# Ethical Artisan-Empowering Organizations Shopping for a Change is a Globally Minded Non-Profit By Rebecca Byers | Published 2012-08-15 | Social Good Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/shopping-for-a-change References: [marula](http://www.marula.com/_blog/Marula/post/Giving_Back_is_Marula_Beautiful/) & [shoppingforachange.org](http://shoppingforachange.org/) Shopping for a Change is a nonprofit organization that enables struggling artisans to leverage their skills toward a [sustainable income](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ethical-commerce-platform) and funds important infrastructure development projects with the proceeds. Supporting artisans globally, the majority of which are female, Shopping for a Change was inspired on a trip by founder Stacey Horowitz to the Galapagos Islands and Peru where she witnessed impoverished communities struggling to gain fair means of employment. Shopping for a Change pays its artisans up front and then splits the proceeds between community involvement projects that focus on [water sanitation, education and healthcare](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pacific-links-foundation) abroad and a US charity of the customer’s choosing. **Contact Information** Shopping for a Change [website](http://shoppingforachange.org/) Shopping for a Change on [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/shoppingforachange) Shopping for a Change on [Twitter](http://twitter.com/shopforachange) ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.2/10 - Popularity: 31% | Activity: 58% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Social Good](https://www.trendhunter.com/socialgood) > [Social Business](https://www.trendhunter.com/socialbusiness) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Empowering Artisans:** There is an opportunity for disruptive innovation in creating platforms or organizations that empower artisans by providing sustainable income and infrastructure development projects. - **Ethical Shopping:** The trend towards ethical shopping presents an opportunity for disruptive innovation in creating marketplaces or initiatives that support struggling artisans and fund important community projects. - **Global Empowerment:** There is a trend towards supporting global empowerment, specifically among marginalized communities, which creates opportunities for disruptive innovation in organizations or initiatives that focus on sustainable income and infrastructure development. ### Where This Applies - **Nonprofit:** The nonprofit industry can explore disruptive innovation opportunities by creating platforms or initiatives that support artisans and fund community projects. - **Ethical Retail:** The ethical retail industry can embrace disruptive innovation by developing marketplaces or initiatives that enable consumers to support struggling artisans and invest in community development projects. - **Social Entrepreneurship:** Social entrepreneurship presents an industry with disruptive innovation opportunities to create sustainable income solutions for artisans while addressing important infrastructure development needs. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [D2C Artisan Marketplaces](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/artisan-marketplace1.md) - [Timeless Knit Apparel](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mudana-clothing.md) - [Sustainably Handcrafted Bag Initiatives](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-tote-of-hope.md) - [Charitable Shopping Assistants](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/give-freely.md) - [Stunning Cause-Supporting Dishes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/prayerbowls.md) - [Purposeful Gifting Pop-Ups](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/advent-of-change-popup.md) - [Change-Making Bodycare Stores](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-body-shops-workshop.md) - [Collaborative Nonprofit Group Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/little-labels-big-impact-campaign.md) - [Empowerment-Focused Holiday Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/olivela.md)