Founded in 2016, Yakma Body Care is a social enterprise that empowers Tibetan women through the creation of handcrafted soaps and body care products. Yakma’s name combines the meaning of “white yak” and “mother” in Amdo Tibetan. Based in Tianzhu, Gansu — home to rare white yaks — the professionally trained Yakma production team craft natural soaps, which blend white yak milk and alpine botanicals, locally sourced from high-altitude pastures. Yakma’s mission is to create opportunities for beautiful, healthy and abundance living through conscious business.

Charu means “connecting threads” in Tibetan. This is symbolized by a nomadic tent toggle. Founded in Chengdu with a Yushu subsidiary, Charu operates Himalayan designer brand Xintso, online/offline stores, and a Chengdu café. 

Committed to innovating Tibetan heritage, Charu sustains handicrafts and nomadic communities.

Charu means “connecting threads” in Tibetan. This is symbolized by a nomadic tent toggle. Founded in Chengdu with a Yushu subsidiary, Charu operates Himalayan designer brand Xintso, online/offline stores, and a Chengdu café. 

Committed to innovating Tibetan heritage, Charu sustains handicrafts and nomadic communities.

Charu means “connecting threads” in Tibetan. This is symbolized by a nomadic tent toggle. Founded in Chengdu with a Yushu subsidiary, Charu operates Himalayan designer brand Xintso, online/offline stores, and a Chengdu café. 

Committed to innovating Tibetan heritage, Charu sustains handicrafts and nomadic communities.

Aro Kampa, meaning “Come, friends!” in Tibetan, crafts authentic heritage goods in Shangri-La, including textiles, rugs, carvings, and jewelry. Through free artisan training and market access, it sustains Tibetan culture and livelihoods.

Luguqiong, translating to “little lamb“ (ལུག་ཆུང་།) in Tibetan, creates botanically-dyed textiles honoring nature-human unity. Each crafted piece, which is made with devotion, serves as functional art and a testament to harmonious coexistence, sustaining heritage with enduring radiance.

Founded in 2019 by the Shanjue environmental team, Nomads’ LhoLho empowers grassland guardians to earn sustainable income through crafts. Designer Jiang Yuyao trains herders to create the Plateau Wildlife Collection, fostering public awareness of alpine species while helping artisans rediscover their homeland anew.

Phadrokbha signifies “nomadic descendants” in Tibetan, and emerged from Sanjiangyuan’s river sources. Founded in 2015 by river-guarding herders at 4,700m in Ganning Village, Phadrokbha embodies plateau resilience.

NURI, carrying the Tibetan meaning of “treasure” (ནོར་བུ།), fuses heritage with new-generation innovation. We reimagine Tibetan attire through craft-forward design, blending cultural essence with modern ease.

Norna, derived from the Tibetan word for “yak”, crafts yak down accessories in Sertar County, Sichuan Province, while honoring the nomadic black tent legacy. Norna fuses heritage craftsmanship with modern innovation through nomadic cultural spaces.

Heicuo, inspired by the Tibetan antelope, forges plateau soul into jewelry. Each piece embodies the Sacred Trinity — highland breath, earth memory, frozen soil — as wearable Himalayan jewelry. Founded 2023, Heicuo blends minimalist design with Tibetan traditions using coral and turquoise, innovating while honoring sacred heritage.

Summer Meadow draws inspiration from the untamed beauty of nomadic life on the Tibetan Plateau. Our products are handcrafted by herders from Litang County in Sichuan’s Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, using locally sourced yak down and wool. The natural hues of undyed fibers and artisanal irregularities in hand-spun yarns are living testaments to the herders’ touch — each piece preserving the raw poetry of the grasslands.

Gemei documents Tibet’s new generation through its Plateau Youth magazine and “108 Tibetan Women’s Voices”. It amplifies cultural roots to inspire changemakers for positive impact.

Kangri Metok produces organic yak dairy products at 3,600m. The blend ancestral methods with Italian tech to empower herders, sustainably.

Kawawobei Tibetan incense, made from ancient secret formulas, blends snow lotuses/cypress into high-altitude serenity — harmonizing, purifying, and bringing tranquility.

Rangbala, derived from Tibetan ཛམ་བྷ་ལ།, literally signifies the “Wealth Deity” – specifically referring to Jambhala (Yellow God of Wealth) in Tibetan Buddhism. It embodies prosperity, fortune, and abundance. Tsha-tsha, a term originating from the Sanskrit sat-chaya meaning “replica”, denotes miniature mold-pressed clay figurines. Tsha-tsha are heritage-listed clay figurines, a distinct Tibetan art.

Zhuomazhenxuan’s 4,500m+ cordyceps and forest pine mushrooms offer 18 amino acids. Their yak and sheep dairy provides organic protein-rich nutrition — all harvested with low environmental impact.

Chugotsag, meaning “Source Guardians”, is a Sanjiangyuan eco-initiative. Its “0” logo — embodying Tibetan Buddhist emptiness — signifies zero waste, pollution, and exploitation, reflecting nature’s cycle toward ecological harmony.

Located at the headwaters of the Yangtz River at an elevation of 4,600m, Tsoten Village anchors Sanjiangyuan Reserve. Generations of herders have protected its wildlife and wilderness. With local leaders and the Sanjiangyuan Designers Alliance, artisans now transform traditional crafts into contemporary products — empowering river guardians while honoring their stewardship.

Nasogne Village in Juela Township, Qinghai, sustains Tibetan crafts like papermaking and wood carving. Mentored by external experts who provide artisan training, its community transforms discarded timber into carvings  for cultural preservation.

Founded in 2013, Maozhuang Cooperative is located at 3,700m in Sanjiangyuan’s Lancang River headwaters in Yushu, Qinghai. It empowers Tibetan herder women through craft entrepreneurship. Thirteen pioneers established it to elevate women’s status, challenge traditions, and build economic independence. Supported by the Sanjiangyuan Designers Alliance, they launched the MAAEMOO brand in 2024.

Over the years, Yuechen Education has actively coordinated and led service-learning courses and public welfare service projects. This has repeatedly led middle school and college students to carry out public welfare activities, such as volunteer teaching and ecological environmental protection, in Yunnan, Guizhou, the Tibetan Plateau and other areas. Over time, Yuechen has also worked closely with several other social enterprises, which are run by young Tibetan entrepreneurs.

Stop Shop is a youth social enterprise that focuses on sustainable development. Stop Shop does “activation of idle space” activities, circulation of idle items, and creation of leisure time as the organization’s development direction. Stop Shop connect sustainable interpersonal relationships with social issues and solutions, and are committed to build a community that is aware of sustainability. 

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Graphic designer:  Sara  Zhuozhuo

Writer:  Yongcuo

Editor:  Daniel