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New Ambassador - Scott Lambie

2012-01-14T13:04:00.000-08:00

Scott Lambie left his position with a Fortune 500 company in 2008 to pursue his passion to help the poor. He and his family moved to Kampala Uganda to work with a non-profit and have not looked back. The organization works with orphaned and vulnerable children from some of the poorest and desperate places in Africa. Children are given an experience of a lifetime when they tour the world sharing their gift of music and the beauty of the African child. After tour, the children are supported through University and beyond.

Scott has helped to expand the reach by starting a program that helps the young adults that have grown up through this non-profit to start their own businesses. So far eight businesses have been funded and are thriving. He also co-produces an annual concert in Uganda that draws over 30,000 fans.

Scott hopes that his time in Africa will be leave a lasting impression on his children, his co-workers and his friends. Scott and his wife Sarah are expanding the family by adopting a Sudanese teenager and her son.

Interested in becoming a World Minded Ambassador? We'd love to hear from you! Click her e for more information or visit our website; www.worldminded.com

2011-12-07T18:11:00.000-08:00

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New Ambassador: Sarah Cathcart

2011-11-17T12:53:00.000-08:00

Sarah Cathcart has always strived to do what she loves. By doing this she discovered that the things she loves to do most involve helping others. Sarah is a trainer for Search and Rescue dogs, and she helps those with disabilities play outdoors. In 2007, Sarah left her home in Southern California for a new life in Pocatello, Idaho. The term culture shock seems inadequate to describe the change she experienced, but through it all she maintained her two passions; animals and the outdoors.

Sarah graduated from Idaho State University with a degree in Outdoor Education and asked herself, “How do I combine my two passions?” The answer was Search and Rescue Dogs. She adopted a dog for $75 and began to train him. A year later she was a Ski Patroller for Pebble Creek Ski Area, and three years after acquiring the adorable/psychotic puppy they graduated from Wasatch Backcountry Rescue Dog School. Together they work and train to find those who are lost. Oddly enough, helping people was not her original motivation, but somehow it became the only thing worth working for.

Her first time volunteering with the Cooperative Wilderness Handicap Outdoor Group (CW HOGS; where members are lovingly referred to as “Hogs”), Sarah was scared. She felt she never had the patience for people with disabilities. “Truthfully I felt like I could not relate, but through this experience I found common ground, we all loved being outside,” Sarah explained. Sarah feels like she hasn’t changed the lives of CW HOG members, but they’ve changed hers.

“Watching people overcome their disabilities to climb rock or summit a mountain challenged the way I perceived the world and what people are capable of. It became an addiction. I enjoyed watching people overcome their fears and challenge their own beliefs of what they could accomplish, and in turn changing the mindset of the world around them. One cannot help but be inspired by a man with Cerebral Palsy who climbed to the base camp of Everest on his knees.”

“Believe in Destiny and have the courage to follow it.”

To see her ambassador profile, click here.

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2011-11-10T09:35:00.000-08:00

Humanitarian Collection Newsletter

2011-10-19T13:24:00.000-07:00

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
World Minded Clothing was created to inspire people to care for others and the planet we share through stories of our humanitarian & environmental causes. Every World Minded purchase gives back to these organizations who are doing positive things for the world.
10% from our Humanitarian Collection as well as 1% of the proceeds from all other products is donated to the following organizations:

OUR SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENT:

We are committed to using only eco-friendly materials, such as organic cotton and sustainable fabrics for the production of all clothing and accessories. We make every effort to utilize local business for production; supporting the local economy, reducing energy consumption for shipping and ensuring fair wages for labor. All of our T-shirts are manufactured and printed in California.

Every time you purchase a World Minded product, we donate a portion of the proceeds to our partnered Humanitarian and Environmental organizations. You can read more about these causes at www.worldminded.com.

