Our Organic farm in Brazil:

The web site of our little farm is : www.sci-culture.com/ecobrazil

Cocoart customers are invited to spend a week in our farm and eco camping site as our guests.

Cocoart customers are more than welcome to visit our site in Brazil, were we plant most of the materials we use. Those include coconut dende, coconut pati, coconut piacava, woods and various types of seeds. Furthermore, various exotic tropical fruits are grown, such as mangaba, papaya, cupuacu, "ordinary"coconut (for water and fruit), pineapples, etc.... Piacava coconuts are grown inside the jungle and we produced a video showming our concern with this particular species of tree (http://sci-culture.com/ecobrazil/piacava.html) .

The premises have no electricity but there is plenty of water available, shower and a toilet. Cooking is done outdoors, using dried wood. Camping facilities are available, at a cost of around £3 per person/ day. There are plenty of ecotourism activities around us.

The exceptional beauty of the site is due to the presence of the jungle and the river inside it, although there is also an open area where there is plenty of Sun all year round.

Cocoart Fair trade policy:

Cocoart is based in Brighton (UK). It aims to support indigenous tribes in Brazil by helping to retail their crafts over the internet. We buy our products directly from Brazilian indians; some of them we know for over 20 years. During this period we enjoyed a mutually fruitful relationship.The natives enjoy our presence and we exchange gifts and information. We aim to increase our sales so that we can deliver more money to these populations, which we admire very much. These are very friendly people. A video, produced by cocoart, portraying their lifestyle and showing where some of the natural materials comes from can be seen here. In addition to money, we have been providing them with notebooks (for the children), pencils, flip-flops and other basic items that are common in the industrialized world but difficult for them to obtain.

We have produced a video portaying the lives of members of this indigenous tribe, who shows where they collect the seeds used to make jewellery.

Cocoart organic:

We promote the use of natural jewelry, made of seeds, pods, nuts and other natural materials as way of avoiding industrialized products, like plastics and metals. The harvest of seeds for jewellery purposes is sustainable and the natives have been learning how to plant the seeds they need in order to perpetuate and increase their seeds output. The production is totally organic as most of the plants have grown naturally. Only recently the indians started planting the species that provide the sees they want. These populations haven't got access to chemical fertilizers or pesticides. In fact, they don't need this stuff as they live in a very privileged area which is free from most pests.

Furthermore, we believe people gain a lot of energy by having seeds next to their bodies, as these are the ultimate source of life in the planet.

Please contact us for more information.

Our address in Britain:

Cocoart

19 Woburn Place

Brighton

BN1 9GA

UK

phone:(44) 01273682351

mobile: (44) 07949342109

email: sales@cocoart.co.uk

Contact: Ricardo Esplugas