Subscription Box
What Box; Globe In July 2015
Theme; Wander
What is Globe In; GlobeIn is an Artisan box. The description
states; “Experience “the globe in a box” – A monthly subscription of
artisan-made products from around the world”
Cost; $35 per month, 3 months at $33 per month ($99) or 6 months
at $30 per month ($180)
What I paid; Globe In had offered one month free with the 3 or
6-month plan. I paid $66 for three months
What did I get?
Product; Mosquito Repellent
From; South Sudan
Description from booklet; Alice Konga is all too familiar with the
price of violence. After years in Ugandan refugee camps, she has found piece in
her native Kajo Keji County and in her for Lulu Life.
Each cooperative supports 20 Kuku women who press dried shea nuts
into oil.
Product; Elephant Travel Journal
From; Sri Lanka
Description from booklet; Your journal protects Wild elephants by
giving them economic value.
Elephants eat about 330 pounds a day. The eat grasses, shrubs and
everything else they can get their trunks on. Thanks to this high volume, all
vegan diet, elephant dung makes the perfect fibrous base for rich, recycled
paper.
Product; Drawstring Backback
From; Sri Lanka
Description from booklet; Aparna Samarankoon creates empowerment by
putting traditional textiles to imaginative uses
Product; Moringa Bar
From; Ghana
Description from booklet; With twice the protein of greek yogart, 4
times the calcium of milk and 7 times the vitamin C of orange juice, moringa
may be the ultimate superfood