Photo shoot with Sean Mathis

2011-10-10T12:32:00.001-07:00

A special thank you to the talented Sean Mathis for shooting some lifestyle photos for us on Friday. Here's a peek at some of his shots that you can also find at www.worldminded.com:

To check out more of Sean's work go to his website: http://www.factorfoto.com/

Christian Balzer Drums for Peace

2011-09-29T17:00:00.000-07:00

Christian Balzer has set out to help save the world one mind at a time, by providing “evidence” that the world, for all its troubles, is still a beautiful place worth caring for. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in ecology at UCSB with the hopes of becoming a professor one day. This path allows him to discover new things about nature and its conservation, while sharing this knowledge with the next generation. Christian loves sharing his enthusiasm for nature with others via photography, writing, and music. To make his OWN world a better place, he enjoys backpacking, surfing, snowboarding, longboarding, yoga, meditation, and jamming.

Christian believes that humans are capable of living with each other and with the rest of our global ecosystem in sustainable harmony. Many if not most people, however, expect the future to be one of doom and gloom – which he finds dangerous because we ultimately create our own reality as humans (i.e. our actions are limited by our own assumptions). Given his skills and talents, Christian views it as a responsibility to counter-balance these negative notions with positive, uplifting, inspiring energy.

Christian is organizing the first-ever World Wide Drum Circle of Drum Circles – to be held on Earth Day (April 22) 2012. This event will consist of local community music making events around the globe – drum circles, dances, jams, etc. - preferably in combination with other Earth Day events. The purpose is to create a tangible sense of global unity on Earth Day (a day that is charged with good energy anyways…) by getting as many people as possible around the globe to create a rhythm together. Please check out his website, www.drumforunity.org and register your own event to help him make this big. It is his goal to populate a Google map that shows all events (many with live online streams) that people around the world registered at drumforunity.org - to help create some international media attention.
Please spread the word to everyone!

Summertime at the World Minded headquarters.

2011-09-02T13:05:00.000-07:00

ORSM11 - Day2

2011-08-06T08:47:00.001-07:00

ORSM11 - Day 1

2011-08-04T18:07:00.000-07:00

Here's a look at Day 1 of the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market tradeshow in Salt Lake City. If you're here come by our booth #31018E.

2011-07-27T15:04:00.000-07:00

Only 6 days left: Buy 1, Get 1 FREE

2011-07-26T08:59:00.000-07:00

Climbing Advice From An Expert | Active.com

2011-07-08T12:48:00.000-07:00

Check out this great interview with World Minded Ambassador Chris Nance:

Climbing Advice From An Expert | Active.com

2011-07-06T09:09:00.001-07:00

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A little video from last weekends Whole Earth Festival

2011-05-12T12:30:00.000-07:00

Whole Earth Festival - UC Davis from World Minded on Vimeo.

UC Davis Whole Earth Festival 2011 Days 1 & 2

2011-05-07T22:22:00.000-07:00

We're having another amazing time at the UC Davis Whole Earth Festival! We've sold tons of T-shirts, met cool people and listened to some great music! Here of some highlights from the first two days...

Meet our newest Ambassador, Jillian Fox

2011-04-28T16:54:00.000-07:00

After loosing her best friend to cancer at the age of 23, Jillian witnessed first-hand how fragile life truly is. After this experience, her perspective on life changed and she felt a deeper urgency and longing for more purpose and meaning. In 2009, she traveled to Africa on a whim and it was here where she discovered what she’d been searching for. She was able to visit a school project and a township to witness how the local children are living and everything that they are living without. The older ones caring for the younger ones, most without shoes, school or supplies, toys, some without parents and very little food. Yet the way they smiled and how curious and full of life they were was incredible and inspirational. Just taking their picture and showing it back to them seems to amaze them to the point of laughter. She realized how simply joy could be brought into their day and hers as well. On this first trip, she brought two suitcases full of donations that she had collected at work. At the end of her trip, she left wanting more.

