Grow your own Green Business with Vetiver

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Green Vetiver-based green business goes beyond just making a your operations environmentally friendly.

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Business It’s about using nature’s resources in smart ways to create jobs and improve lives. This approach taps into nature’s resources, like plants and ecosystems, to create jobs and make money by producing things like crafts, health products, home decor, and more. It is a smart way to make a living while taking care of our environment and helping nature to help itself to bounce back better after disaster. So, when we talk about Vetiver-Based Green Business, we’re talking about a win-win from idea-toindustry that helps everyone – better lives for people and better care of our planet for everyone.

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Goods

(creating eco-friendly products)

Bamboo Products:

Creating items like straws, utensils, and even furniture from sustainable bamboo resources.

Recycled Goods:

Designing and producing products using recycled materials, such as bags made from recycled plastics or notebooks from recycled paper.

Natural Cosmetics:

Making beauty and skincare products using natural ingredients, free from harmful chemicals and packaged in eco-friendly materials.

Upcycled Fashion:

Creating clothing and accessories from repurposed materials, reducing waste and promoting unique, sustainable fashion.

Organic Food Products:

Growing and selling organic foods, such as fruits, vegetables, and herbs, that are grown without synthetic chemicals.

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Services

(providing seco-friendly services)

Eco-Tourism:

Offering guided tours and experiences that educate visitors about local ecosystems, wildlife, and conservation efforts.

Green Energy Services:

Providing solar panel installation, energy-efficient home upgrades, and consulting services to help individuals and businesses reduce energy consumption.

Sustainable Consulting:

Offering advice and solutions to businesses on how to adopt ecofriendly practices and reduce their environmental impact.

Zero-Waste Services:

Assisting individuals and businesses in minimizing waste generation through composting, recycling, and reduction strategies.

Environmental Education: Conducting workshops, seminars, and programs to raise awareness about sustainability and environmental conservation.

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Greener Practices (Environmentally-friendly ways to run your business)

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Green Goods

(Using green raw materials to make products and services that generate income)

To create a green business solution that is both good for the planet and good for the people. From the plant itself as a land stabilization tool to reduce soil erosion, to using the leaves and roots as a base raw material for craft, home based décor, health and wellness, with Vetiver, there are lots of opportunities to explore.

Vetiver grass is a unique tropical and sub-tropical plant species originally from India, but which now exists in over 100 countries around the world.

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Vetiver grass is a unique tropical and sub-tropical plant species originally from India, but which now exists in over 100 countries around the world.

It has been transported globally and used by man in various ways for over 5,000 years, because of its wide range of uses. This originated primarily with the use of sweet scented vetiver roots for the production of essential oils, and now today for perfumes. However, most importantly today, it is recognized as a powerful bioengineering tool, where due to many of its unique characteristics it can be used to tackle a wide range of soil and water-related challenges.

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Vetiver’s dense and fibrous root system can extend to 10 feet (3m) deep in the first 2 years!

2 years Growing your own Green Business with Vetiver

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What businesses can I start?

WING GRO VETIVER

You can start a nursery, sell planting material for installations or provide landscaping services with Vetiver.

Vetiver Grass and the Vetiver System (VS) is a nature-based tool used to stabilize land, reduce erosion, slow down runoff and recharge groundwater, It helps to protect infrastructure and property, regenerate topsoil and reduce sedimentation affecting downstream river and marine environments in coastal areas.

This also reduces stress on coral reefs and ocean biodiversity giving them a greater opportunity to thrive.

Mr. Troy Shillingford, Project TO Ms. Jaime Romany, Mr. Joseph Blandford, Ms. Julia Winston, and Director of IAMovement, Mr. Jonathan Barcant at IAMovement’s office in Trinidad (EbA Project, August 2023)

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Gilbert Agricultural and Rural Development Centre, Antigua

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TORY S S S E C C U S Vetiver Domnik & Nature’s Nursery, Dominica

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VETIVE G N I W O R G Protecting Lands Slope stabilization and embankments in vulnerable areas Soil erosion control in land development (housing, roads, other infrastructure, farms) Rehabilitation of degraded lands (eg. Quarry rehab in Trinidad and StLucia) Contaminated site remediation (eg. Cooks landfill in Antigua), sewer management (Rosalie Bay Resort, Dominica) Protecting waters Stormwater management (flood control in canals, retention ponds etc.)

Waterway (eg. Bloody Bay in Tobago) and coastal protection (eg., Barbuda) Groundwater recharge (no eg in Caribbean) Growing your own Green Business with Vetiver

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What businesses can I start?

WING GRO VETIVER

You can start a nursery, sell planting material for installations or provide landscaping services with Vetiver.

Vetiver Grass and the Vetiver System (VS) is a nature-based tool used to stabilize land, reduce erosion, slow down runoff and recharge groundwater. It helps to protect infrastructure and property, regenerate topsoil and reduce sedimentation affecting downstream river and marine environments in coastal areas.

This also reduces stress on coral reefs and ocean biodiversity giving them a greater opportunity to thrive.

Vetiver is grown by using root divisions rather than seeds.

The small sections of mature roots, are known as "slips".

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Canaries Green Enterprise Ltd, St. Lucia

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What businesses can I start?

CRAFT

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Dried leaves can be weaved into baskets, mats, for chairs, thatching and so much more.

The vetiver grass also provides an important resource to generate community-based income earning opportunities.

Youth and women, in particular, are being trained as crafters, to create a range of products from vetiver and to improve their skills to manage and grow small businesses, using leaves and roots harvested as part of hedgerow maintenance. The green livelihoods aspect of the EbA fits well within the artisanal and handicraft traditions.

Vetiver plant leaves are aromatic! People use the dried leaves to make things like baskets and mats.

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Kalinago Community, Dominica

Vetiver has a long history of use in Dominica, and was once upon a time well recognized and commonly implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries (MOAFF).

Past education and outreach initiatives in the 1980’s also led to the adoption of The Vetiver System (VS) especially in the Kalinago territory, where in several locations vetiver grass hedgerows can still be observed on contour properly installed some 30 to 40 years later, and its occasional use for roadside stabilization as well.

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Tobago

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What businesses can I start?

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Info on the history of Vetiver use in perfume industry

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What businesses can I start?

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Vision of Canaries - St Lucia (4 Green Sub-Businesses)

To lead in environmental awareness and action in the community.

We are not waiting for the Ministry of Education, even though that’s where I work, we want to do it on our own.

We intend to create and support community development and economic growth through the application of grant funding in the first instance, and eventually create sources of income so that we can continue to be sustainable and stand on our own. We are building resilience by making Canaries into the place that it is supposed to be.

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To date, the EbA Project Teams and vibrant communities have already planted over 200,000 vetiver plants in the coastal and upland areas.

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The EBA project has successfully established nurseries across all four countries and achieved export of vetiver plants from Dominica to Antigua. In doing so, two thriving nurseries now flourish in Bendals and the GARD Center.

With our partner, IAMovement, and the expertise of IICA’s Climate, Soil & Water Specialists, the project is forging a path toward resilient and sustainable farming practices, nurturing the dreams of a greener, better tomorrow.

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