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EQUALITY OUR APPLIQUÉ DESIGNS ARE INDIVIDUALLY HAND SEWN BY SKILLED CRAFTS WOMEN IN NEPAL. WE ADHERE TO EMPLOYMENT GUIDELINES SET FORTH BY FAIR LABOR ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH ADVOCATING HIGHER SALARIES AND NEVER EMPLOYING CHILD LABOR. THE PRODUCTION OF OUR GARMENTS EMPOWERS THIS GROUP OF NEARLY 150 WOMEN WITH THE ABILITY TO WORK FROM HOME, SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES WITH THE LIVING WAGE INCOME EARNED AND GIVES THEM A SENSE OF PRIDE AND INDEPENDENCE.
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EDUCATION SYNERGY ORGANIC CLOTHNG + PADHMA CREATION HAVE PARTNERED TOGETHER TO CREATE A COLLECTION OF NATURAL WOOL ACCESSORIES FOR THE 2015 HOLIDAY SEASON. PADHMA CREATION BEGAN WITH THE GOAL TO PROVIDE WORK FOR WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN RESCUED FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, TRAFFICKING AND POVERTY IN NEPALGUNJ - A SMALL BORDER TOWN BETWEEN NEPAL AND INDIA. SINCE IT’S BEGINNING IN 2009, PADHMA HAS EXPANDED INTO OTHER NEIGHBORING REGIONS AND NOW EMPLOYS MORE THAN 50 WORKERS. THE PURCHASE OF THESE ACCESSORIES PROVIDES DIRECT RELIEF TO THIS GROUP BY PROVIDING EDUCATION FOR THEIR CHILDREN. PADHMA CREATION BELIEVES THAT EMPOWERING WOMEN AND EDUCATING THE NEXT GENERATION IS A LONG-TERM SOLUTION FOR HELPING END VIOLENCE AND CREATING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.
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CREATIVIT EACH EST WST PRODUCT IS CONSCIOUSLY CRAFTED FROM CERTIFIED ORGANIC COTTON, HEMP, AND WATERPROOF LINING MADE FROM RECYCLED PLASTICS. THEY ALSO PARTNER WITH RURAL WEAVERS FOR THEIR HANDLOOM TEXTILES, OFFERING AN AUTHENTIC PIECE OF CULTURE DIRECTLY FROM RURAL ARTISANS, WHILE PROVIDING A SUSTAINABLE FORM OF INCOME FOR THEIR PARTNER COMMUNITIES. THROUGH THE PURCHASE OF EST WST PRODUCTS, YOU SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION OF A DYING CRAFT AND THE LIVELIHOOD OF MARGINALIZED GROUPS IN NEPAL AND INDIA. TO ENCOURAGE CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD, 10% OF EACH SALE IS DEDICATED TO AN INCUBATOR FUND TO ACTIVATE A CREATIVE OR INNOVATIVE PROJECT IN NEPAL EACH YEAR. WITH A 42% UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND 2/3RDS OF NEPALESE MEN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 15-44 WORKING OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY, THEY RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO DEVELOP FROM WITHIN. THROUGH OUR CONSUMPTION WE CREATE CONNECTIONS AND DRIVE AUTHENTICITY THROUGH CREATIVITY.
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NABILITY ACCORDING TO THE WORLD BANK, 17-20% OF INDUSTRIAL WATER POLLUTION COMES FROM TEXTILE DYEING AND TREATMENT. 72 TOXIC CHEMICALS IN OUR WATER COME SOLELY FROM TEXTILE DYEING, OF WHICH 30 CANNOT BE REMOVED. AT SYNERGY ORGANIC CLOTHING WE ONLY USE LOW IMPACT DYES AND MINIMIZE FINISHES, WHICH SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASES OUR WATER POLLUTION FOOTPRINT BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER PRODUCTION.
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AT SYNERGY ORGANIC CLOTHING, WE CARRY A CUR ED COLLECTION OF JEWELRY + ACCESSORIES WHIC HANDCRAFTED ON THE WEST COAST. THE MAJORIT OUR PIECES ARE PURCHASED FROM LOCAL ARTISAN MAKERS WITHIN OUR IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY. THI LOCAL” APPROACH SUPPORTS OUR DIRECT ECONOM WE BUY AND SELL JEWELRY + ACCESSORIES CREATING JOBS AND ENCOURAGING THE COAST. SALE OF H WHICH ARE HANDCRAFTED ON THE WEST MADE (RATHER THAN PRODUCED) GOODS. THE MAJORITY OF OUR MASS PIECES ARE PURCHASED
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TRADITION CASHMERE PRODUCTION IN NEPAL IS A CRAFT THAT DATES BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS. HOWEVER, SINCE THE EARLY 1990S, MUCH OF THE WORLD’S CASHMERE PRODUCTION HAS BEEN MOVED TO CHINA STRAINING A ONCE THRIVING INDUSTRY IN THE POVERTY STRICKEN KATHMANDU VALLEY OF NEPAL. BY SUPPORTING CASHMERE PASHMINA PRODUCTION IN NEPAL WE ARE BUOYING UP AN ENDANGERED HISTORIC NEPALI CRAFT BY PRESERVING PRODUCTION WITH PREVIOUSLY IMPACTED LOCAL WEAVERS.
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OUR STORY Synergy Organic Clothing was founded by Kate Fisher during her first trip to Nepal in the fall of 1993. Inspired by the beautiful fabrics and textiles of South East Asia and by the friendships she made there, Kate returned home and began to design clothing based on this inspiration. The roots of Synergy were born. In the fall of 2006, she partnered with her husband Henry Schwab to grow and expand her vision of an 42
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eco-conscious clothing company. Together they formed a family operated business committed to producing clothing with the highest environmental and ethical principles at the core— a company that also provides employment for women in Nepal. Since those beginnings over 20 years ago, Synergy has become a global brand that has won accolades in the press for fair trade ethics and stylish, fashion forward clothing. 888.466.0411 EXT. 2
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