{"title":"Green Homemade Reusable Tote Bag","description":"Every Nature Bag is green.  In fact, every tote we offer is Earth’s Greenest Bag™.  Made at home from a natural wild-growing fiber that thrives without agriculture.  No chemicals.  No irrigation.  No cultivation.  Harvested and processed by hand.  Only human energy is used in crafting.  It's vegan -- no animals required.  No fuel consumption.  If non-human energy is used in the homes of the crafters, it's electricity created by the sun or water.  Twenty percent of the miniscule energy used in our underground Iowa USA warehouse is from the wind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis means we offer the ultimate green tote bag.  No need to organize content.  The earth-friendly tote arranges its own cargo.  Inside the car or in the closet the elastic Jungle Vine® holds its cargo inside and helps protect fragile items from damage.  Need a little more containment?  Knot the strap and tighten the naturally-closing opening.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn foot or a bike?  Easily handle 4 filled ecobags -- 2 around the neck and under the arm (one on each side); 1 over each shoulder.  You can add earth friendly bags 5 and 6 by carrying one in each hand.  Or try the Khmu method and add green bag 7:  the strap on the forehead with the reusable bag draping down the center of your back.  CAUTION:  Carrying too much by your forehead can cause neck injury.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBiodegradable.  Zero (or negative?) carbon footprint, because as its fiber grows,  carbon is captured from the atmosphere, stored,  and returned to the earth when you bury it (if you ever decide to not use your earth friendly tote any longer).  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOxygen for us to breathe oozes into the air from Jungle Vine® while it grows.  Light-weight so that little energy is used for shipping or carrying.  The ultimate reusable tote. Strong and durable so that it rarely needs replacement.  Resistant to stains and odors so that its care consumes little water, and soap only if you want.  Dirt that gets into it easily shakes out in the wind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStretchable so that a small size goes a long way.  There's always room to put something else inside.  The limitation on cargo in our bigger bags is how much you can lift and carry.  Elastic, so that its strong natural Jungle Vine® cord gently grasps your cargo, holding it in place, minimizing pressure on nearby fragile items.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNature Bag is an eco friendly tote that's also nice to people and animals.  Environmentally friendly for eco-conscious green-thinking earth-loving people around the world.  Its home-crafting enables Asia's poorest people to enhance an ancient lifestyle while maintaining  traditional village-centered care of children and social interaction with neighbors.  There's no commuting to work.  Daycare is at home.  Pre-school children learn from their parents.  An ancient craft is preserved.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe mission of the Nature Bag Khmu\/Lao Poverty Reduction Project is fulfilled!","products":[{"product_id":"beach","title":"Beach","description":"Colorful and refined eco-friendly bag. That’s the way to think of our Beach style reusable tote. Influenced by use on California USA beaches in mind, but at home on a shopping trip to a classy Middle Eastern boutique or in an Asian supermarket, the Beach borrows elements from the Beng: Darker shades of continuous color bands wrap around the cargo sack.","brand":"NatureBag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1071202784,"sku":"450","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/4273\/products\/Naturebag_Beach_0001_grande_d9b4558a-c3dd-4e16-bee4-e82c172d0262.jpg?v=1419274492"},{"product_id":"junglevine-cord","title":"Jungle Vine® Cord","description":"A spool of Jungle Vine® cord is a great way to experiment with this strong thread made from a wild-growing kudzu vine.  Try it to knit or crochet.  Study images of how the Khmu make the Jungle Vine® fabric used in crafting a Nature Bag and see whether you can learn their technique.  The Khmu also use Jungle Vine® cord to tie the umbilical cords of babies.   But please consult with your health care provider before adding it to your home-birthing plans.  Wherever you have an application requiring strong, mold-resistant, vegan, organic string that has virtually no carbon footprint because its fiber is hand gathered wild-growing kudzu, consider Jungle Vine® cord.  We've used it as dental floss.  Or use it as a novelty.  Amaze your friends by showing them scenes from our videos where the Khmu women open the kudzu stem, extract the fiber that's inside and, after drying it briefly in the air, use their hands and legs to transform the thin ribbon into Jungle Vine® cord.  Then give a sample as a souvenir.  Jungle Vine® cord is sold wrapped on a peg that has been whittled by hand from a Laotian twig or in a ball.  Most spools are shipped directly from Laos, so allow 45 days for delivery.  There's approximately 15 meters (600 inches) of cord on a spool.  Contact us for pricing of larger quantities.","brand":"NatureBag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1071436548,"sku":"015","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/4273\/products\/Jungle_Vine_Cord.jpg?v=1419279236"},{"product_id":"junglevine-fabric","title":"Jungle Vine® Fabric","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere's your opportunity to get remnants of the fabric that's used in crafting a Nature Bag.  Use JungleVine™ fabric as an organic skin conditioning cloth, for experimentation, as a novelty gift or for inclusion into a quilt or other cloth item. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eFor generations, the same \u003cspan\u003eJungleVine™ \u003c\/span\u003e fabric used to craft \u003cspan\u003eEarth’s Greenest Bag™ has been used in Japan as a natural skin conditioning cloth. Said to open the pores \u0026amp; smooth wrinkles, bumps \u0026amp; other imperfections, simply rub the fabric over your skin.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOr u\u003c\/span\u003ese your creativity to innovate something unique.  The only guidance we can give you regarding its use is that it is elastic \u0026amp; can stretch in at least one direction, is very strong and lightweight, resists stains \u0026amp; dirt and maintains its strength even after extensive and repeated exposure to dampness.  Watch our videos \"How to Make a Nature Bag\" and \"NatureBag 2010\" to stimulate your creativity and learn more about its characteristics.  \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eEach package of JungleVine™fabric contains at least an 7 grams (1\/4 ounce) of fabric with no dimension of  any remnant less than 10cm (4 inches).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NatureBag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1071488896,"sku":"090","price":1.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/4273\/products\/Jungle_Vine_Fabric.jpg?v=1419279995"}],"url":"https:\/\/nature-bag.myshopify.com\/collections\/green-homemade-reusable-tote-bag.oembed","provider":"Nature Bag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}