Taraluna offers alternative choices in products based on their values of fair compensation to artisans, promotion of healthy and safe working environments, social and environmental responsibility and safe, non-toxic products. They offer high quality, handcrafted products from nonprofits, cooperatives and NGO's that are approved by and members of the Fair Trade Federation, the Organic Trade Association, Demeter and The Fair Trade Resource Network. Taraluna carries products sourced in nature, organically grown or recycled wherever possible. They also believe in the principle of "Think Globally, Act Locally," and although most of their products are globally sourced, they offer products made in the USA and more importantly - we support artisans at the local level (city, county, state).
Over the past three years my family and I have become more and more aware of what we purchase and how what we buy impacts people around the world. In the past I knew nothing about child labor, sweat shops, unlivable wages, and toxic chemicals in so many things we buy. It isn't easy to navigate the shopping world armed with knowledge that pretty much rules out 95% of goods on the market. I've discovered Taraluna, a unique online boutique that does the hard work for you - they only sell things … more