Giftware spreads the island love

CHRISTMAS is a time for giving and Noosa-based social enterprise Loving Islands has hand-crafted homeware sets to help gift givers to provide a little extra these holidays.
The ethically-sourced, certified organic Fairtrade cotton homeware sets are designed and printed by hand at Loving Islands’ Noosa studio and all profits from the $25 sale price are donated to help train a Pacific island farmer in organic food production.
Each gift pack contains a cotton tea towel, cotton grocery bag and gift card designed locally at Loving Islands’ Sunshine Beach studio and printed on FSC-certified paper.
Loving Islands helps Pacific island communities to improve their standards of living through organic Fairtrade food production.
This year they formed the Matuku Island Organic Farming Project in Fiji, in partnership with the US Embassy’s Regional Environment Office in Suva and the Pacific Organic and Ethical Trade Community (POETCom).
Loving Island contributions to the project currently include the provision of renewable energy systems, payment of internet fees for remote communities, on-island farm workshops, farmer consultations and provision of library and education materials.
The gift packs can be bought from Noosa stockists Tres Nossa, The Shared or Streets of Harlem Cafe or online at www.lovingislands.com.