After doing some research, she discovered a program called “Swop Shop”, which empowers initiative in children by cleaning up the community and teaching environmental awareness. She fell in love with the concept. The program is run out of an old shipping container in a township near Gansbaai, South Africa. Once a week three amazing women volunteer their time and open it up to the local children for two hours. The idea of the Swop Shop is that children collect plastic bottles, tins, and other recyclable materials and bring them to the Swop Shop. The items are then weighed and the children earn a certain amount of ‘Tokens’ depending on how much they bring. These Tokens can then be exchanged for items in the shop (all of which have been donated). Items in the shop include small toys, erasers, pens, pencils, notepads, color books, crayons, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, some clothes. The more valuable items will require more Tokens, so the children have the option to save up their Tokens to buy the more expensive treats. After they choose what they want they are given a cup of soup, some kids come just for the soup. Jillian was fascinated by how hard the children worked and they joy they expressed when they picked out their rewards.

Another amazing part of her trip to South Africa was the time she spent observing and learning about Great White Sharks. During her four week trip, she volunteered for the “White Shark Project” and spent a lot of time on a boat that takes people out to see and learn about these beautiful animals. It’s purpose is to educate people on the nature of these animals and bring awareness to the fact that they are not mindless man eating predators. It is important for people to recognize how vital our oceans are to this world, to have respect for them and their creatures, and to make choices that will help to keep our oceans clean. It is important for people to able to ask questions, observe and hear about how Great Whites and other animals have been and continue to be affected by the toll we are taking on our oceans and our environment.

The ocean has always been a sacred and inspirational place for Jillian. Last year, she began paddling with an outrigger canoe team and it has become such an important and fun part of her life. “As a steersman I sit in the back of the canoe and I am in charge of steering the boat, reading and using the ocean to get us through. The ocean is such an incredible force and my respect and admiration for it and all that it brings to my life continues to grow”, she explains. It is important to Jillian that other people are aware of and respect the environment that surrounds them and all that it brings to their lives.

After only being back from her trip 4 days, she is already planning the next one and thinking of ways she can raise money to go back and start a new “Swop Shop” in another township. “I have always had a passion for children. Being able to help, even just a little in their world, gives me a sense of purpose and brings me a joy that I have never experienced. No matter what I ever bring over there I could never repay them for the incredible things that they have brought into my life.”

To learn more about Jillian’s adventures visit her Facebook page From Maui to Africa.

Spring production photo journal

2011-03-09T13:17:00.001-08:00

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Save up to 55% off every item on worldminded.com now through Feb 6th!

All T-shirts are 100% organic cotton and Made in USA. A portion on every sale is donated to our Featured Humanitarian & Environmental organizations who are making the world a better place.

2010-11-13T09:53:00.000-08:00

World Minded Northwest RV Tour!

Charles, Karla, Ella & Payton are heading out on the road in the World Minded RV to the Pacific Northwest! Track our tour on Facebook.
If you see us out on the road give us a wave & if we are stopped, we'll give you a free t-shirt or a Mammoth Brew!
First Stop: Bend, OR!
A. Bend, OR
B. Eugene, OR
C. Corvallis, OR
D. Portland, OR
E. Hood River, OR
F. Yakima, WA
G. Ellensburg, WA
H. Snoqualmie Pass, WA
I. Seattle, WA
J. Bellingham, WA
K. Tacoma, WA
L. Olympia, WA
M. Ashland, OR

World Minded organic sweatshirts are in!

2010-10-01T16:26:00.000-07:00

Get cozy this fall in a World Minded organic cotton zip-up hooded sweatshirt, now available at worldminded.com and select retailers.

These super soft 80% organic cotton/20% recycled polyester mid-weight fleece zip hoodies have an embroidered patch on the left chest and are screen-printed on the right sleeve. This hoodie is sure to keep you warm on a chilly day.

