Our mission and vision

About Fair Trade Technology & Global Sustainable Footprint:

Global Sustainable Footprint is a Californian Limited Liability Company that also operates under the name of Fair Trade Technology. Global Sustainable Footprint (GSF) applied for 501c(3) Non profit status with the Internal Revenue Service in December 2020 and hopes to have full non profit status in 2021.

The founding of Global Sustainable Footprint is dedicated to a baby sea turtle I found on a beach in Florida and names "Chance". Chance was hatched far up the beach from the waters edge, and I noticed him on my run by the the short trail of his little flipper prints on the sand. It was a warm morning with birds circling overhead, and I could not imagine how this little turtle could possibly make his/her way to the relative safety of the ocean, so I gently picked him/her up and swam holding the little turtle past the breakers, and let it go, in the hopes it would grow into a large turtle circling the oceans. . It has always fascinated me that through small every day actions of our own, we can nurture the development of communities and the environment across the globe. Our little steps now can foster big positive changes.

Global Sustainable Footprint's mission is to foster the transfer of first world green and sustainable technologies, and assistance and general welfare to targeted, vulnerable international communities. In other words, GSF's goal is to bring positive social, economic and environmental change to underserved communities in developing parts of the world. These can include innovations in healthcare, hygiene, organic food production and education through water purification systems, rocket stoves, no-flush toilets, and a long list of innovative green and sustainable products..

Fair Trade Technology - Starts with the concept that end users of cell phones and other technologies can share a portion of the value these products with members of the communities where the raw materials are produced.

Fair Trade Technology's first campaign is designed to help facilitate the equitable sharing of wealth from consumers of lithium based batteries in cell phones, electric vehicles and other electronics to members of communities in Bolivia which is the poorest country in South America, but holds one of the largest deposits of Lithium in the world.

Fair Trade Technologies hope is that each year consumers of electronic devices and product manufactures including Apple, Tesla, Samsung, and others will together contribute enough each year it provide ongoing benefits to the 11 million people of Bolivia.

What is Fair Trade Technology?

Direct People to People Sharing

Modeled after the Alaskan Permanent Fund which funnels taxes on oil production into a fund to be equally shared annually by Alaskans, the Inca Fund hopes to do the same for Bolivians through direct consumer donations on technology purchases and voluntary fees on the production of cell phone and other technologies which use Lithium mined in Bolivia for batteries. Each quarter through what Global Sustainable Footprint calls "Reverse Raffels", a portion of the assets in the Inca Fund will be donated equally to all Bolivians who are have singed up to a national secure electronic cashless payment system. It's our intent that over time all Bolivians, starting with those in the poorest communities can register for the Inca fund and receive quarterly revenue sharing donations voluntary corporate pledges on technology production.

In 2021 We Start In Bolivia

Direct People to People Sharing

Bolivia has one of the largest known resources of lithium and at the same time is one of the poorest landlocked countries in all of South America. Global Sustainable Footprint's hope is that if consumer demand and a higher fair trade price can be established for Bolivian Lithium it will greatly enhance the countries ability to prosper through increased production, while directly benefiting individual Bolivians through annual dividend sharing from the Inca Fund.

We Need Your Help

The Create a new World 4.0

The Bolivian Inca Fund initiative is a big project and and the Global Sustainable Footprint needs your help, especially in 2020-2021. If you can donate your volunteer time or financial resources to help educate all consumers on the intention of giving at least $10 each year to Bolivians through the Inca Fund it would be greatly appreciated and together we can create a better world, a more balanced world.

The Create a new World 4.0

The Fourth World is a more balanced between Developed and Developing Communities where the benefits of technology are more fairly shared.