Yala Shares Environmental Practices and Celebrates with an Earth Day Sale!

Rejoice, relax and rejuvenate knowing that Yala believes in the extra effort to make sure our products are sourced, produced and shipped environmentally and ethically. Learn more about what we do to ensure you are getting the best...

Electric Truck

Driving an electric truck is a conversation starter. People are curious and want to know more about it. We can share that it saves us 300 gallons of gas a year – carbon free and neighborhood friendly.

Green Shipping

How to ship in a responsible way: Shipping generates over 10% of the world’s green house gas emissions. Yala® is proud to partner with GreenShipping to make our shipments carbon neutral. GreenShipping's service allows businesses and individuals to ship in a carbon neutral manner by providing an accurate method to measure and offset the carbon footprint of their UPS, FedEx, USPS, and freight shipments. Yala offsets all inbound and outbound shipments.

Organic Trade Association and Green America
Green America and Organic Trade Association are two strong organizations that provide leadership and education with a vision to grow communities that are healthy and safe for generations to come. We are proud to be a member of both.

Oeko-Tex Certified
Our BambooDreams clothing and bedding is Oeko-Tex certified. This certification screens for harmful substances present in textiles. It guarantees the safety of our fabric and dyes and is an additional assurance that we are using environmentally friendly production methods.

Our fabric is dyed using only low impact, Azo-free dyes. We have seen how the dyed water is cleaned by micro-organisms and, after testing for purity, it is reused by the factory.

Certified Green Business
As a certified Green Business we continue to conserve resources, limit our waste as well as provide education for employees and the public.

Solar Pioneers
Recycling, reusing and capturing the energy of the sun. As members of Solar Pioneers, a program to increase solar generated electricity city wide, we are using the sun to meet a portion of our energy needs.



If you are in Ashland this weekend, be sure to swing by Science Works for and visit over 70 Exhibits to learn about energy conservation, solid waste reduction, local food and farms, green products and building materials, renewable electricity sources, transportation alternatives, and enjoy live entertainment & activities throughout the day.

We hope you have a wonderful Earth Day!

Until next time,

Lauren of Team Yala

Team Yala Shares Eco Tips they Practice Daily

In celebration of Earth Week we decided to share some green tips that we use or practice in our everyday life. Learn a little more about Team Yala and the environmentalist in all of us...

   
"I would like to mention plastic bottles.  Of course it is easy to avoid them in my daily life, but when I travel it is more challenging.  I carry a steel water bottle and fill it at the drinking fountains in the airport.  Also, I take a water filter into my hotel room and use it or I use the tap water to fill my water bottle.  I am following my interpretation of Alice Water's suggestion that cities in the USA should be providing clean water to their citizens.

When traveling overseas it is trickier.  I am always on the lookout for places to fill
my handy water bottle but occasionally I don't find them and I need to purchase a
bottle of water.  In both China and India I have found there are people waiting to
collect these bottles for the few cents they get for recycling.  I try to find them and
give them any bottles I may have." - Nancy, President

"I take special measures to make sure all of the plastic bags in my home life and at Yala are recycled. This may seem like a minor feat, but with every individual product arriving in plastic and each box lined with a plastic bag it adds up to a lot!" - Larry, Mr. Nuts and Bolts

"I have a Chico bag that I always have in my purse.  It is amazing how many times it has come to the rescue when I have forgotten a bag or end up purchasing something unplanned.  I try to always use my own bag, when grocery shopping or shopping boutiques.  I have gotten a few strange looks from boutique shop keepers when I pull out my Chico bag!" - Chelsea, Vice President

 

"My reusable water bottle – it’s cheap, sustainable, and you can fill it up anywhere or anytime so you’re never without!" - Amanda, Director of Marketing

"My wife and I apply many environmentally friendly practices in our everyday life.  Some of the examples would be eating organic, riding our bikes, recycling, but the most effective environmentally conscious choice we have made is purchasing our Toyota Prius.  It has been a wonderful car providing low emissions for the environment and also saving money at the fuel pump." - Grant, Shipping Manager

