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Creative Collabs: Third Eye Headlamps

Have you ever wished your adventure wear came with a little more style?

The peeps over at Third Eye Headlamps bring style and practicality together to deliver you outdoor gear that’s a little more “you”.

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Creative Collabs: Sunski

Sunski is a killer combination of adventure, style, and social responsibility.  Launched on Kickstarter in 2012, the company makes high-quality shades, perfect for any outdoor adventure.  Each pair is polarized and comes in a durable travel box!

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Creative Collabs: Simply Straws

Simply Straws was started by the Sladics family, who were on a mission to provide safer and more sustainable alternatives to plastic straws (basically the coolest family ever!)

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Creative Collabs: Brush with Bamboo

If you’re looking for an easy way to transition into a more eco-friendly lifestyle, then you are in the right place!

Brush with Bamboo was founded in California by the Kumar family. They consistently make efforts to live sustainably, including the development their own organic permaculture garden that produces 5,000 pounds of food annually. The idea for a bamboo toothbrush rose out of their desire to shift to a zero-waste lifestyle, and reduce the amount of waste ending up in our oceans and landfills.

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Limited Edition Artist Series Now Live

An Interview with our featured Artist: Shay McAnally   

Can you tell us a bit about your background, where you draw inspiration from and how culture weaves into your work?

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Mayan Gods & Spaceships in Texas: A Limited Edition Artist Series Collection is coming soon...

Hey Tribe!

We’ve got something exciting coming, just in time for the holidays!

If you remember in 2013, we partnered with Texas artist, Shay McAnally, and launched our first ever Artist Series Threads. 

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Viva con Agua!

Water is one of the most important foundations for life on earth, that is why we’ve committed to doing our part to helping the Water Protectors in North Dakota and their work towards preserving clean water, and we are proud to announce that our Ethnotek team in Germany have joined forces with Viva con Agua to help bring water to those who need it most!

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Ethnotek featured in the Textile Institute of England's Publication

We couldn't be more thrilled and honored to be featured in this month's publication by the Textile Institute

The Textile Institute is a unique organisation in textiles, clothing and footwear. It was incorporated in England by a Royal Charter granted in 1925 and is a registered charity.

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Artisan & Culture

This colorful section of the blog is to highlight the culture & handmade process of our artisans and to share other relevant articles on anthropology and hand-craft.

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Travel & Community

Track Ethnoteks adventures and see what our community is up to. This is a place we'll feature our Tribe of customers and all the awesomeness that you're up to. To be featured tag @ethnotekbags and #etktribe on social media.

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