I'm not sure which part of this new product I'm excited about most: the actual gorgeous earrings themselves, the fact that buying a pair means you're supporting a tree-plantin' Colorado artist, or the fact that he is working with cool, space-like biodomes that are planning on saving the Earth.

First, the earrings.  These are beautiful, lightweight wooden earrings that are handmade from furniture-grade wood veneers like cherry, mahongany, and maple.  They range from about 1 1/2" diameter circles to 2" long rectangles, they all dangle from sterling silver hooks.

                     

Then there's the fact that for every pair you purchase, the artist, John Murphree, will plant a tree.  Murphree works in Englewood, Colorado, and is inspired by "the organic shapes in nature, sacred geometry, popular icons and traditional design motifs such as Art Deco or Medieval."

Finally, he is planting all these trees in cooperation with the Eden Project in Cornwall, England.  This place was built in 2000 on top of an old china clay quarry.  It's mission is to educate people about our dependence on nature and different ways to save it.  They want us to realize that making environmental changes is both "believable and palatable."  They do this by experimenting in horticulture, natural pest & disease control, and controlled climate.  Put it this way: this place is so cool that it hosted "Live 8" in 2005.

Click on the photo above to see their site... 

These earrings are flying out of the store at $13.95 a pair.