And that's like travelling around the entire world a total of nine times and then finishing it off with a trip across America. The long way!
This Christmas, Paper High are encouraging all of their customers to choose sustainable gift wrapping options.
Paper High’s gift wrap is handmade from lokta, which a shrub that it is found in the foothills of the Himalayas. Lokta is a highly sustainable plant as it grows quickly and is in abundant supply all across Nepal.
Known for its durability and resistance to tearing and humidity, lokta paper makes an excellent eco-friendly choice for gift wrap, as it can be reused many times over so long as it’s looked after properly.
The plant harvesting and paper creation provides employment opportunities for women in Nepal's rural villages.
Paper High work directly with an incredible socially aware cooperative which provide employment and training opportunities for their Fair Trade artisans.
The charity work they do in their local areas has earnt them many awards, from their support of people affected by HIV and Aids, to establishing schools to support the education of underprivileged children, etc.
After being harvested, it’s boiled, cleaned, and beaten with wooden mallets to produce a fibrous pulp. It’s then mixed with water and poured into a shallow frame made of bamboo poles and canvas, before being sun dried.
Finally, natural dyes and details like petals and sun-bleached leaf patterns are added to the paper to create the beautiful designs it is well known for.
The gift wrap is available in sets of three or five sheets and each sheet comes with matching gift tags for each sheet.
The gift boxes are crafted from a mixture of lokta and recycled paper, and are available in two sizes and three vibrant colours, as well as the cute Christmas pattern.
Find sustainable gift wrap and a huge range of expertly crafted, Fair Trade stationery and homeware gifts at https://www.paperhigh.com.
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