Certified Wildlife Friendly™ is proud to be featured again in AVEDA’s holiday gift line. AVEDA is committed to creating a better and independent future for the communities they work with and the environments they steward.  2012 marks AVEDA’s fifth year of buying beautiful handmade lokta bark paper from Nepal for its holiday gift sets, and its third year of sourcing paper that is  Certified Wildlife Friendly™.  This partnership has employed over 4900 people — 90% of them women — and has protected 34,000 acres of forest which provides habitat for endangered species as well as fighting climate change.   To learn more about this unique partnership watch this video “Himalayan Joy:  Improving Lives with Paper.”