Viridhya: offering eco-friendly shopping bags made by women overcoming distress
We have started a new project in 2014 to empower women in India and introduce our beautifully designed, eco-friendly bags as an alternative to plastic bags which are extremely toxic to our environment. The bags are skillfully stitched by hand and made of natural plant fibers. They are affordable, long lasting, light in weight, sturdy, and easy to fold away for storage in a handbag or rucksack. By (buying) ordering these shopping bags you will join a collaborative effort that has a two-fold mission: To help impoverished Indian women take an important step toward independence through a caring micro-enterprise initiative, and To promote worldwide environmental conservation. These women are taking a big step towards independence, since they can earn an...