"My favorite environmentally friendly household items are reusable paper towels.  They pick up spilled liquid even more easily than paper towels and can be thrown in with the laundry and reused." - Caitlin, International Logistics

"Probably my favorite is my reusable cloth grocery bags. I use them almost every day. I also recycle and eat local organic!" - Rachel, Art Direction/Graphic Designer

"I was born and raised composting, which was always easy because I grew up living in the country. When I moved to town and into a second story apartment without a yard, I would load up my compost to take out to my parents' house every time I made the half hour trip. Needless to say that was a bit of a hassle. I had the idea to post on Craigslist to see if someone in town wanted to pick up free, organic compost - and that is how I found my compost guy. He picks up every few weeks, whenever our bucket is full, and uses it in his garden- everyone benefits!"
- Lauren, Social Media Manager

"The most environmental thing I do is eat local from our local farmers market or co-op. I also grow my own herbs and edible flowers in my container garden."
- Naomi, Sales Representative

 "I ride my bike to work every single day - rain or shine!" - Michael, Warehouse Manager

"Ever since my son was born, we decided to teach him about recycling and composting. He is almost three now and so conscious about making sure that everything goes in the right place. It is so important to teach your kids an environmentally friendly lifestyle when they are young."
- Tif, Product Development

"When I was just a girl, my mom would pull the clothes in from the clothesline which hung out the second story window and she would throw them on top of my sister and me on the bed. We would squeal in delight as the pile grew higher and higher and loved to breath in the wonderful freshness of the clean clothes. To this day, I still hang my laundry on a clothesline – outside when the weather is good, or in my garage if it’s raining." 
- Bran, Mistress of Money Matters

 

"My husband and I recently bought a new house. In the move we used recycled boxes and have slowly been furnishing the house with treasures found at garage and estate sales instead of buying new." - Kristen, Sales Manager 

"Transporting a family of five between dance lessons, day care, play dates, school and working a half hour away from where we live, we had to find a car that suited those needs. We were so happy to find a fuel efficient car large enough to cart the family from one event to the next." - Erica, Global Customer Service Rep   

 

Tell us, what lifestyle choices have you made with the environment in mind?

Until next time,

Lauren of Team Yala

Summer For Kids - An Environmentally Sound & Socially Conscious Children’s Store

Located on the sunny California coast, Summer for Kids is a specialty children's store that prides itself on carrying merchandise that is both safe for children and environmentally friendly, including our very own Yala products.

"The main focus of our store is on organic, natural and safe products (matresses, furniture, baby/toddler, apparel from Yala, etc.). As far as children's toys I make sure they are high quality, safe and creative so we can raise smart children!" says Adrianna Shuman, store owner. Watch the video below to see what their store looks like on the inside...



Adrianna personally adores many of Yala's pieces, stating, "I LOVE the Bamboo Dreams®
Kai Top and Cropped Leggings." Great pick! Two versatile and fun pieces that are a must in every woman's closet! They recently started carrying our Bamboo Dreams® Mia Tunic from Yala's fall line.

Cropped legging
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Mia Tunic - Women's BambooDreams® Tunics - Yala Designs
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Summer for Kids is well known for their non-profit organization, For All the Children. All of the store's profits as well as 100% of Adrianna's salary are donated to benefit local children's charities in Santa Barbara. "My husband and I decided to give to charities the year after we opened, mainly to raise awareness about child abuse and to help needy children in general. I have been involved with CALM and Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation, we try to help as much as we can" says Adrianna.

Bamboo Dreams ® Skipper Short Sleeve Baby Crew - Crew Shirt - Yala...
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Bamboo Dreams® Scout Baby Toddler Trousers - Natural Fiber Baby...
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For more information visit their website at: http://www.summerforkids.com/

Until Next Time,

Team Yala