, music, neem tree, nightlife, northeast, novo mundo(s), novo mundos, nubuck, nyc, organic, organic cotton, paris, pesticides, photos, pierre rabhi, pignon fixe, pigs, pollution, porcs, pre order, producers, publicité, sablage, sacs, san sebastian, sao paulo, seringueiro, seringueiros, shop online, sneakers, sneakers, photos, social, spma, stockist, store, stores, street art, taua, telelibre, temps de cerveau, temps de cerveau disponible, trainers, turquie, veja enfant, veja featuring asf, veja serie limitee, veja uk, vejastore, vernissage, video, videos, villaget, vitrine, volley, walkabout, web special, whos next,