Sustainable Home Goods

SustainAble Home Goods

Putting the Ability in Sustainability

by Cristina Deptula

We believe that every man and woman has been given gifts that they can use to bless others and themselves. Being able to provide for your family is not just a necessity but a matter of dignity.

The founder of SustainAble Home Goods, LaToya Tucciarone, affirms the value of creating solid jobs and allowing people to participate in the economy and in their communities. The company’s name emphasizes ability (along with environmental sustainability) and that we are all capable of contributing to the world we share.

This housewares company relies on a network of fairtrade suppliers to bring the handcrafted, quality goods of people around the world to a global market.

They offer everything from dishes and blankets and rugs to children’s toys and essential oils. And they create a magazine entitled Bravery that celebrates people who have spoken truth to power and created change and justice in the world.

Ecological sustainability is also a crucial part of their mission, and they only purchase and resell goods produced in ways that care for the environment. As Tucciarone explains, “I just knew from an early age that the world was a beautiful place that is meant to be enjoyed and preserved. I was the kid in high school who was not a star athlete but the president of our International Club.”

She remembers the many artifacts in her childhood home which her parents collected from various cultural groups in Africa and the music her parents would play from artists around the world.

As a young adult, she traveled to Johannesburg, South Africa for a month with some college friends. There, she met, learned about, and came to love a different culture.

As she tells it, “It was a life changing experience because I experienced what it was like to fall in love with an actual group of people and their culture. I began to see with my own eyes how big and beautiful the world really is!”

Now, over a decade later, after marriage, children, and some maturing, she still has that passion to, as she describes,”‘unite the world,” and she views her business as a tool towards that end.

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