Brazilian Beauty Secrets: The Teadora Blog

January 19, 2020

Deforestation and Global Warming: Worse Than All Cars and Trucks Combined

Is it true that cutting and burning trees adds more global warming pollution to the atmosphere than all the cars and trucks in the world combined?

February 21, 2017

5 Things You Do Every Day to Destroy the Rainforest

Most of us recognize rainforests are important, even beyond the massive climate change impact.  They are the lungs of our world, providing us with oxygen. Their plants source 25% of our pharmaceuticals despite only 1% of them having been studied for medicinal benefits and every acre destroyed is potentially another life-saving...

December 13, 2016

What, Me Worry? About the Amazon?

Very few people really understand the magnitude of the threat that deforestation of the Amazon brings all of us, generally understanding broadly that there is an effect on climate change or habitat destruction.  But the truth is, it goes way beyond such a simple link.  We built Teadora to be...

November 20, 2016

Pollution - The enemy of great skin!

Air Pollution and Your Skin – an Anti-Aging Introduction Air Pollution: Enemy of Your Skin The World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced a major milestone in air pollution, and it is not the kind of milestone one hopes for!  The air we breathe, that touches our skin every day, is getting...

October 23, 2016

Starry Nights

Explore remote areas of the Rainforest - A film documentary called Uncharted Amazon...

October 23, 2016

Saving the Rainforests, Follow me on a journey through remote areas of Brazil to kick off Teadora's Earth for you. You for Earth! Movement

Teadora is committed to creating great value for customers. That is something that shows in the care taken with every product created...

June 07, 2014

Saving the Rainforests, Teadora's Earth for you. You for Earth! Movement Kick Off - Day 4 - Beachcombing!

Another early morning gets us on our way to Ilha do Marajó, far to the north of Brazil in the state of Pará...

May 27, 2014

Saving the Rainforests, Teadora's Earth for you. You for Earth! Movement Kick Off - Day 3 - Seven inches from the midday sun!!

Our next day starts early again, and after several cups of fresh guava juice, I am ready to go. It is already hot at 7:00 am – I am told there are two seasons here, summer and "more hot" summer...

May 23, 2014

Saving the Rainforests, Teadora's Earth for you. You for Earth! Movement Kick Off - Day 2 - Fruits of their labor!

Our pousada, a small local guesthouse with 3 rooms, is serving breakfast at 6:30. Fresh maracujá (passion fruit) juice is the best! You can't get this in the US...

May 21, 2014

Saving the Rainforests, Teadora's Earth for you. You for Earth! Movement Kick Off - Day 1

Day 1 is a bit of a misnomer – it primarily consists of travel over two days. Seattle to Chicago, then Chicago to São Paulo, Brazil. Drive 90 minutes to Viracopos airport...

April 22, 2014

Saving the Rainforests, Part 2. Your Choice as a Consumer - by Teadora

In this multi-part blog, we'll talk about the effects of logging, farming and ranching, and then explore how our choices as consumers can make a real difference. Check out Part 1 or stay tuned for Part 3 - I hope you find this information useful to you and join the...

April 17, 2014

Saving the Rainforests, Part 1. Your Choice as a Consumer - by Teadora

In this multi-part blog, we'll talk about the effects of logging, farming and ranching, and then explore how our choices as consumers can make a real difference. Stay tuned for Part 2 and 3 - I hope you find this information useful to you and join the conversation. Tom