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1% for the European Seas

We are supporting Healthy Seas with 1% of our sales. They are a rad organisation that reduces marine litter through cleanups with volunteer divers, prevention and education activities. Fishing nets collected are sent to our recycling partner Aquafil to regenerate, together with other nylon waste, into high-quality ECONYL®. After the process, this raw material is transformed into brand new Karün eco-friendly sunglasses and frames. 

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Karün Messengers and the Coronavirus: experiences and reflections

We interviewed 9 Karün Messengers around the world to talk with them about the different experiences that the world health contingency has brought to their lives and also the reflections and lessons they have learned from this situation. Click here to know more about this...

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These are the recommendations from the Karün Community!

Together with our Karün Community, we collect movies, documentaries, books, talks and more and we consolidate them in this blog to make the days of quarantine more enjoyable because today is when we understand most that collaboration is the best way to inhabit this world. Click here to read the blog...

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11th Hour Racing Team ♡ Karün

During the last Volvo Ocean Race, we joined forces with 11th Hour Racing Team, and now we’re happy to announce that our partnership will continue on to the next race. Our mutual understanding of the importance of the wellbeing of the oceans, hence planet, along with the shared passion for nature and the willpower to make a difference are all foundations for this extraordinary collaboration. Read all about it here...



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Our Value Chain

We are making the highest quality eyewear, in an entirely different way; instead of a linear and extractive production process - which is used by most companies in the world - we are working hard to build our entire value chain under a circular, restorative and eventually regenerative model. Read more here...

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Karün and the Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, the UN created the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a plan of action to shift the world onto a sustainable and resilient path, thanks to this the sustainable development goals were born. Want to know how are we contributing to the SDGs more specifically? Check out this on our new blog...

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Karün: to be Nature

We are aware of how serious to talk about indigenous cultures is and the relevance of not falling into cultural appropriation. This is why it is of utmost importance for us to tell our community the real story from the very beginning about our name, logo and the relationship we are step-by-step creating with the Mapuche culture today...

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Third cycle of Karün Conscious Development Model®: Protecting nature through local communities

At Karün we have a commitment: To Love, Protect and Enjoy Nature. Today we want to tell you about a powerful initiative towards that commitment...

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