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Apart from furnishings, carpets, furniture, rugs and crafts made out of jute, these natural fibers can also be used to make various other attractive home décor products such as placement mats, pillow covers, table covers, table runners and many more. Different varieties of jute products can be made use of to make your home eco-friendly and stylish looking. Pillow cover can change the look of any room in your house in just a few minutes. If you prefer to have a contemporary look in your house, try using black & white and neutral colors with a hint of bold color. Cotton, silk, velvet, jute and cotton/polyester blend are some of the common fabrics u

CarryGreen’s 100% natural jute single bottle wine bag with rope handles makes for a sustainable and chic way to carry any bottle of wine to your next dinner party or social gathering. From gifts of bubblies and whites, to your favorite reds, give two gifts in one with stylish wine bags by CarryGreen. You can even print trendy prints on each wine bag featuring different kinds of wine from around the world. From Pinot Grigio, to Shiraz and Moscato, you will surely find your favorite variety. CarryGreen wine bags make a reusable and wonderful gift or gift bag for wine lovers everywhere.

You can save money and prevent unnecessary wastage, and at the same time add a personal touch to the gifts that you give by using reusable gift bags and eco-friendly gift wraps. Perfect for any gift size or season, these bags will surely inspire more fun and creative ideas for gift wrapping.

During the holiday season four million tons of gift wrapping papers are wasted in just a single year. Considering disposable and light weight gift wraps, that is a staggering amount of gift wraps ending in rubbish piles every year. People spend at least three hours in wrapping gifts just for holidays every year, not including baby showers, weddings and birthday etc. Using flexible and reusable gift wraps, it is

There is a vast variety of different kinds of gift wraps available to wrap everything, from large holiday and birthday gifts to small friendship tokens. However if you think about it, while it is a good idea to give gifts in an attractive manner, commercially manufactured gift wraps are a serious waste of energy. If you look at the energy required to manufacture the paper, the packaging and inks used in addition to the energy consumed to transport the gift wraps from its manufacturing place to place of sale and consider the small lifespan of a gift wrapping paper, it will be difficult to drawn any conclusion other than the fact that it is a complete waste of energy.

Jute Hessian or burlap is one of the cheapest, affordable and the toughest of all natural fibers and considered as the fiber of the next generation. One hectare of Jute plants consumes over 15 tons of CO2, several times higher than trees. Popularly known as golden fiber, Jute is second only to cotton in world's production of textile fibers. It is one of the most versatile, durable natural fibers that are extremely sturdy, strong and has the life expectancy of over a thousand plastic carrier bags. When discarded, jute totally decomposes giving back all its valuable nutrients into the soil

Jute fabric though toughest has a natural look and can easily be spoiled w

Jute rugs are extensively sold all over the world because of a combination of impressive appearance and durability. Made of natural fiber and chemical free, these rugs add credit to its popularity as well. Jute fibers are naturally anti-static and have moisture regulating and insulating properties. These rugs have a luxurious texture and are very soft as compared to other types of area rugs. They are not exactly hard wearing and hence can be used on low foot traffic areas or bedroom floor where a soft feel to the foot is needed. However, jute can also be woven in complex patterns in order to create bold and sturdily textured rug that can endure high foot traffic.

Like most of the other area rugs, jute rugs too get stained

Use Paper Bags to keep food fresh

Paper or plastic, which is the best option for you? The question will invariably appear in your mind while exploring every grocery store. Paper bags are multifunctional. Not only they are great gift bags, but they are a great household item for storing food. Here are some examples.

Keep bread fresh

Your bread will stay fresh for a longer period of time if you put them in a paper bag. The crust of the bread will remain crisp and the inside of the loaf will stay soft and moist. This way you do not have to throw away old bread once they are stale.

Ripen your fruits

Many unripen

We all know that eating vegetables has all kind of health and nutritional benefits. However what you might not know is that agreeing to a more plant based diet uses up less of water and energy than following a meat based diet. Actually, meat is the least energy efficient food on Earth. It requires a vast amount of water to set it up for human consumption, which in turn causes a lot of wastage. In order to produce a mere pound of beef, it requires approximately 2,500 gallons of water. Furthermore, livestock produces 130 times the wastage of humans – that is a lot of manure!

Actually livestock produces 11 billion pounds of slurry waste, sludge, and manure every year. The very same waste in turn releases e

It appears that more and more businesses and people are embracing the “going green” and “green living” drive. However what does it really mean to go green or live green? Does it mean that we have to be an ultimate tree hugging environmentalist? Nope! Although that certainly would have been great! Living green is merely living a responsible lifestyle that puts focus on lessening a person’s negative impact on the environment and making beneficial, healthy, and safe choices to save and protect planet Earth, and eventually ourselves. By making wiser day to day choices, we can improve the quality of life and control the harm that is being done to the environment.

There are plenty of things that all

It is said that if every consumer on a daily basis, starts to knowingly link their purchase to the consumption of limited resources of Earth, and takes responsibility of their own consumption of resources, we might be able to live as a supportable society.

Eco-fashion or alternate fashion is a part of the fashion world. Eco-fashion is a part of a larger trend where the product is manufactured and produced keeping in mind the social and environmental impact it might have all through its life cycle. This impact would be in terms of no child labor, lesser carbon footprint