I don't think it's possible to buy everything fair trade. As many of you have noted, it's hard to find sometimes. If you can't afford something, you shouldn't feel pressured to buy it. That said, everybody can make at least one lifestyle change to help out other people. When you change one little thing about your life, you get so used to it, pretty soon you don't miss what you gave up.

For example, knowing that half of the world's chocolate is grown on the Ivory Coast, where they often use child slave labor, I've stopped eating chocolate for about three years now. Because the fair trade stuff is so expensive, I can't have it very often, and now that I eat chocolate more rarely, I've actually started to enjoy it more. I hardly think about wanting chocolate any more.

Maybe other things I buy have a bad impact on humanity and the environment, but I can take control for a few decisions I make.

(And speaking of the issue with there being a limited style of fair trade clothing out there, a good, cheap alternative to fair trade is to buy some of your clothing used. It lessens the impact on the environment and you aren't supporting companies that use slave labor.)