Long before the Chinese invented paper in the second century A.D., they wrote on strips of green bamboo. They also used the moisture from black bamboo to treat kidney ailments. The great suspension bridge across the Min River in Szechuan, China, is slung on bamboo cables almost seven inches thick; after more than 1,000 years, the bridge is still in use today.

Therefore, the jojoba may be considered a true hero of the plant kingdom. Not only has it saved the sperm whale, it has also provided a number of practical benefits and promised increase prosperity for the inhabitants of some of the world’s harshest regions. Given the jojoba’s amazing versatility, how did we ever manage without it?

Now is the time to wake up, to look around at what we are doing to ourselves before it is too late. We must come together, unite as the one source we truly are.