Hand Crafted Treeless Paper & Eco-Leather Journal – Morocco

Journal craft meets cotton paper - the skills to make these journals are passed through generations in Rajasthan, India.

The cotton-waste paper of the journal is treeless. Artisans convert cotton waste into a pulp to create richly textured, 100% tree-free recycled paper pages with a uniquely soft feel.

Leather is carefully controlled in India, as it needs to take into account cultural, religious and social factors. Sometimes called cruelty-free leather, the leather used here is from animals that have naturally died. The tanning is vegetable-based, providing for an eco-way of dyeing the leather.

It's worth noting that vegetable-tanned leather tends to be stiffer initially and may require more time to break-in compared to chemical tanned leather. However, it is highly regarded for its natural aging and patina development, as well as its eco-friendliness.

The journal features handmade cotton, waste paper, cruelty-free leather cover, Fair Trade India, 192 Pages and measures 16cm x 12cm.

Fair Trade is a system of certification that aims to ensure a set of standards are met in the production and supply of a product or ingredient. For farmers and workers, Fair Trade means workers’ rights, safer working conditions and fairer pay. For shoppers it means high quality, ethically produced products.

When you purchase Fair Trade products, you're contributing to higher global standards for people and the planet. With every purchase, you help create a world where producers can treat our global family ethically while offering sustainable products. Fair Trade certification requires a minimum price for products.

Fair trade is an arrangement designed to help producers in growing countries achieve sustainable and equitable trade relationships. The Fair Trade movement combines the payment of higher prices to exporters with improved social and environmental standards. The movement focuses in particular on commodities, or products that are typically exported from developing countries to developed countries, but is also used in domestic markets (e.g., Brazil, the United Kingdom, and Bangladesh), most notably for handicrafts, coffee, cocoa, wine, sugar, fruit, flowers, and gold.