In western Vermont, not far from the Adirondacks and Lake Champlain, in the picturesque town of Middlebury, a revolution is taking place.
Here, master soapmakers at Vermont Soap Organics blend organic food grade ingredients into soap products the old fashioned way ... because they believe viable alternatives must be created to lead us into a sustainable future. They believe in creating only high quality, unique and natural personal care products of usefulness and value. They believe in conducting their business in an environmentally aware manner. And they desire to be an example of how corporations can be a tool for positive social change.
These are all qualities you simply will not find in the vast majority of today's commercial manufacturers. For proof, you need look no further than the Corporate Hall of Shame 2008.
Just one example of how Vermont Soap Organics is saving the world, one skin care product at a time, is its recent partnership with the women of Ghana, Africa to create Pure African Shea Nut Butter. Vermont Soap Organics pays the womens’ groups in Ghana double the prevailing nut butter price to support fair trade and ensure optimal quality.
“We empower the villages by establishing sustainable commerce, assisting with organic certification, and by helping the producer groups manage their business," says Larry Plesent, an organic soap pioneer, volunteer, and teacher. "We also help them achieve the quality required for the export market and raise awareness of and provide advice about environmental sustainability and other social challenges."
If you currently have an item in your beauty arsenal that contains shea butter, chances are it has been a victim of industrial processing. This intense processing can strip away the healing and sun protection properties. Even scarier, industrial operations typically use a hexane solvent extraction process, and traces of hexane, a carcinogen, may potentially be found in the resulting shea nut butter.
Pure African Shea Nut Butter is a healing, moisturizing and protecting balm for dry and irritated skin, chapped lips, hands and feet. It helps restore elasticity, and heal cracked and dry skin, skin ulcers, and even small wounds. Pure African Shea Nut Butter offers relief from skin conditions such as dermatitis, dry skin, eczema, insect bites, rashes, sunburn, topical burns, stretch marks and scar tissue. It has even been found beneficial for arthritis symptoms and other muscle aches and pains.
Vermont Soap Organics also offers a complete line of handmade natural aromatherapy bar soaps and liquid soaps, shower gels and nontoxic cleaners. The products are made with organic ingredients, are free of artificial colors, fragrances, preservatives, and animal by-products and they are not tested on animals.
At their website be sure to Test Your Skin Type, then stock up on all of the lovely, mild cleansers you will need this summer for your yoga mat, your puppy, your veggies, and your bod.
Here, master soapmakers at Vermont Soap Organics blend organic food grade ingredients into soap products the old fashioned way ... because they believe viable alternatives must be created to lead us into a sustainable future. They believe in creating only high quality, unique and natural personal care products of usefulness and value. They believe in conducting their business in an environmentally aware manner. And they desire to be an example of how corporations can be a tool for positive social change.
These are all qualities you simply will not find in the vast majority of today's commercial manufacturers. For proof, you need look no further than the Corporate Hall of Shame 2008.
Just one example of how Vermont Soap Organics is saving the world, one skin care product at a time, is its recent partnership with the women of Ghana, Africa to create Pure African Shea Nut Butter. Vermont Soap Organics pays the womens’ groups in Ghana double the prevailing nut butter price to support fair trade and ensure optimal quality.“We empower the villages by establishing sustainable commerce, assisting with organic certification, and by helping the producer groups manage their business," says Larry Plesent, an organic soap pioneer, volunteer, and teacher. "We also help them achieve the quality required for the export market and raise awareness of and provide advice about environmental sustainability and other social challenges."
If you currently have an item in your beauty arsenal that contains shea butter, chances are it has been a victim of industrial processing. This intense processing can strip away the healing and sun protection properties. Even scarier, industrial operations typically use a hexane solvent extraction process, and traces of hexane, a carcinogen, may potentially be found in the resulting shea nut butter.
Pure African Shea Nut Butter is a healing, moisturizing and protecting balm for dry and irritated skin, chapped lips, hands and feet. It helps restore elasticity, and heal cracked and dry skin, skin ulcers, and even small wounds. Pure African Shea Nut Butter offers relief from skin conditions such as dermatitis, dry skin, eczema, insect bites, rashes, sunburn, topical burns, stretch marks and scar tissue. It has even been found beneficial for arthritis symptoms and other muscle aches and pains.
Vermont Soap Organics also offers a complete line of handmade natural aromatherapy bar soaps and liquid soaps, shower gels and nontoxic cleaners. The products are made with organic ingredients, are free of artificial colors, fragrances, preservatives, and animal by-products and they are not tested on animals.
At their website be sure to Test Your Skin Type, then stock up on all of the lovely, mild cleansers you will need this summer for your yoga mat, your puppy, your veggies, and your bod.
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