I was born in Hawaii, lava islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean; old Hawaiian culture have meanings for everything, including lava. It is a very important element of our planet. Now on the mainland, it was important to me to wear a strong symbol of my motherland, and to have a company compassionate enough to give back to mother earth (especially trees) was a mission worth supporting. For millions of years, every living thing who walked the earth took (and continue to take) resources unr...