Cody Tuttle

2010-07-09T14:42:00.000-07:00

Cody Tuttle

Cody Tuttle, originally from Port Heron, Michigan, is a regular guy who enjoys spending his free-time climbing the rocks of Yosemite and the Eastern Sierra. Inspired by two organizations that support underprivileged youth, Cody decided he wanted to do something remarkable. He has set out to ride his bike from Anchorage, Alaska to Ensenada, Mexico to raise money for struggling youth. On July 8^th, he will begin his 4,000 mile solo bike ride estimating roughly 65 miles per day. His plan is to collect pledges per mile and donate 100% to two non-profit organizations that benefit children. One being Invisible Children, an organization that benefits displaced children in Uganda and the other a Christian outfitting group in Mammoth Lakes, CA called The Station.

Cody was deeply moved after seeing the documentary entitled Invisible Children, which is about the war stricken Sudanese children of northern Uganda, which as the film suggests, “the world has forgotten.” He urges people to, “give what you can even if it’s just a couple bucks a week.” It’s evident Tuttle is giving everything he’s got, “I’ve funded this trip 100 percent on my own because this is an important cause. If we don’t help these kids then who will?”

He is still seeking pledges ranging from 1-cent per mile to 1-dollar per mile, 3,800 miles in total. 100% of the donations will be split 50/50 between The Station camp and Invisible Children.

To learn more about Cody’s ride and how to donate, visit www.ridealaskatomexico.com.

You can also read more about Cody at www.thesheetnews.com.

We are so inspired by Cody’s determination at World Minded that 1% of our total proceeds for the month of July will be donated to Invisible Children. To learn more about Invisible Children visit www.invisiblechldren.com

Ambassador Weston Shirey's Earth Day

2010-04-22T10:04:00.000-07:00

World Minded Ambassador Weston Shirey and friends from Backroads volunteered for a day in an Eco Garden (permaculture garden) owned by the Day-Riverside Public Library in Salt Lake City. They planted trees, weeded, set up water systems, etc...

Earth Day Newsletter

2010-04-16T14:24:00.001-07:00

In celebration of the planet that we all share we are offering FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING on all orders now through Earth Day, April 22, 2010.

Making Informed Choices: "organic cotton" vs. "conventional cotton"

Organic Cotton Facts:

Organic cotton is grown using methods and materials that have a low impact on the environment.

Protecting surface and groundwater quality (eliminating contaminants in surface runoff)

Organic Cotton is grown without the use of toxic and persistent pesticides and synthetic fertilizers.

Long-term prevention of pests through beneficial habitat planting.

Conservation of biologically diverse agriculture.

Federal regulations prohibit the use of genetically engineered seed for organic farming.

Organic production systems replenish and maintain soil fertility and reduce soil erosion.

Conventional (non-organic) cotton facts:

High levels of chemicals are used in the production of non-organic, conventional cotton. Cotton production uses more chemicals per unit area than any other crop and accounts in total for 16% of the world's pesticides.

Chemicals used in the processing of cotton pollute the air and surface waters.

Residual chemicals may irritate consumers' skin.

Decreased biodiversity and shifting equilibrium of ecosystems due to the use of pesticides.

It is not only the amount of pesticides that are applied, but also the types of impacts they have on the health and well-being of the people in the rural communities. Pesticides don't stop at the farm-gate - they impact the soil, water and air that we all share. To learn more about the benefits of organic cotton click here.

Our Contribution to the Earth and Humanity:

All World Minded T-shirts are 100% certified organic cotton and made in the USA.

In addition to using only Eco-friendly materials for all of our products, we donate a portion of every sale to Humanitarians who are making the world a better place by helping those who are less fortunate.

Thank you for making a conscious effort to shop organically.

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World Minded Ambassador Jim Clark in Haiti

2010-03-10T13:08:00.000-08:00

A pair of firefighters on Haiti front lines

Los Angeles Times 2/20/10

Matt Cobb, center, and Jim Clark, right, both from the Larkspur Fire Department, assist at the field hospital run by the University of Miami at Port-au-Prince airport. The two arrived in Haiti on their own to help out. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

By Joel Rubin

February 20, 2010

Reporting from Port-Au-Prince, Haiti - It was early morning in Port-au-Prince, about three weeks after the massive earthquake that laid waste to much of Haiti's capital, and Jim Clark and Matt Cobb -- a pair of blond-haired, easygoing firefighters from the Bay Area -- were ready to start their day. Dressed in cargo pants and T-shirts, they could have belonged to any one of the emergency aid organizations or news media groups humming around the courtyard of their hotel.

Clark and Cobb, however, belonged to nothing. And that was just fine with them.

The two walked over to the hotel's tall metal gate and motioned to the armed guard that they needed to get out. In one pocket, Clark had stuffed a wad of $10 bills and, in another, he carried a fold of $20s. Cobb, trained as a medic, wore a small pack around his waist stuffed with a stethoscope and basic medical supplies.

The guard, eyeing them with a look that was part curiosity, part concern, swung open the huge, creaking gate and watched as they set out on foot down the dirt road pitted with small craters and strewn with jagged rocks.

The pair crested a small hill and came across one of the hundreds of makeshift tent encampments that have popped up across the city since the Jan. 12 earthquake. They found a woman sitting on a plastic bucket and holding her left leg aloft. Her ankle, swarming with flies, was badly swollen.

Speaking through an interpreter, the woman said concrete cinder blocks had fallen on her leg as the walls of her house collapsed during the magnitude 7.0 temblor. Cobb told her the bone was almost certainly broken and that she needed to see a doctor. If she wanted, he said, they would return with transportation to a hospital several miles away. The woman, named Islande, agreed with a nod.

Cobb punched the coordinates of the camp into a hand-held GPS mapping device and, dropping the "e," marked it as "Island camp," so they would be able to find the woman later. Clark, meanwhile, stood off to the side. He had beckoned several other women in the camp. One by one, he clasped each of their hands in a gentle shake, slipping $20 to them as he did.

"Map tan-ou," Islande said softly in Creole as the two departed. I will be waiting for you.

An estimated 600 international humanitarian groups descended on Haiti in the weeks after the earthquake. Port-au-Prince and surrounding communities are overflowing with thousands of aid workers seeking to provide food, water, medical treatment and shelter to hundreds of thousands of people. The mammoth operation has been funded with more than $4 billion in donations.

Amid such a large-scale effort -- what one United Nations official referred to as "the relief machine" -- Cobb and Clark were an oddity. Paying their own way, the two captains in Marin Countys Larkspur Fire Department signed up for vacation days, packed a huge duffel bag with medical supplies, and arrived in Haiti with only a need to help and a desire for adventure.

Their 12-day stay was a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants operation, in which the people they helped were simply the people whose paths they happened to cross.

"We're not delusional enough to think that we're going to solve any big problems by coming down here," Cobb said. "We know what we can offer is a Band-Aid, a little bridge to get someone through for a few days. But we're touching people's lives directly. Sometimes, it's the little victories that matter."

Clark, a compact, rugged 53-year-old with skin weathered from years on wildfire lines and mountain climbing, recognized the gnawing sensation he felt in the days just after the earthquake as he watched images of the destruction on television. He had felt it before, after the massive tsunami in late 2004 that killed more than 200,000 people around the Indian Ocean. He had gone to help then too, he said, ultimately spending two months in Thailand and Indonesia.

There, Clark said, he came to appreciate the contribution that well-organized aid groups make in moments of extreme crisis, but also grew wary of the big egos and outsized expectations that are sometimes on display among relief workers.

Watching the good and bad, he formed a set of rules for himself. Before departing for Haiti, he scribbled them down again in a small notebook: "Be humble. You can't save the whole world. Don't promise anything you can't deliver. The only difference between you and them is where you were born."

Cobb, 41, burly with a boyish face, had never done anything like this, but was certain he wanted to join Clark. Working his contacts as a medic, he received donations of bandages, IV bags, catheters, rehydration powder and other supplies. Not wanting to be a burden on Haiti's already tenuous food supply, the men got their bosses to let them take a few dozen expired "meals ready to eat," which are usually served on fire lines.

They never asked for cash, but when other firefighters and friends heard about their plan, they started dropping by with money. By the time Cobb and Clark departed, they had $7,000 -- about half it their own -- to give away.

