Beaded Brown Cork Bracelet

Beaded Brown Cork Bracelet handmade with…

10mm Premium Flat Brown Cork

Strong and Reliable Hammered Magnetic Clasp

Silver Sliders

The Cork Tree – An Amazing Tree in the Plant Kingdom

Did you know that all cork is bark?  Did you know that the cork bark is from the cork tree?  Most cork is grown and supplied from Portugal.  Portugal is our only supplier of cork fabric and cork rope.  Watch the cork trees being harvested in Portugal – click here.  Cork bark is eco-friendly, sustainable, renewable, lightweight, and water proof.The Eco-Friendly Cork Tree

The cork tree it is one of the most highly renewable and eco-friendly resources on the planet. In fact, harvesting the cork tree helps fight global warming.  How you ask?  All trees are eco-friendly because of respiration.  Tree respiration is the process of a tree taking in carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen. The amount of carbon dioxide being held by the tree is called carbon sequestration.  The trees sequesters carbon dioxide and stores it in their trunks, branches, leaves, roots, and bark.

The Bark of the Cork Oak Tree

Yes, the cork tree is in the family of oak trees.  There are over 600 species of the genus Quercus oak.  The dead outer layer of bark of the cork oak tree or Quercus (oak) suber (cork) is amazing and remarkable. It is remarkable because the bark is unique throughout the plant kingdom.  The tree is not killed by the harvest.  The harvest does not damage the tree. The harvesting of the bark from the tree allows new bark to grow in its place. Each tree  is a renewable source of raw material. In fact each piece of cork bark is unique.