Nature Bag 2010

5000 year old Khmu culture links modern world to its reusable, sustainable, stretchable, homemade bag, amazingly made from wild-growing JungleVine™. Privately funded poverty reduction project turns an ancient tool into a superior organic carrying device for modern green living. Insightful camerawork and brilliant editing by a professional volunteer capture mountainside living in breathtaking Northern Laos The attractive Khmu ethnic group is featured. Some live without money surviving by gathering food, medicine and fiber high in remote mountain forests, which is the reason for the sturdy bags.. Using hands and a leg to transform JungleVine™ fiber into super-strong cord is the highlight of the story. Much of the bag making was captured at a performance by Khmu women wearing traditional festival clothing. Costarring are charming children and village animals. In addition to the bag making, actual use of the bags is shown in most Laotian scenes and as well as in images captured in North American and Europe.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Reusable
• bag
• sustainable
• fashion
• earth-friendly
• organic
• poverty-reduction
• Laos
• Luang
• Prabang
• Khmu
• minimal
• biodegradable
• JungleVine™
• green
• NatureBag
• anti-poverty
• recyclable
• eco-friendly
• Kudzu
• Buddhist
• monk
• southeast
• Asia
• UNESCO
• WorldHeritage
• Lao
• PDR

[Suasy30]

As a young girl, I used to watch my grandmother spin fibers and make these exact bags just like the ladies in the video. I wish I would have learned how to. Inspiring video.

[1979Mags]

I have three of these bags and I *LOVE* them. I always get compliments on them, they hold a ton, and they truly make life BETTER for people. I'm proud to own them!

[reinaderigo]

This video really is inspiring. It's hard to imagine any people living completely off the land because they have no other resources. I'm proud to own and use these bags because not only are they amazing and durable bags, but because I know I am playing a small part in improving the Khmu way of life, and that is a wonderful feeling!