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“According to a 1996 report by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, funded by the World Bank and the United Nations, 72 acres of rainforest are destroyed every minute, mostly by impoverished people who are cutting and burning the forest to create agricultural or pasturelands to grow beef for export to the United States... “The most common reason why people are destroying most of the South and Central American rainforests is corporate greed: the American meat habit has provided an economic boom to multinational corporate ranchers, and it is the primary reason behind the destruction of the tropical rainforests of the Americas.”
Thom Hartman, The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight
By purchasing any of the products below, you help support alternative rainforest-based industries. Please read the descriptions below to see how! To order an item, enter the quantity desired in the box shown under the product description, then click the 'add to shopping cart' button below.
Our popular scented candles measure approximately 2" high x 3½-4" in diameter and are made from the pod of a Brazil Nut tree collected in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru. The pod, a 'waste' item, originally contained Brazil Nuts which are sustainably harvested and sold in the local market. The pods are then made into candles providing harvesters with additional income. The Brazil Nut candle is handmade from renewable resources and your purchase is helping to protect the forest for future generations.
Vanilla (shown above)
Coconut
Lavender
Rose
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Orange
Spice
Velvet (tuberose & sandalwood)
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TAGUA NUT CRAFTS
The crafts below are hand carved by artisans in Ecuador from sustainably harvested tagua, the ivory-like nut of the tagua palm tree. The nuts are harvested as part of a program helping to protect endangered South American rainforests by promoting the use of renewable resources. Tagua nuts help forest-based gatherers and artisans earn a living by managing the forest instead of cutting it down. In additon, it helps keep real ivory where it belongs, on living animals.
Since each tagua nut is unique, every item below is a one-of-a-kind. Experience it!
PARAKEET
Approx. 3" high
CARDINAL
Approx. 3½" high
ELEPHANT
Approx. 2½" high
TWO DOVES IN NEST WITH EGGS
Approx. 1½" high
ANTIQUED SPARROW
$19.50 each Enter desired quantity here: OUT OF STOCK
TAWNY OWL
$20.00 each Enter desired quantity here: OUT OF STOCK
Approx. 2¾" high
PANDA
Approx. 2¼" high
ANTIQUED SWAN
$22.50 each Enter desired quantity here:
Approx. 3¼" high
PARROT
$24.00 each Enter desired quantity here:
DOLPHIN
$16.00 each Enter desired quantity here:
Approx. 1½" high x 2" wide
TAGUA NUT PENDANTS
Also hand-crafted by Ecuadoran artisans, these beautiful pendants are on a dark satin cord.
RAIN DROP
WING
HEART
$12.00
Pictures above are approximate actual size.
The beads have been colored with plant based dyes, so they are nontoxic. Bead colors are Rose, Coffee, Avocado and Natural.
Perhaps you have a ‘wee one’ you’d like to share the experience of making a Tagua Nut Bead necklace with?
$9.00 each kit Enter desired quantity here:
Someof the products shown above are included in our "Gifts of the Earth" basket. HOW TO ORDER
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