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VivaTerra has a lot of nice-looking stuff, much of it recycled or made from found natural materials, but unfortunately it's almost all shamefully expensive (so they must be aiming towards eco-yuppies or something). Some of the Root of the Earth bowls and platters are reasonably affordable (and it's those bowls that were mentioned in the paper's gift guide, which is why I'm looking at all), but the following example kind of said it all for me: a $69 decorative manzanita branch. Maybe this is a little less absurd for everyone living where manzanita trees don't grow, but if I want a manzanita branch, I can easily just go out and get one for a few bucks' worth of gas. Yeesh.
