Soltara + One Million Acres | Amazon Conservation Collaboration
Saving the Amazon, One Acre at a Time
We have partnered with One Million Acres (OMA), a non-profit working to protect Amazonian rainforest through artisan-made goods and public awareness.
Through this collaboration — and the support of the Soltara community — we have helped protect over 2,000 acres of rainforest and plant more than 2,000 Palo Santo trees. And counting!
How a bracelet protects an acre
Every OMA bracelet carries three kinds of impact at once:
- An acre protected. Each bracelet funds the protection of a full acre of endangered rainforest through OMA's conservation partner, Rainforest Trust.
- A tree planted. Alongside protecting standing forest, OMA replants in areas already cleared, working to restore what has been lost.
- Indigenous empowerment. Each bracelet is regeneratively cultivated and made by Indigenous artisans and provides steady, fair-trade income.
That third pillar is critical. Forests stewarded by Indigenous communities are far less likely to be cleared. When people can earn a living through work that protects the forest, the economic pressure to extract from it eases. Conservation and livelihood move in the same direction - towards collective thriving.
Why the rainforest
Rainforests are sometimes called the lungs of the planet. They generate a significant share of the world's oxygen, move the world's atmosphere, and hold billions of tons of carbon that would otherwise be in the air we all breathe — which makes standing forest one of the most effective climate tools we have.
They are also home to the majority of land species on Earth. Deforestation puts many of them at risk of disappearing within our lifetimes.
Protecting what still stands is the most direct thing we can do. Replanting matters, and - it cannot keep pace with clearing on its own.
Made from the forest, for the forest
The bracelets are made entirely from organic materials sourced in the Amazon, which means they are fully biodegradable.
The beads are carved from tagua, a nut that grows on Amazonian palms. It's sometimes called eco-ivory for how closely it resembles ivory in look and feel, offering an alternative to a trade that has devastated elephant populations.
The cord is chambira, a natural palm fiber that Indigenous artisans harvest, process, and hand-dye.
Both materials regenerate on their own. No trees are cut to harvest either one.
Packaging you can plant
Each bracelet arrives in compostable paper embedded with a non-invasive wildflower blend.
Write your vision on it. Plant it. Tend it. Watch it grow.
Where this fits
Reciprocity has been part of Soltara since the beginning — supporting Shipibo families and cultural preservation, protecting the Amazon and critical biodiversity, and investing in the ecosystems that make this work possible. The Amazon is where the Ayahuasca tradition lives. Caring for it is part of caring for the people who have carried that tradition forward.
Every bracelet is one acre of life protected - and as Shipibo healer Maestra Karina shares, "protecting life also transforms our own".