Giving of Life Grant!

Global Support Mission is up for a really exciting grant this fall - and we need your help! The Giving of Life grant is available for faith-based organizations that are giving life to people around the world. They are giving away 20 grants ranging from $2,000 to $50,000. Only the top 50 organizations on their website will be eligible to win one of these grants.

This is where you come in: we need your vote to get in the top 50! That means you, your family, friends, coworkers, neighbors, and dog should get online and vote up to five times for Global Support Mission. First, go to Giving of Life and register your email address. Don't worry: Giving of Life will not send any spam to your inbox. Next, go to our page on their website and use your three votes to vote for us. Then, click on "get more votes" at the top of the page and enter in your Twitter handle to get two more votes, which you can use to vote for us again!

If we win one of the Giving of Life grants, it will mean huge things for Global Support Mission and will allow us to continue living out our mission in Kenya and Uganda through Know.Think.Act. and Red Earth Trading Co. We are really eager to win it and are so grateful for your votes!

-Team RETCo.

Zoes Kitchen Fundraiser!

Hey everyone! We are doing a fundraiser for Red Earth Trading Co. this Wednesday, September 28, at Zoes Kitchen in the Hill Center. For every customer who mentions Red Earth Trading Co between 5pm and 9pm, Zoes Kitchen will donate a portion of their profits! 

We'll also have a table with some of our products (Inculding the Copper Cuff and Sweetheart Pendant). So come join us for a night of good food and fun.

See you there! 

Team RETCo.

Zoes Kitchen at The Hill Center

4015 Hillsboro Pike

Nashville, TN 37215

5:00-9:00 PM

Zoes Kitchen phone: 615-627-0800

Wrist Wear With A Little Flare.

Check out our latest video "Copper Cuff: Wrist Wear With A Little Flare." Get yours here!

Raymond, one of our favorite artisans, makes gorgeous cast and hand-hammered copper, brass, bronze, and aluminum jewelry. He works with his wife and employs four others just outside of Nairobi.


Team RETCo.

It's Almost Tour Time!

We started construction on the new displays for The ExChange this week. Building things from scratch is always so fulfilling. Travis and I have been working on the ideas for awhile and I am excited to see what they will look like when they are finished.

I am excited to see what the next few months have in store for us here at Red Earth Trading Co. If you would like to see our new displays up close and personal, email us at info@redearthtradingco.com


Edwin
Team RETCo.
P.S. Brady likes to nap inside the new displays!

Sweet Opportunity!

If you haven't seen our Sweet Heart Pendant promo yet, stop reading, scroll down three blogs, and take 28 seconds to check it out. Trust me: it'll put a grin on your face... then scroll back on up here!

Alright, so now we've all seen the little bone hearts scooting around to the pop synth melodies of Architecture in Helsinki. It's a fun video and the Sweet Heart Pendant is a fun piece. I love the creativity happening in our office and I love the products that we are designing, but what I get most excited about is what that creativity and those products produce... opportunity.

Every piece we create in partnership with our Artisans in Africa and sell here in the States is creating more opportunity to build a better future for those with which we work in Uganda and Kenya. Every piece is sustaining and creating new jobs and funding the life-changing work of Global Support Mission and Know.Think.Act.

When I see someone wearing one of our pieces, I see more than a fashion statement... I see an opportunity. An opportunity to share the story of the difference that is being made and the hope that opportunity brings!

We couldn't do it without your support, so THANK YOU to everyone out there who has taken a piece of Red Earth home with them... and every time you wear it, remember that it's an opportunity to let the world know that WE CAN make a DIFFERENCE!

-Travis

Team RETCo.

180° South: Conquerors of the Useless.

From time to time, I get the chance to watch a movie that really moves me. A few days ago, a friend of mine recommended I watch the documentary 180° South: Conquerors of the Useless. 

180° South follows Jeff Johnson as he retraces the path of his heroes, Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins, to Patagonia on their epic life journey in 1968. After being shipwrecked off Easter Island, he has the chance to surf the longest wave of his life and begins to prepare himself for the ascent of Cerro Corcovado. He also gets the chance to meet up with Chouinard and Tompkins along the way, who have come to Patagonia to spend their fortunes protecting its beauty. 

This is an incredible documentary with an amazing story in some of the most beautiful places on earth. I definitely recommend watching it. 

-Edwin

Team RETCo. 

Meet Adam Buzard

My story is like every Michael Cera movie... just a classic coming of age tale filled with hijinks, pitfalls, and hamburger phones. My wife and I are excited to be here in Nashville and I am stoked to be joining the team at Global Support Mission to work for the Know.Think.Act program. 


My professional background is in the church, with my first job being a youth and young adults pastor out in California. While I loved being on the beach, after several years God called us to a church in Saint Louis, which lacks beaches. God has consistently been tweaking who I am and showing me more of who I am created to be and that is what has brought us here. My passion is for the church to realize it's potential to make a tangible impact around the globe, and that will be a big part of what I will get to do here at GSM. 


I love that even though my primary responsibilities will be with Know.Think.Act, I get  to partner with Red Earth Trading Company and work alongside the team. Currently I am rocking the coin bracelet, and am excited about the upcoming Exchange Tour. Thanks for being a part of making a real difference both here, and around the world. 


-Adam
Community Growth Coordinator
Know.Think.Act.

HandCrafted, Heartfelt.

We're excited to introduce this video for our first collaboration, the Sweet Heart Pendant.

This is our very first Red Earth Exclusive design. Designed in collaboration with our friend Benson in Nairobi. If you would like to purchase one of these, you can do so here.

Music By: Architecture in Helsinki

-Team RETCo.