July 22nd, 2010 by Admin
At Ngambe, we always love to see projects that use wood in new and innovative ways so we LOVE Shwood Eyewear.
The Portland based company hand makes hip sunglasses using wood from around the world including Ngambe favorites wenge and zebrawood! Custom shades are created by mixing and matching various color lenses set in frames of rosewood, wenge, zebrawood and maple. We checked out their blog (http://shwoodshop.com/shwoodblog/) and Shwood is also experimenting with a few other woods, including Koa from Hawaii.
Photo: Shwood’s Facebook Page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shwood-Eyewear)
Several fashion blogs have picked up on the company which started a year ago. Priced at just over $100 a pair, Ngambe is about to order some shades and not just for the novelty of this wood product, we’re having a heat wave in NYC and we need to deflect some of that sun!
Take a look at some of their styles below. What pair do you think we should get? Do you like the trend or should we stick with some good ole’ Ray-Bans?
Shwood’s Govy sunglasses, with zebrawood frames.
Shwood’s Canaby sunglasses, East Indian rosewood frames
Shwood’s Canaby sunglasses, maple frames.
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June 19th, 2010 by Admin
MADAGASCAR RESUMES SHIPMENT OF ILLEGALLY LOGGED TIMBER DESPITE MORATORIUM
http://bit.ly/9uz5HM
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June 15th, 2010 by Admin
Ninety-two percent of Rwanda is covered by a national health plan…The premiums are $2 per year!!
http://nyti.ms/9uISpQ
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June 9th, 2010 by Admin
Gabon is home to some of Africa’s most biodiverse rainforests. With around 80 percent of the country forested, Gabon has an estimated 8,000-10,000 species of plants (20 percent of which are endemic), over 670 species of birds, and nearly 200 mammals including lowland gorillas, chimpanzees, 10 species of monkeys, forest elephants, and even hippos that surf ocean waves. Gabon is one of few places on Earth where primary tropical rainforest extends all the way to the beach. Offshore the country has a wealth of marine life including a large population of humpback whales.
Enjoy the great read!
http://nyti.ms/biPjY0
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May 20th, 2010 by Admin
Interesting article on the Key to the survival of the next generation of sustainable buildings!
http://nyti.ms/9kBEn6
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May 17th, 2010 by Admin
Third party certification has not produced the desired / expected success. It is great to see these nations take matter into their own hands and enforce sustainable commerce and practices.
Great step by the Central African nation!
http://bit.ly/9cQlFS
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May 9th, 2010 by Admin
A very interesting study was recently published with findings that quantify global gross forest cover loss.
What would come as a surprise to most, of the word’s six forest-containing continents, North America (US, Canada) lost the most forest while the African countries lost the least. Perhaps a holistic approach to forest management centered around addressing the drivers of deforestation specific to local environments vs. the current approach of heavy monitoring and standardized compliance enforcement will lead to less forest loss.
Maybe, just maybe we know a thing or two about preserving our trees and forests in Africa!
Enjoy reading!
http://bit.ly/9ZnZlY
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April 29th, 2010 by Admin
Africa can fight climate change while uplifting rural communities and protecting wildlife!
http://bit.ly/b5V8KN
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April 19th, 2010 by Admin
http://nyti.ms/9JYcez
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March 29th, 2010 by Admin
Indigenous Tree Planting & Forest Conservation Project in Northern Uganda
Check out the plight of these incredible women and girls in Northern Uganda who are working to rebuild after decades of conflict.
http://cafwaafrica.org/videos/tree_planting.mov
Their programs now involve 1400 women, working in micro-financing, agricultural support work, natural resource management and adult literacy. The need is enormous and they could easily double the number of women and girls we work with if more funding became available.
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