The BLC Blog

Saving the world, one candle at a time. black and light ® is a company that not only makes beautiful, glowing candles, but a company that has been instilled with an environmentally friendly and giving spirit ever since it’s inception. black and light ® candles and the people that help create them radiate not just a warm glow, but also goodness, caring, and an emphasis on giving back to the community. I recently discovered the many ways in which black and light ® is contributing to our planet; in a sense, ’saving the world’ with every candle that is made, packaged and purchased. The candle itself is environmentally friendly, the company gives back each and every day, and there always seems to be new ideas of how the people at black and light ® can contribute to the world around them. This is something, being the candle lover I am, I find comforting every time I light my black and light ® candles.

A couple months ago I had a great idea. Instead of reading by my lamp at night or in the early morning, I would light a candle, and turn off the lamp. As I’ve mentioned before, the glow from a black and light ® candle is so powerful, just one can light up an entire room! By lighting a candle, and turning off a lamp, I know I am saving energy and contributing to an environmentally friendly cause. And not only can I save energy by lighting a candle and turning off a lamp, I know every time I buy a candle from black and light ®, I am buying a product that takes the environment into consideration. The wick is 100% cotton, lead free, and burns for more hours than I have experienced with any other candle.

The packaging is a marvel as well it’s completely reusable! I’ve reused mine several times to give gifts and to store treasures. As an environmentally conscious person, all of these aspects make me even more excited to every time I light a black and light ® candle. The candles at black and light ® are more than ‘just candles.’ They are unique in their glow and in the love for our planet that is apart of that glow.

Ever since the early days, black and light ® has been in search of a philanthropic project that it could donate to as a key part of the company. Holly Eve and the people at black and light ® have already started a number of wonderful projects that make me as a lover of these candles extremely proud! They have contacted charitable organizations such as St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital with the desire to donate the proceeds from Holly’s ‘hope’ candles to the hospital. black and light ®. also employs mentally and physically challenged adults at the GTI company in Traverse City, Michigan, who are in charge of assembling all of the packaging for black and light ®. I can say from experience that they do an absolutely wonderful job!

But the biggest project yet, which was just confirmed a few days ago is black and light’s ® partnership with the ‘Save the Honeybees’ campaign headed up by The University of California at Davis. In order to stop the drastic drop in hive numbers across the United States, University of California at Davis is conducting research that is intrinsic to the restoration of the honeybees in the United States. Holly Eve designed her ‘Bees’ candle back in November of 2007 with the ‘Save the Honeybees’ campaign in mind, hoping that the proceeds from her candles would help contribute to the research efforts at UC Davis. Now that the partnership is official, black and light ®. can contribute to yet another part of our wonderful planet. More information can be found about UC Davis contribution to saving the honey bees on their website: http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/dept/beebio.cfm. There will be more info on black and light’s ® contributions to the ‘Save the Honeybees’ campaign in the coming days!

That’s all for now. Stay tuned for more news on black and light ® new products and ideas. Don’t forget to light a candle, share the glow and even help save planet with black and light ® candles!

Christy Mara