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Every time my fiance pulled out her compact folding cloth bag while checking out at the grocery store, I looked at it in wonder.
One particular day, my curiosity was especially piqued when she stuffed more than 5kgs worth of stuff in the bag without batting an eyelid. I was afraid it would tear, but it held and is still going strong having earned itself a new fan.
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My fiance had picked it up while on her trip to Auroville where it originated. A brainchild of the Upasana Design studio http://www.upasana.in , the bag aims to champion the cause of a plastic free environment.
A group of local women use microfinance, get raw material & arrange machinery to sew the bag which is then marketed and sold through the foundation. The bag also works as a tool to educate families and whole world about the need of environmental conservation.
It is available in multiple colors along with a backpack variant.
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Do visit the website http://www.smallsteps.in to see how you could get one for yourself and spread the news for sake of a better future.
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