Meet The Hawaiian Skincare Company That's Saving Sea Turtles
And How Hawaii's Indigenous Spirit of Good Luck is Rapidly Disappearing
The World Conservation Union (IUCN) has identified five major hazards to sea turtles:
1. Fisheries
Sea turtles virtually everywhere are affected by fisheries, especially longlines, gill nets, and trawls. The most severe of these impacts are death after entanglement, habitat destruction and food web changes.
2. Direct Take
Sea turtles and their eggs are killed by people throughout the world for food, and for products including oil, leather, and shell.
3. Coastal Development
Sea turtle habitats are degraded and destroyed by coastal development. This includes both shoreline and seafloor alterations, such as nesting beach degradation, seafloor dredging, vessel traffic, construction, and alteration of vegetation.
4. Pollution
Plastics, discarded fishing gear, petroleum by-products, and other debris harm and kill sea turtles through ingestion and entanglement. Light pollution disrupts nesting behavior and causes hatchling death by leading them away from the sea. Chemical pollutants can weaken sea turtles’ immune systems, making them susceptible to disease.
5. Climate change
Climate change will increase the frequency of extreme weather events, result in loss of nesting beaches, and cause other alterations to critical sea turtle habitats and basic oceanographic processes. It may impact natural gender ratios of hatchlings and increase the likelihood of disease outbreaks for sea turtles.
Sources: Caribbean Conservation Corporation and Todd Steiner, Sea Turtle Restoration Project.
About the Ancient Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle "Honu"
There are seven species of sea turtles in the world, four of which can be found in the Hawaiian Islands - the green sea turtle, the hawksbill, the leatherback, and the olive ridley. The green sea turtle is the most common species of sea turtle in Hawaii and one of the few to have seen numbers rise in recent decades due to conservation efforts.
The green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) is among the largest marine turtles. Green sea turtles have been swimming the oceans for over 200 million years and are one of the few species on Earth believed to have lived through the evolution and extinction of the dinosaurs and ice ages, roaming the seas before the Hawaiian Islands even existed.
The nesting ritual of the sea turtle is as ancient as it is unique. When the female is ready to hatch, she waits to bob the surf until the calm and coolness of the evening. At the right moment, she moves over the sand shedding large tears with excess salt. The tears also protect her eyes from the sharp sand. With her flippers, she digs a two-foot deep hole, then crouches over it, and lays her eggs. During a single season, she might fill three or four nests with up to 100 eggs in each. And after filling the nest with sand, she will dart back to the water, her mission complete for two to three years, when she mates again.
But not all her eggs will hatch, and not all the two-inch, one-ounce hatchlings will be able to run through the salty surf into the freedom of their adolescent turtle life. Rats, mongooses, people, fungi, crabs, dogs, larvae, prey on the precious eggs. The few babies that survive, have to dig themselves out of the sand and run for life.
The development of resorts, beach houses, and beach lights, new vegetation, artificial sand, beach construction, as well as beach erosion, can confuse the hatchling enough for it to run in the wrong direction, towards lights and even highways. At times it's unable to crawl out from the sand at all. Thousands of eggs might produce only a handful of mature sea turtles!
The Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle is the only indigenous reptile found in Hawaii, but for Hawaiians, the Honu is a symbol of good luck in the form of a guardian spirit or Amakusa. The Honu pattern is depicted in ancient petroglyphs as well as in modern graphic form. For Hawaiians then and now, the Honu represents the navigator, and the eternal link between man, the land and the sea. One Hawaiian legend tells of a large Honu, Kauila
Sources: The Struggle Of The Ancients by Veronica S. Schweitzer,
THE HAWAIIAN HONU – SYMBOL OF WISDOM AND GOOD LUCK
The Legend of Kauila
In Hawaii, legend tells about a green sea turtle, Kauila, who could change herself into a girl to watch over the children playing at Punalu'u Beach on the Big Island. When Kauila's mother dug her nest, a freshwater spring surged upward, quenching the children's thirst. Kauila is the "mythical mother" of all turtles, and perhaps of our children as well. It's also said that turtles were the guides for the first voyagers to Hawaii.
Our Mission to Heal The World - and Your Skin
Here at Hawaiian Healing Skin Care, we are donating a portion of every sale directly to the Wild Hawaiian Wildlife Fund. We love helping to save wildlife, conserve our oceans, and giving back to the amazing islands that make up Hawaii.
Our mission is to help the environment, which is why we only use all-natural and organic ingredients sourced directly from local Hawaiian farms to make our nourishing skincare line.
When you use our all-natural and organic products, not only will your skin thank you, but so will the turtles.
Rich in vitamins, nutrients, beta-carotene, and essential fatty acids, this cream deeply nourishes, moisturizes, hydrates and stimulates collagen production.
Instantly reducing wrinkles and fine lines.
Absorbs quickly leaving your skin silky smooth.
Every day you'll feel more confident; your skin will become more elastic, softer and more youthful.
Hawaiian Healing Revitalizing Cream
In the Hawaiian islands far away from the commercial influence the secrets to healthy skin are passed from mother to daughter. These natural secret formulas learned over generations simply cannot be recreated with mass-produced, petrochemical-based lotions and creams. The effects come from nature. By working in small handcrafted batches using only the purest extracts and freshest ingredients our artisans blend Hawaiian Healing's Pure Revitalizing Cream just for you.
The Hawaiian Healing Story
After being a homeopathic practitioner for 25 years, I founded Nature’s Innovation Inc. in 2004, which allotted me the opportunities to travel worldwide, to discover rich, high-quality ingredients from all over the world. It has also allowed me to meet directly with growers, farmers, essential oil distillers, and manufacturers who provide us with only the highest quality ingredients available.
The one place that grabbed my heart and resonated with my soul was Hawaii. The natural diversity, culture, and pure beauty of the Hawaiian islands took my breath away. In 2011 while on a research mission of Hawaiian oils, the concept of Hawaiian Healing was born. I began to forge strong relationships with a number of very reputable farm owners in Hawaii to bring Hawaiian Healing to life.
Thank you for learning about Hawaiian Healing and our products. We wish you nothing but good health, wellness, and happiness.
Sincerely,
Bill Carlson
Founder, Hawaiian Healing
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