// FASH REV NEPAL 2016 //

Namaste friends, collaborators 

and 

associates in Nepal

Hope you can make it to the

 #fashrevnepal 

event here in Patan on Sunday? 

You can also get to buy the 

A/BARENESS jewellery  to support our 

#COOLKIDSNEEDCLEANWATER project

and check out the other designers products 

too :) 

Check out all details for the event  here:  

http://fashionrevolution.org/event/fashion-revolution-day-nepal/

Co-founder and designer Karoline Hestnes 

will be there :) 

Not able to make it? 

Join the Fashion Revolution 

online?  

Slow Fashion Love from 

Team A/BARENESS 

// HAPPY HOLIDAYS //

If you are celebrating,
we wish you
the bestest Easter holiday <3

Slow Holiday Love
from
Karoline & Anne-Marthe 

// ENVIRONMENT MUSES //

One of our favorite "Environment Muses",

 Sara Fosstvedt,

 has written a post on her blog, ECOJOURNEY,

 about the future of (Slow) fashion and 

positive, inspiring approaches and actions 

within the industry: 

www.ecojourney.no/#!Fashion-Future/

c1kiu/56b78f650cf2fd311cd96dc2

You'll also find links to the ethical brands 

she is recommending

 and 

we are sooo proud, happy and humble that A/BARENESS 

is on her list :D

 Recognition like this gives us tons of motivation 

to keep up our mission to contribute to
 a clean & fair fashion industry 

and 

providing kids in Nepal with clean drinking water

 trough our

‪#‎coolkidsneedcleanwater‬ 

project,
 every single day (: 

Slow Fashion Love

from 

Karoline & Anne-Marthe 

Uttrykksikonet hear Uttrykksikonet heart

// WHO'S TO BLAME ? //

"She makes me laugh."
"No. She makes me laugh."
(Hetauda, Makawanpur)


AAAAAWWWWW,
can't really blame any
of them for making
 eachother laugh, nah?

More stories
www.storiesofnepal.com

// SLOW HOLIDAY GREETINGS //

Team A/BARENESS want to wish you all a
slow & happy
Christmas celebration 
and 
of course we are taking a holiday too, 
but we|ll be back and ready to rock 2016
 by the 4th of January.

Meanwhile,
thank you all for your support & efforts 
to make our world
become a more sustainable and fair place.

Slow Fashion Love 
from
Karoline & Anne-Marthe

// PRESENTS WITH A PURPOSE //

Vil du gi en julegave med mening i år?
5 kroner fra hvert produkt vi selger går til
vannprosjektet vårt i Nepal.
Hittil har vi installert bærekraftige
vannsystemer for rent drikkevann
på 5 barneskoler og det gir 2000 elever
 rent vann på skolen! 
www.abareness.com
★Husk å bestille før 15. desember★
 for å være sikker på at pakken
 når frem til jul

If you want to get your A/BARENESS
gifts in time for Christmas,
please order before the 15th of December
You want to get it shipped outside of
Norway, please vistit our
E-tailer.
wwww.justfashion.no
and you see all prices and costs in Euro

Slow Christmas Love
Karoline & Anne-Marthe

// KIDS //

#COOLKIDSNEEDCLEANWATER

Pic by Jay Poudal
 @storiesofnepal

// NO MORE BUYING DRINKING WATER //

Great report from 1 of the 5
#coolkidsneedcleanwater
schools in the Kathmandu Valley;

You can read the whole study here: 

http://smartpaani.com/case-studies/smartpaani-
coolkidsneedcleanwater-campaign-ii
-rainwater-harvesting-and-water-filtration-
systems-at-schools/

// GLOBAL GOALS 2030 //

Check out how
 A/BARENESS is contributing
to achieve one of UN's global goals
with our water project:

#COOLKIDSNEEDCLEANWATER

http://www.abareness.com/give-back

// Water For Everyone // 

// WATER ( AND LOVE?) FOR EVERYONE? //

You want to know more about
the A/BARENESS' giveback project:

#COOLKIDSNEEDCLEANWATER ?

Check out
www.abareness.com/give-back

Slow Fashion Love
from
Karoline & Anne-Marthe

// MOVIETIME // COOL KIDS KATHMANDU //

On our P(ART)Y FOR NEPAL here in Oslo
 on Thursday
we showed a short'n sweet movie
from one of
the
live graffiti stunts
we
have had in Kathmandu.

The artists are our Nepali friends
Aditya and Shraddha,
aka
 @saadhux and @deadline

Now you can watch it too:

https://vimeo.com/134711047

Weeeeeeee!

Karoline & Anne-Marthe 

// #COOL KIDS NEED CLEAN WATER //

Thanks to you, 

dearest customers & supporters,

these cool kids are some of the pupils in 

Nepal

 that now has

the 

#COOLKIDSNEEDCLEANWATER

a rainwater harvesting & biofilter

 system, that provides clean 

drinking water,

installed at their school.

4 schools down,

2 i progress.

Many more to come!

Karoline & Anne-Marthe

// P(ART)Y for NEPAL in OSLO //

This guy is coming to Oslo
tomorrow morning!!
Aditya is our artist friend and one of
our collaboratorators 
for  
the A/BARENESS
 Give Back Project: 

#coolkidsneedcleanwater 

There will be live art performance
&
 you can buy one of his urban art pieces to
support Nepal!

This week at Youngstorvet, Oslo

check out our Facebook- event
for details:

www.facebook.com/events/849607108426832/

PSST! As we want to 
focus on our Give Back Project
 AND
enjoy summer a bit,
 blogging will be less in 
July & August. 

Slow Fashion Love 

Anne-Marthe & Karoline

// PARTY FOR NEPAL //

PSSST!!!
 
Are you in Oslo Thursday 9th of July?
Come and party for Nepal with us
at Kulturhuset ? //
More details coming up next week!
Happy weekend ya'll //

Slow Fashion Love
Karoline & Anne-Marthe 

// SAVE THE PLANET //

// SMILES OF NEPAL //

Jay Poudal, the photographer behind
http://www.storiesofnepal.com/
kept making faces at these kids,
no wonder he got so good smiles
in return (: 
(Bakhumtar, Paachkhal 10, Kavre,Nepal)

Love it!