Why would you support this project?

It’s time to question and to stop the current greed for consumption. We have to concentrate on fair and sustainable production in order to leave behind a world worth living. The scope of our consumption contribute to the environmental destruction and happens at the expense of people who themselves have only little and who are not able to change current structures. The production of leather and synthetic fibres under inhumane working conditions und with the use of toxic coloring and preservatives bear part of the blame.

With the Montado Black Edition we want to show that an alternative production is not only necessary but possible. And you can be part of this production! We don’t only produce sustainable and stylish products we also lay the foundation of sustaining the cork forest. Through our cooperation with the Portuguese farmers we can create a basis for growth of the sustainable cork biotope and cork production. Because an ecological and organic economy consisting of peasants and regional production with German textile knowhow can grow.

Cork is not only a renewable resource with special look, but also of high value for the environment. Because the bark of the Portuguese cork oak protects the soil against erosion and increases the absorption of rainwater. Furthermore, it absorbs CO2, which becomes even more when the cork bark is being peeled off every nine years. So cork makes a contribution towards environmental and climate protection but it also helps us to realize this ecological and vegan collection without damaging the environment. For our products nobody has to suffer; neither animals, humans nor nature. That makes our Montado Black Edition a worldwide unique production chain. According to the motto: no torture, no murder, no toxin. BLEED- nobody has to bleed for our products.