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Arborvitae & Nootka

British Columbia, Canada

ThePacificNorthwestishometothelargesttemperaterainforestontheplanetwheremore than40indigenoustreespeciesgrow,includingtheGiantArborvitaeandtheNootka coniferoustrees.BothtreesareanimportantpartoftheaboriginalFirstNationhistoryin BritishColumbia,Canada.In2015,dōTERRAintroducedArborvitae( Thujaplicata)asa singleoilanddōTERRATerraShield ® OutdoorBlendwasrecentlyreformulatedtoinclude both Arborvitae and Nootka essentials as key ingredients.

T he name arborvitae comes from the francophone version of the First Nation name meaning the“ tree of life.” For 10,000 years, this tree has been instrumental in their everyday lives. They used the tree to build canoes, long houses, and totem poles.

FOREST SUSTAINABILITY

British Columbia is well-known for its sustainable foresting practices. Their rate of deforestation has been virtually zero for more than 20 years. Their entire annual harvest comes from less than 1 percent of the working forest. By law, all harvested

The Nootka tree is named after the Nootka tribe who resided in an area called the Nootka Sound. It is considered a“ twin” to the arborvitae tree, and it has been used in many sculptures that are a significant part of the First Nation culture in that region.

Both trees also play an important part in the Pacific Northwest’ s forestry industry, which is one of the largest and yet most environmentally sustainable in the world. This industry also produces tons of sawdust every year that is normally burned for energy, but there are other uses for it, too. dōTERRA partners with a Canadian distiller that has perfected the productive use of the sawdust from these two unique trees to produce pure, quality oils with powerful properties. They are the only distillery in the world producing Arborvitae and Nootka essential oils.

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