Clark said goodbye to his wife, and Cobb to his longtime girlfriend. They flew to the Dominican Republic, where they hired a man with a van to drive them across the border. Their plan to find an open patch of grass to pitch the tents they had packed fell apart when they arrived in Port-au-Prince at dusk Jan. 30.

They encountered a city still mired in chaos and desperation. With hundreds of thousands of people homeless, hungry and thirsty, they feared their supply of food and water would be stolen before sunrise. So they went to the hotel. Both said they felt guilty about staying there, as if they were betraying the suffering Haitian people, and themselves, by sleeping in comfort.

On the first day, they walked for miles through the city, trying to wrap their minds around the scale of the destruction. Then they fell into a routine of mostly wandering through the poor neighborhoods near their hotel that had received little attention from aid groups.

Like strange pied pipers, the men often attracted a gaggle of children, intrigued by the sight of two white men hopscotching over open sewers and sidestepping the gigantic sows lying in piles of garbage along the streets. Some called out playfully after them, Blanc! Blanc!

While Cobb focused on medical attention, treating burns and cleaning wounds, Clark gave away hundreds of dollars a day. He tried to do so discreetly, giving mainly to the elderly and mothers. Though not religious men, they befriended a pastor at a church who was caring for a group of children and gave him a couple hundred dollars. They met a doctor who ran a clinic for the poor and gave him $500 -- enough, the physician told them, to let him treat 200 patients -- and, at the end of their stay, left him the unused medical supplies.

For two days they volunteered at a field hospital run by the University of Miami, where they assisted harried doctors in the pediatric ward, gently turning badly injured children to make their wounds accessible. To entertain one frightened child, Clark inflated a surgical glove and drew a smiley face on it.

"They just dove in and said, Put us to work,' " said A.J. Applewhite, a Dallas-based surgeon working at the hospital.

For all the highs, however, there were daily reminders of the serious limits to the help Cobb and Clark could offer. On their last day in Haiti, as they walked to visit a tent camp, a young man approached Cobb in the street.

"There are many people over there who need a lot of help," he said in broken English, pointing to a nearby neighborhood. "What can you do to help them?"

Cobb asked whether anyone needed medical attention. The man told him there were no injuries. "We need food. We need tents. We need a lot."

An older woman walked up to Cobb from the other side and started pleading in Creole, resting her hand on his elbow. "She's asking for a tent too," the man translated.

Clark had walked ahead. Literally surrounded by need, Cobb exhaled deeply.

"We're not the U.N. We're not anybody," he told the man, who stared at him intently. "We're just two firefighters from the United States walking around. I have no tents. I have nothing. I have a stethoscope. I can try to tell somebody about you guys, but I'm not sure anybody will listen to me."

He stopped and an awkward silence hung between the three. The man said something in Creole to the woman and they walked away.

"That has happened a hundred times a day," Cobb said. "I wish I had something to give them or knew how to get them on whatever list they need to be on for help."

Neither man denies that part of the reason they went to Haiti was for the sense of adventure that comes with being in the midst of such a historic catastrophe. They saw no contradiction, they said, between that and wanting to help, and emphasized that the survival skills and medical training they have as firefighters made them qualified to make such a trip.

"We keep our egos in check. But, sure, you want to be in the mix," Clark said. "We're firefighters. We want to be on the front lines of things." They cringed at the idea of anyone attempting a similar trip who was incapable of dealing with rough conditions or without the ability to help.

As they had promised Islande, the woman with the apparently broken ankle, Cobb and Clark returned a few hours later. They carried her down the embankment and hoisted her into the back of a pickup truck they had hired for a couple of dollars. As they were about to leave, a boy came running down a dirt path, pushing a wheelbarrow. In it was an elderly man, whose swollen knee was wrapped with green leaves and a dirty bandage.

Cobb jumped down and lifted the man into the truck. Clark banged on the roof and off they went. Another small victory.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-haiti-helpers20-2010feb20,0,150719.story