Saturday, December 4, 2010
Chinese Delegates visit to Vibrant Nature Office - Nov 30th, 2010
A five member team from Agricultural Department of Guangxi Zhuang region, China led by Mr. Zhang Ming Pei visited Vibrant Nature office to know about Banana Fiber textiles.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Vibrant Nature joins the Social Network - Facebook & Twitter
Vibrant Nature through Facebook provides Tips everyday that could be followed to create a Green Life...
Vibrant Nature through Twitter posts updates about Natural products and more...
Friday, June 4, 2010
World Environment Day - June 05, 2010 !!!
World Environment Day (WED) is a day that stimulates awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and public action. It is on 5 June. It was the day that United Nations Conference on the Human Environment began. The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was from 5-16 June 1972.
It was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972. The first World Environment Day was on 1973. World Environment Day is hosted every year by a different city with a different theme and is commemorated with an international exposition on the week that 5 June is on. World Environment Day is in summer in the Northern Hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Vibrant Nature's Article in THE HINDU Retail Plus
Through glasses tinted green
An initiative for retail that hopes to replicate and reorganise mass consumption into everything green.
Vibrant Nature is a growing dedication that inspires society towards a Green World where natural, eco friendly and bio degradable handicrafts and everyday use products become natural substitutes for many plastic and synthetic products. S. Ramakrishnan, the founder of Vibrant Nature is the man with a vision for Green India. The fledgling company is now four-years-old and has developed over a 100 different products from natural fibres, textiles and other locally available raw material.
Coconut shells and husk, banana fibres and treated banana peels, palm leaves, kora grass, aloe vera and palm leaves are only few examples of the various natural products used to make mind boggling eco friendly products.
Research and development and a keen interest in aesthetics drive Ramakrishnan and his team to create several innovative products. Whole villages have been mobilized into contributing fibres and material hitherto unused or wasted. Local bodies encouraged by Vibrant Nature are enthused by the prospect generating new product lines and income generating projects.
Ramakrishnan says, "Substitution is the key to slowly move towards a green world. Disposable party plates and bowls made out of areca nut fibres could easily replace plastic or paper plates.Plastic containers could be replaced by palm leaf or coconut leaf baskets. Desk top stationary such as pen stands, folders and file cabinets can be made of natural fibres like jute and palm leaf, are eco friendly options."
The latest innovation is the bamboo fibre tee shirt which is all the rage in the Far East and is one of China's largest exports to the West.
Going Green is sometimes an expensive proposition, given that the cost of synthetic stuff is comparatively less. Ramakrishnan says mass production is the key to keeping costs low. This ensures that most segments of the society move towards organic and natural products.
Vibrant Nature sources a huge quantity of raw material that goes through a stringent selection and treatment process before it evolves into a final product. Hundreds of dried coconut shells are examined before sculpting one perfect beatific Ganesha or being shaped into a set of six identical cups.
Vibrant Nature will soon launch a retail outlet in Besant Nagar called Go For Green. It is a dream come true for Ramakrishna who has also recently been instituted in the National Fibre Policy Council formed by the Ministry of Textile, Government of India. The store will stock hand made products that include textiles, kitchen ware, stationary, hand crafted jewellery, tableware like plates, cups, table mats, footwear made of sisal, home accessories like table lamps, runners and decorative floor mats.
Ramakrishnan says, "It is a small step in the right direction and there is so much more ahead."
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SUNITA SURESH
The Online Link in THE HINDU : http://www.hindu.com/rp/2010/05/02/stories/2010050250040100.htm
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