Archive for June, 2010

We’re stoked to receive this shipment of super healthy and natural lip balms, which we’ll soon be selling online. But wowsa, we weren’t quite expecting to open the box and see this mountain of product staring up at us. Just to give you some perspective, the box measures 16″x14″x8″, which means a whole lotta SPF goodness. You could easily hide a kitten or two in there, but please don’t do that, because it’d probably freak them out. Our O-Natural lip balm is made with amazing ingredients, namely organic calendula, organic comfrey, organic lavender, organic plantain, organic yarrow, organic extra virgin olive oil, organic beeswax, and essential oils.

We’ll be selling more products soon, so check our our online store frequently– in the meantime, order up a stick of this moisturizing and protective lip balm to get you through the summer!

Before the U.S. took over Hawaii in the late 1800s, the Hawaiian land management system was based around the ahupua’a.  Ahupua’a by definition was one tier in the hierarchy of the old Hawaiian land divisions.  An ahupua’a usually encompassed the wedge of land between the high point of a valley through the valley walls and stream, all the way to the ocean.  Communities were defined by their ahupua’a, and the idea was that in order for each community to sustain themselves, they needed to maintain the health of their ahupua’a from the top down.   If the forest and stream are kept alive and healthy, then the reef and ocean will also stay alive and healthy.  Visit Limahuli Gardens on Kauai’s North shore to see an beautiful functioning ahupua’a.