Organik Beach Bum Bag
The guys from Organik, a Hawaii based beach lifestyle brand put out a great range of ec-friendly clothing for both men and women. They are now being stocked in some of the best stores throughout the country or you can buy online at their store. Their aim is to product handcrafted products made from sustainable, organic and recycled materials and printing is hand done using water based inks.
The Organik Beach Bum bag is made from recycled Kona coffee burlap bags which probably means they have to drink a lot of the local Kona coffee to get the bags! It has a recycled fabric liner and the handles are made of boat dock rope. The bag measures 19″ by 22″ and is perfect for dragging all the necessities to the beach.
More information including where to buy at the Organik website.
Maggies Organics 100% organic printed scarves
Maggies Organics works with numerous partners to produce a range of fashionable organic clothing and accessories. They operate under the Fair Trade principle and require their partners to full disclose working conditions, they make on-site visits, support the worker owned co-op model and generally seek to partner with people rather than just buy their products as the cheapest rate possible. The feel it is not possible to separate the environmental concerns from the social impacts with respect to garment manufacturing.
The Maggies Organics 100% organic cotton scarves come is a variety of colours and prints. Some with socially conscious messages and others with images and all printed with water-based inks. The 100% certified cotton is lightweight so it can be used for more than just the coldest days of the year. The scarves are about 15″ by 87″ in size.
Buy Maggies Organics products online from Mother Nature
Kayu bamboo sunglasses by Kayu Design
Kayu has created a product that many people might think unnecessary because of the small amount of materials in sunglasses. That said, to many people they are fashion accessories and they might own numerous pairs. Plus, every little bit helps.
The frames are made from bamboo, the perfect raw material because it is fast growing ( can restore itself in only five years) and good growth isn’t reliant on lots of fertilizers and pesticides. Besides, lovable animals like pandas love bamboo and eat so much of it (it’s low in nutrients) that it has to be fast growing.
Kayu products aren’t cheap, however, $50 from each sale is donated to Unite For Site which is enough for one sight restoring surgery in a developing country.
The complete range including the bamboo sunglasses can be seen at Kayu Design.
