The Haa Aani Alliance
Open Hearts, Unlimited Possibilities
Zeal Optics and internationally acclaimed artist Pat Milbery have teamed up to elevate your outlook to the possibilities that abound through The Open Hearts Collection. Featuring a bright new take on the Windsor and Crowley, two of Zeal Optics’ most classic frames, with imaginative geometric landscapes and uplifting colour palettes inspired by Mother Nature herself.
The Artist: Crystal Worl
For Crystal Worl, the Tlingit artist whose art inspires this collection, growing up in Southeast Alaska with her grandmother, days were spent harvesting traditional foods. Crystal and her people’s endurance comes from the land on which they hunt, fish and live a subsistent life.
UNLIMITING ACCESS TO NATURE WITH PLANET ARK
Channeling the power of access to nature, adventure and self-reliance for creativity, physical and mental health, five dollars from each Open Hearts Collection frame sold will be donated to Planet Ark to support their tree planting efforts through The Seedling Bank and National Tree Day.
Meet The Collection
The Open Hearts Collection includes four different colourways of Zeal Optics’ Windsor and Crowley styles. Thoughtful two-tone combinations and sophisticated frames are paired with a powerfully positive celebration of colour, style and heart. All Open Hearts sunglasses come with a unique Open Hearts bag and sticker.With every purchase of Open Hearts Collection sunglasses, Zeal will donate $5 to Planet Ark.
Inspired Art Inspires Action: Pat Milbery
A pro-snowboarder turned artist and mental health advocate, Denver-based Pat Milbery draws inspiration for his imaginative geometric landscapes and uplifting colour palettes from Mother Nature herself, just like Zeal Optics, who crafts all its sunglasses from plant-based materials to help lighten their impact while enhancing outdoor adventures.
For over 30 years, Wild Salmon Center (WSC) has worked with local communities to protect the Pacific Rim’s best remaining wild salmon and steelhead watersheds—places called strongholds. When wild salmon runs are healthy and strong, we can rest assured our rivers, forests, and wildlife are healthy as well. As threats from climate change and development accelerate across the North Pacific, WSC remains grounded in its mission: to sustain wild salmon and the human communities they support. WSC accomplishes our work by stopping threats from large-scale development, mining, and logging; using science to inform land and water use policies, improving wild fish management, and restoring streams and rivers for wild fish.
The North Atlantic Salmon Fund (NASF) is a leader in Atlantic salmon conservation, bringing together an international network of volunteer-led affiliates across the North Atlantic, from Norway to the United States. From fighting the expansion of open net pen salmon farming, to closing unsustainable in-river fisheries and protecting sensitive habitat, NASF continues to fight for Atlantic salmon on numerous fronts.
The Yukon River is home to the longest salmon migration in the world. These salmon provide key dietary and cultural support for over forty-two rural Alaskan villages. For many families, the commercial salmon harvest provides the only means of income, and salmon provides a primary source of food for humans and the sled dogs that are integral to their subsistence way of life. YRDFA was created in 1990 to conserve these salmon runs by giving a voice to the people who have managed the resource for thousands of years.
Planet Ark is focused on making solutions and positive environmental actions accessible to every Australian. A part of this was founding National Tree Day, which has seen Australian communities plant over 26 million trees, since 1996.Their goal is to further support Australian communities with their planting efforts, by providing financial support where seedlings are needed most. To do this, they established The Seedling Bank program in 2019 with the central goal of supplying native seedlings to schools and community groups around Australia.
