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The calm blue tone of the Tree of Life Mood Lamp creates a soft, relaxing light. Place it in your favorite room and plug it in after a long day. This lamp is handcrafted by artisans of Prokritee, meaning "nature" in Bangla. Located mainly in rural areas across Bangladesh, small workshops of mostly women offer safe working conditions and source locally available materials so that families can stay together in their villages rather than migrating to urban areas in search of jobs. Handmade with an intricately cut paper shade with silk paper backing, natural string stitching at the edges with a bamboo base.
HANDCRAFTED IN BANGLADESH
SKU: 6608890
THE MAKERS
This women-led enterprise is dedicated to creating safe, sustainable jobs for women in rural Bangladesh who seek to improve their livelihood. With the goal of self-reliance, Prokritee uses handcraft skills to transform low-income communities into ones that grow generational prosperity. Prokritee means “nature” in Bengali. They are expert environmentalists, keeping waste out of landfills and waterways by using renewable materials and methods including recycled sari fabric, eco-friendly dyes, and their award-winning tree-free water hyacinth paper.
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