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Armando Ramirez's newest creation shows us that the magic of Christmas can be present in every element. Working with recycled auto parts, the artisan follows a meticulous process that allows him to craft this stunning statuette of an enchanting Christmas tree. With a rustic finish, this charming work is also an eco-friendly decorative item that helps the environment recover from pollution.

Inspired by the ideologies of people like Albert Einstein and Martin Luther King, Jr., Ghanaian artisan Akwele Suma hand-crafts a lovely beaded pendant necklace recreating nature, animals and humans living together in harmony as a symbol of justice and peace. A collection of lovely charms depicting people, trees, fish, elephants, birds, houses, the globe and a pendant of the scales of justice are handmade from recycled cardboard, detailed with ink, knotted onto a silk cord and topped with sese wood beads.

Ghana's Eliasu Adams carves a leaf in exquisite detail from ebony wood for a fabulous keychain that is also environmentally friendly because it is embellished with beads made from recycled glass and plastic. The lovely keychain is finished with a nylon cord and a stainless steel ring.

An eco-friendly journal is designed by artisan Komang Sulaksana in Bali from natural materials. Made with banana tree bark, it is embellished with a soursop leaf, a cinnamon stick and natural agel cords. It also features forty unlined pages made from recycled rice straw paper to keep a record of your thoughts and emotions, important dates and much more.

Komang Sulaksana gorgeous, handmade journal is perfect for writing in the woods or under a tree in your favorite park. The Balinese artisan hand crafts the journal's cover from fern wood and banana bark. Bound with agel grass, the album opens to 80 pages of rice straw paper perfect for doodles and drawings of all kinds.