Naturebag Video

October 18, 2011: Now you can order a Large Pahk style Nature Bag in North American (or via Skype from anywhere) 24 hours a day using a toll-free telephone number. Dial 1-877-548-1662 and have your payment information handy. Each bag is $19.95 plus shipping & handling to U.S. and Canadian addresses. Order more than one bag and get free shipping & handling.

June 14, 2010: Nature Bag Daily Grommet Feature: Iowa native Bill Newbrough received a Nature Bag as a gift a few years ago, after a guided trip to a remote area in the jungles of Asia. Today he’s working with Bonsou Keoamphone (Sou for short), the guide who gave him the souvenir, to spread the word about these incredible bags. Sou, 22, is founder of the Nature Bag Khmu/Lao Poverty Reduction Project whose mission is working with the Khmu people to enrich their lives and those of green-living friends around the globe while preserving the art of crafting the Earth's Green Bag.

Nature Bags are made primarily from JungleVine®, the fiber of kudzu, which grows prodigiously in the region. The reusable multi-purpose unisex bags stretch to gently grasp almost any cargo, including groceries, books, swim gear, tools, overnight items, biking/hiking essentials. They hold much more than their minimalistic appearance leads one you to expect. The design cradles the contents, which keeps items from shifting and reduces the chance of bruising fragile fruits and vegetables. Three styles are available. The organic Pahk is all natural in color, while Noy adds black stripes and detailing along the seams. The Beach Bag has a multicolor sack and incorporates cotton on the shoulder strap for a softer feel.

No two are alike, but each vegan Nature Bag - biodegradable bag is special. They’re sustainable in more ways than one. The raw materials are available in abundance, they are homemade and every purchase helps to improve the quality of life for the Khmu people.

March 25, 2010: In honor of the 40th Earth Day celebration, the 5000 year old Khmu culture links the modern world to its reusable, sustainable, stretchable, homemade,eco-friendly tote, amazingly made from wild-growing JungleVine®. Privately funded poverty reduction project turns an ancient tool into the Earth's Greenest Bag, a superior vegan carrying device for modern eco-friendly living!

November 07, 2009: Insightful camera-work and brilliant editing by a professional volunteer capture mountainside living in breathtaking Northern Laos where 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 multipurpose Nature Bags - reusable vegan bags. Using hands and a leg to transform JungleVine® fiber into super-strong cord is the highlight of the story. Much of the grocery 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 market bag making, actual use of the eco-friendly totes is shown in Laotian scenes and as well as in images captured in North American and Europe.

February 15, 2008: Nine minute documentary showing the poorest indigenous Asians making eco-friendly reusable bags from wild-growing JungleVine®. The biodegradable bags are beautiful, versatile, stretchable, minimalistic, eco-friendly and an example of sustainable style. The miraculous cord made from JungleVine® is incredibly strong, durable and gently grips its cargo to protect it. The Nature Bag Khmu/Lao Poverty Reduction Project describes them as Earth's Greenest Bag because their wild-growing material is gathered by hand, they are made at home allowing good child nurturing and preservation of traditional life without the wasteful practice of commuting, they decompose releasing captured carbon into the soil after being buried (if they should ever wear out) and they weigh virtually nothing so that worldwide distribution requires minuscule fossil-sourced energy. Their vegan production and use is close to carbon-neutral because theJungleVine® removes carbon gases from the atmosphere as it grows while emitting oxygen to breathe.

Video was made in northern Laos, a day's journey from Luang Prabang the ancient UNESCO World Heritage City.