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Organic Silk Crinkle Scarf
$22.99 $40.00
This amazingly soft and lightweight organic silk crinkle scarf is like heaven against your skin and the colors are gorgeous! Wear it for three seasons every year or tie it in your hair for a fun summer look. Every step of this scarf is completed by hand, from harvesting the silk fibers to the color process, and weaving on box looms.
Details:
- Made with organic silk
- Available in sapphire and marsala
- 27 inches wide x 65 inches long
- Hand wash and hang dry, twist to preserve crinkle texture
- Handcrafted by a group of women in a village just outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia
About Buy The Change
Buy The Change, a registered B-Corp, focuses on social change over profit and works to create opportunities for artisans around the world. The site features beautiful, handmade and eco-friendly accessories and home goods. Every purchase made through Buy The Change helps a woman free herself and her family from extreme poverty. Many of the products found on Buy The Change are made from upcycled and recycled materials. Each item is ethically made and always fairly traded.
Hope Paper Bead Necklace
$16.49 $28.00
Bright and chunky and so much fun to wear! Three strands of large, recycled paper beads make this necklace stand out against a black outfit or the floral patterns that are so popular this year.
Details:
- Made with recycled paper beads
- Available in blue or pink
- Handcrafted by Teopista, an independent market-based woman artisan in Uganda
About Buy The Change
Buy The Change, a registered B-Corp, focuses on social change over profit and works to create opportunities for artisans around the world. The site features beautiful, handmade and eco-friendly accessories and home goods. Every purchase made through Buy The Change helps a woman free herself and her family from extreme poverty. Many of the products found on Buy The Change are made from upcycled and recycled materials. Each item is ethically made and always fairly traded.
Chenda Crochet Shoulder Bag
$44.99 $80.00
This bucket style crochet bag is a very special piece. It is handcrafted by a Cambodian woman who was blinded in an acid attack many years ago. She crochets bags using only her hands to determine the stitch and shape. The beauty and quality of what she is able to create will astound you.
Details:
- Crocheted bucket-style shoulder bag
- Lined in black cotton
- Zippered exterior
- Back pocket
- Tasseled rosette on the front
- Measures 11 inches high in the center, 14 inches high on the sides and 14 inches wide; the handle is 21 inches long, which is long enough for cross-body wear on a smaller stature person (stitch and measurements can vary slightly due to being handmade)
- Available in Black and Caribbean Blue
- Handcrafted by a Cambodian woman who was blinded in an acid attack
About Buy The Change
Buy The Change, a registered B-Corp, focuses on social change over profit and works to create opportunities for artisans around the world. The site features beautiful, handmade and eco-friendly accessories and home goods. Every purchase made through Buy The Change helps a woman free herself and her family from extreme poverty. Many of the products found on Buy The Change are made from upcycled and recycled materials. Each item is ethically made and always fairly traded.
Organic Cotton Tote Bag
$44.99 $80.00
This organic cotton tote bag is a work of art! The threads are dyed with all natural, plant-based dyes, which are only available one month of each year. Then the fabric is woven by hand on a back-strap loom and the bag is sewn using a foot-powered sewing machine. This versatile tote is perfect for carrying a variety of items; from diapers to groceries to beach towels!
The artisans are women of the Karen and Karenni tribes who are refugees from Myanmar/Burma living in the MaeLa Refugee Camp in northern Thailand.
Details:
- Size: 16 inches wide x 14 inches long, with a 6-inch base
- Lined with black cotton
- One small inside zipper pocket
- Muted colors are natural, taupe, and terra cotta
- Made with 100% organic cotton, natural dye from leaves and bark
- Handcrafted by refugees from Burma living in the MaeLa Refugee Camp in Northern Thailand
About Buy The Change
Buy The Change, a registered B-Corp, focuses on social change over profit and works to create opportunities for artisans around the world. The site features beautiful, handmade and eco-friendly accessories and home goods. Every purchase made through Buy The Change helps a woman free herself and her family from extreme poverty. Many of the products found on Buy The Change are made from upcycled and recycled materials. Each item is ethically made and always fairly traded.
Recycled Sari Bead Necklace
$11.69 $20.00
Add this handmade necklace to your outfit to bring a pop of color! The colored beads are covered with handstitched, recycled cotton sari fabric (kantha) from India, allowing the women artisans to use every piece of recycled fabric without any waste. Each necklace is a little different!
Details:
- Made with handstitched, recycled cotton sari fabric from India, silver-tone spacer beads, and chain
- Available in blue, teal, orange and red
- 18 inches long
- Handcrafted by women artisans working with the Astral Exports cooperative in a small village just outside of Kolkata, India
About Buy The Change
Buy The Change, a registered B-Corp, focuses on social change over profit and works to create opportunities for artisans around the world. The site features beautiful, handmade and eco-friendly accessories and home goods. Every purchase made through Buy The Change helps a woman free herself and her family from extreme poverty. Many of the products found on Buy The Change are made from upcycled and recycled materials. Each item is ethically made and always fairly traded.
Striped Shoulder Bag
$40.49 $72.00
You will LOVE the earthy, organic feel of this shoulder bag. These are only produced for one month each year when the leaves and bark used to create the natural dyes are available in northern Thailand. The unbleached, organic cotton thread is dyed then woven into fabric on a back strap loom.
The women who create these bags are refugees from Burma living in the MaeLa Refugee Camp in Northern Thailand. Your purchase of this bag gives them the needed funds to survive and begin the process of relocation from the camp.
Each organic cotton purse is sewn on a foot powered sewing machine creating a bag that is 100% organic, handmade and eco-friendly.
Details:
- Size: 13 inches wide x 17 inches long, with a 4-inch base
- Zipper closure
- Muted colors are natural, taupe, and terra cotta
- Made with 100% organic cotton, natural dye from leaves and bark
- Handcrafted by refugees from Burma living in the MaeLa Refugee Camp in Northern Thailand
About Buy The Change
Buy The Change, a registered B-Corp, focuses on social change over profit and works to create opportunities for artisans around the world. The site features beautiful, handmade and eco-friendly accessories and home goods. Every purchase made through Buy The Change helps a woman free herself and her family from extreme poverty. Many of the products found on Buy The Change are made from upcycled and recycled materials. Each item is ethically made and always fairly traded.
Copper Charm Bracelet
$11.69 $20.00
This fun, old fashioned style, charm bracelet has a hand-forged copper closure. Smokey crystals and bronze-tone beads are strung together using pieces of copper. Each section has a small, filigree style charm, adding dimension to this handcrafted piece. Women artisans working with Kiran Social Enterprises in Kolkata, India made this bracelet.
Details:
- Charm bracelet
- Made from copper, crystals, and bronze-tone beads
- Handcrafted by women artisans working with Kiran Social Enterprises in Kolkata, India
About Buy The Change
Buy The Change, a registered B-Corp, focuses on social change over profit and works to create opportunities for artisans around the world. The site features beautiful, handmade and eco-friendly accessories and home goods. Every purchase made through Buy The Change helps a woman free herself and her family from extreme poverty. Many of the products found on Buy The Change are made from upcycled and recycled materials. Each item is ethically made and always fairly traded.
