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Glimpses WECO TURNS 100 SEED EYEWEAR Bamboo Sunglasses Help Preserve Forests Currently gathering funds through a crowdfunding campaign on IndieGogo, Seed Eyewear is on a mission to make sustainable and elegant bamboo sunglasses with a cause - with every pair of sunglasses purchased, you donate to plant 5 new trees. Sunglasses offered in Seed Eyewear's first production run offer a unique take on classic frame designs, with the main twist being that all frames are made with 100 per cent bamboo (making them lightweight and sturdy) and stained to either black or dark brown. They include spring hinges and double polarized Revo lenses. The company is raising money funds to fund their the first production run as well as hopefully plant hundreds of trees in the process. It plans to partner with multiple tree planting organizations, mainly focusing on helping communities in troubled areas that rely on their forests. During the