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We love elephants! Any size any colour any ele #elephant #soapstone #soapstonecarving #fairtrade #africancarving #stonebowl #elephantbowl #ethicallymade #redelephant #elephantsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BqYKYktntcL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qq61qw1cr29

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Hey - clip of Kisii soapstone quarry - really hard work to extract the stone for the Artisans - beautiful lush green countryside but only $3 /day for the quarrymen #soapstone #quarry #ethical #ethicaltrade #stoneart #stonesculpture #africanstoneart #kenya #stoneware #fairtrade #fairtradeafrica #africa https://www.instagram.com/p/BqN3xSZn5JJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3et7vbev29ty

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Relax & support Fair Trade - like Blue, our new Rag Doll kitten 🐱 #ragdollcat #cat #kittens #fairtrade #ethicallymade #ethicaltrade #fairtradeafrica https://www.instagram.com/p/BqN4ES9n8K2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1and16aq2ymqj

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On holiday in Catalonia right now - enjoying down-time with family. In evening when kids gone to bed, thinking over glass of something how lucky I am to be born in a wealthy part of the world & planning next business steps to hopefully enable others to share the North’s wealth through fair trade. Now that would be a great thing to go home to! #fair trade #olivewood #elephant #hippo #rhino #giraffe #lion #zebra #napkinrings #napkinholders #wildolivewood #kisii #ethicaltrade

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Handmade creations in Wild Olivewood from Kenya. The artisans camp around the Olive trees in the bush & create amazing bowls, servers, cheese boards, spoons etc - each is unique #olivewood #olive #handmade #handcrafted #woodenbowl #olivewoodboard #olivewoodbowl #saladservers #olivewoodservers #maassai #woodenkitchenware

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Visiting a soapstone quarry in Kisii, Kenya - beautiful countryside - v hard work to quarry, cut & transport back to the workshops on the back of motorbikes #soapstone #quarry #stonequarry #ethicaltrade #kisii #fairtrade #stonecarving #stonesculpture

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Women making sisal bags in Nairobi - the bags hanging up are beaded leather bags - amazing colours from the Maasai #sisal #sisalbag #handbags #leatherbag #beadedbag #maasai #ethicaltrade #ethicallymade #fairtrade #fashionbag #leatherbag #leatherhandbag (at Nairobi, Kenya)

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Love Djembe? Keep yours safe the West African way! Crazy designs for cool drummers 🥁#djembe #drum #drumbag #tomtom #bongo #bongodrum #africandrumming #senegal #africanmusic

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Joseph making sets of coasters in soapstone - Kisii, Kenya - each item created using one or two basic tools, made from a single piece of rock quarried locally. Then decorated with African wildlife, polished & taken to a local market. Very clever. #soapstone #coasters #ethicaltrade #handmade #africanart #elephant #rhino #artisan #kisii #wildlife #fairtrade

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Tricky decision - orange or red elephants? Handmade in Kisii, Kenya (its orange for me) #soapstonebowl #fairtrade #elephant #elephants #elephantbowl #elephantsofinstagram #redelephant #orangeelephant #fruitbowl #stoneart #stonebowl #snackbowl #jewellerybowl #trinketbowl #trunk #africanelephant

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Each morning I stagger half awake downstairs still partly in dreamland put the kettle on grab a teabag and pour milk over my cereal or sometimes myself. Then I pick up my solid stone bowl, created from a single piece of soapstone from an African quarry. I lift it up and I feel I’m holding onto the planet. It feels real - not a lightweight mass produced consumer ceramic imitation of life, but the real thing. 100% natural. Made by hand. From a single piece or rock. Oh yeah. Then I start my day. #fairtrade #soapstone #ethical #ethicaltrade #stonebowl #real #cereal #bowl #ceramicbowl #kitchenware #handmade #ohyeah #savetheplanet

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Divided Bowl Carved from Wild Olive wood in Kenya with cow horn inserts - add natural oil to bring out the grain, fill with snacks & enjoy! Yippee #olivewood #olive #olivegarden #olives #olivebowl #woodenbowl #saladservers #naturalbowl #ethicallymade #ethical #fairtrade #woodencarving #africanbowl #olivewooddesigns #snackbowl #crispsbowl #saladbowl

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Our free range rescue chickens (& cockerel) enjoying a cool evening #chicken #chickensofinstagram #cockerel #freerangechickens #exbatteryhens #eggs #henhouse

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Our handcrafted Soapstone bowls and platters from Kisii, Kenya are great at keeping food cool for longer. Fantastic for fruit, cheese, salad, sushi, breakfast cereal. You can even put the stone in the fridge / freezer and serve ice cream or sorbet. Created from one piece of stone - 100% natural - bought directly from the Artisan cooperative which makes them - amazing! #soapstone #fairtrade #ethicallymade #naturalstonedesign #naturalstonekitchware #stonekitchenware #handcrafted #fruitbowl #stonefruitbowl #dessertbowl #breakfastbowl #cheeseboard #sushi #sushistone #handmade #cerealbowl #stonebowl #bowl #naturalbowl

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Rescue chickens with their cockerel- enjoying free range life. Were a bit tatty & featherless, now looking good! #chickens #chickensofinstagram #cockerel #rescuechickens #freerangechickens #eggs #chickencoop #henhouse #farmchicken #smallholding #smallholdingsfarm

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We all need to be rescued sometimes - we take on 2 or 3 lambs most years - either ewes had dies lambing or lambs need more care than a shepherd with 500 others is able to give - then one year later all healthy enjoying life all pain forgotten - we all need saving sometimes #lamb #rescue #rescueanimals #rescuelove #rescuelife #dowhatyoulove #dowhatisright #sheep #sheeps #rescuedog #saveananimal #rspca #

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Alice our enthusiastic ratter #labrador #labrador_class #labrador_pictures #labradorretriever #labrador_lovers #labradorsofinstagram #labradorable #rat #ratterriersofinstagram #ratter