Hand Carved Fair Trade Assorted Gourd Bowl
One wall plate or center bowl by Manuel Canchimuni. Cut in half, the geometric detail carved out, and hand-painted. Each plate is individually carved. Note the quality touches: fine hand craftsmanship throughout, light weight, natural materials. These bowls display a quality and classic style that will last for years. No power tools used in the production, not two exactly alike. Each an original piece of fine artisan work.Measures 12" diameter in geometrical fine detail all natural colors.
Are You Sleeping on a Healthy Mattress?
January 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
We often take things in life for granted. In our homes, unless we are really on the ball, most of us do not think about our mattresses until we go to bed at night, exhausted from the days trials. Some of us spend a lot of money on our bedding, finding the softest, most comfortable pillows, sheets and blankets.
But how many times a year do we think about the foundation of our bed that we are sleeping on, breathing in every night, and how healthy it is? Usually unless a mattress is brand new or really old, we just don't think about it very much. It is just there waiting for us to sleep on it.
Well, I am inviting you to take a second look at your mattress. If indeed your mattress is no longer the support you need, and it is time to replace it, or if you are suffering from allergies or the common cold, you may want to reconsider the type of mattress you have and whether it is really healthy for you.
Keetsa Eco-Friendly Mattresses is a company that prides itself on leading the industry when it comes to eco-friendly mattresses for your home.
Here is what they say about themselves:
"Keetsa is committed to presenting a line of sleep products that has a minimum impact on your pocketbook and on the environment. We have innovated many changes resulting in a more eco-friendly product line and process. Keetsa continues to seek out new innovations to create sleep products that you and your family can purchase with confidence.
A majority of Keetsa products are made from recycled materials and our company's mission is geared towards making a better environment by cutting carbon footprint.
Because our mattresses are so durable and well designed, we are able to compress them in a box, which accounts for reduced shipping costs, smaller carbon footprint and no delivery trucks. Not just any mattress can be compressed!"
So if you are looking to reduce your carbon footprint, think of Keetsa Eco-Friendly Mattresses when it comes time to replace your old one.
Moving Away from Manufactured and Towards Handmade
January 22, 2012 By
In our push to live greener, healthier lives, one of the things we need to do is remind ourselves to buy local and handmade items. Most of us are aware that buying local produce and baked goods means that by doing so our food is fresher because it didn't have to travel as far to get to us, picked when it is ripe, and the baked goods do not have the preservatives that grocery store items often do, because of extending the shelf life. So local foods are healthier and more wholesome that foods that travel. When we buy local, we also help our local economy, because the local vendors will spend the money we pay them locally also. This creates a healthy economic cycle.
What you may not realize that this is true of handmade or artist made items as well. When you buy an item directly from an artist who made it, or from the agent who sells it for them, you are paying the artist directly who will then use the money to pay their vendors to buy more supplies and create more work. The economic cycle is a much shorter one than if you buy a manufactured item. And often the manufactured items are from countries far away from yours, so that your purchase does not even infuse money into your own economy. Think about this when you purchase items this year for the holidays, for birthdays, or for Christmas, because you can support your local economy in several ways while keeping a healthier and greener lifestyle.
Here is an example:
The beautiful pottery above is made by a Cleveland, Ohio area woman, Tracy Shea, who hand makes every piece of pottery she makes. She makes a living from her ceramics work which is how she feeds her family. By buying her work you can own a piece of handmade work or give it as a gift, and she will take the money earned to feed her family locally, as well as use it to buy more supplies to make more pottery. A very economic cycle. The money goes directly from the buyer to the seller and right back to the economy with no middle men. If you would like to learn more about Tracy, you can click on the picture above which will take you to an article about her.
