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This beautiful necklace and earrings set is made from Tagua nuts (vegetable ivory), Acai and Bombana seeds. The main pendant in the necklace is a Tagua nut and the medium and small beads are Bombana seeds and Acai seeds respectively. Matching earrings are made out of Acai seeds.
The chain is of adjustable length (10-18 inches). The length of matching earrings are 2.75 inches (including hooks).
This jewelry set is a fair trade item and is made using natural and bio-degradable materials that have been harvested in a sustainable manner. Our philosophy behind promoting this necklace is environmental preservation and at the same time providing talented but disadvantaged artisans an opportunity to participate in a leveled global market.
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About Fair Trade
 What is Fair Trade?
Fair trade is an organized social movement and market-based approach to empowering developing country producers and promoting sustainability. The movement advocates the payment of a fair price as well as social and environmental standards in areas related to the production of a wide variety of goods.
Fair Trade gives the producers, usually individual artisans or collectives, ability to sell their products in markets which they otherwise would not be able to access. The size, geographical remoteness, poor telecommunications access, language barrier or lack of credit rating and traditional corporate structure would in a standard trading relationship present a barrier for importers to work with these artisans. Within the fair trade framework this barrier is overcome as a part of the fair trade relationship and in the interest of working with marginalized producers.
Why Fair Trade ?
Fair trade is a system of exchange that seeks to create greater equity and partnership in the international trading system by
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Providing fair wages in the local context
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Supporting safe, healthy, and participatory workplaces
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Supplying financial and technical support to build capacity
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Ensuring environmental sustainability
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Respecting cultural identity
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Offering public accountability and transparency
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Building direct and long-term relationships
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Educating consumers
In simple terms, buying any fair trade product helps by ensuring that producers see a larger portion of the price you pay. However these producers receive more than just more money. They receive assistance, knowledge and placement of their products in markets they could not reach on their own. It gives talented but disadvantaged or marginalized producers an opportunity to participate in a leveled global market.
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