Sustainability is the primary value of Abalone Ave. I feel a deep sense of responsibility to protect and preserve the environment and its inhabitants, which continually inspire and fuel my creativity. Here are some of the ways Abalone Ave works to be as sustainable as possible:
- We buy our materials in small batches, and recycle/reuse all scrap metals to minimize waste.
- We use old National Geographic pages as an alternative to tissue paper in our small ring boxes, and we ship our products in 100% compostable mailers.
- We source a lot of our unique beads from second hand stores to promote circular fashion.
- The drawstring bags that our earrings are shipped in are plastic free and are meant to be reused for anything you can think of.
- All of our sea glass is hand picked, mostly from local Santa Barbara beaches, and I collect trash as I beach comb as well.
- We source most other beads that are not second hand from small sellers or local bead shops.
- We donate portions of our profits from select in person markets to organizations that work to protect our coastline and marine wildlife, such as The Surfrider Foundation and The Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute.