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Jute bags

 Jute has an advantage …

it’s an eco-friendly and great option to that of poly and paper bags! polybags are made from petroleum and are non-biodegradable and manufacturing paperbags requires large quantities of wood.

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Jute has none of these problems and is therefore being used widely for these purposes although higher cost does place jute at a disadvantage. Jute is also used for making fashion & promotional bags.

Other Uses

Jute stalks can be dehydrated under the sun, later they will be used as fuel.Diversified byproducts from jute can be used in cosmetics, medicine, paints, and other products.

Features

 ** Jute fibre is 100% bio-degradable and recyclable and thus environmentally friendly.

 ** It is a natural fibre with golden and silky shine and hence called The Golden Fibre.

 ** It is the cheapest vegetable fibre procured from the bast or skin of the plant’s stem.

 ** It is the second most important vegetable fibre after cotton, in terms of usage, global consumption, production, and availability.

 ** It has high tensile strength, low extensibility, and ensures better breathability of fabrics. Therefore, jute is very suitable in agricultural commodity bulk packaging.

 ** It helps to make best quality industrial yarn, fabric, net, and sacks.It is one of the most versatile natural fibres that has been used in raw materials for packaging, textiles, non-textile, construction, and agricultural sectors. Bulking of yarn results in a reduced breaking tenacity and an increased breaking extensibility when blended as a ternary blend.

 ** The best source of jute in the world is the Bengal Delta Plain in the Ganges Delta, most of which is occupied by Bangladesh.

 ** Advantages of jute include good insulating and antistatic properties, as well as having low thermal conductivity and a moderate moisture regain. Other advantages of jute include acoustic insulating properties and manufacture with no skin irritations. Jute has the ability to be blended with other fibres, both synthetic and natural, and accepts cellulosic dye classes such as natural, basic, vat, sulfur, reactive, and pigment dyes. As the demand for natural comfort fibres increases, the demand for jute and other natural fibres that can be blended with cotton will increase. To meet this demand, some manufactures in the natural fibre industry plan to modernize processing with the Rieter’s Elitex system. The resulting jute/cotton yarns will produce fabrics with a reduced cost of wet processing treatments.

 ** Jute can also be blended with wool. By treating jute with caustic soda, crimp, softness, pliability, and appearance is improved, aiding in its ability to be spun with wool. Liquid ammonia has a similar effect on jute, as well as the added characteristic of improving flame resistance when treated with flameproofing agents.

 ** Some noted disadvantages include poor drapability and crease resistance, brittleness, fibre shedding, and yellowing in sunlight. However, preparation of fabrics with castor oil lubricants result in less yellowing and less fabric weight loss, as well as increased dyeing brilliance. Jute has a decreased strength when wet, and also becomes subject to microbial attack in humid climates.

Jute can be processed with an enzyme in order to reduce some of its brittleness and stiffness. Once treated with an enzyme, jute shows an affinity to readily accept natural dyes, which can be made from marigold flower extract. In one attempt to dye jute fabric with this extract, bleached fabric was mordanted with ferrous sulphate, increasing the fabric’s dye uptake value. Jute also responds well to reactive dyeing.

This process is used for bright and fast coloured value-added diversified products made from jute.

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Kathy Calvin, United Nations Foundation: Important: Roadmap to 2030


It’s here: Our once-in-a-generation opportunity to create a sustainable world without poverty and with opportunity for everyone.

On September 25, world leaders will come together at the United Nations to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals, a concrete action plan for people and the planet. It’s our shared global to-do list for ending extreme poverty, fighting injustice and inequality, and fixing climate change — all by 2030.

If the goals are going to work, everyone needs to know about them. We have to make sure every person from all sectors and all countries is prepared to add his or her voice so leaders know we want global action for a better world.

The Global Goals are coming. Learn more by watching and sharing this short video:

Click here to watch a video introducing the Global Goals.

If we seize this moment, we can be the first generation to end extreme poverty, the most determined generation in history to end injustice and inequality, and the last generation to be threatened by climate change — but we need everyone to play a role.

Watch and share this video to help spread the word about the Sustainable Development Goals now.

Thank you for joining the movement — let’s make the goals a success!

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P.S. Over the next few weeks, we’ll explore specific goals and how they can make a difference for billions of people around the world. Is there a goal you want to make sure we cover? Tell us here.
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Recollections of Home: Thoughts on the Flooding of Altamira and the Belo Monte Dam

Recollections of Home:
Thoughts on the Flooding of Altamira and the Belo Monte Dam
Antonia Melo is standing on her front porch. Behind her sits a room full of memories and photos. Her grandchildren wrap their arms around her legs. She speaks with strength, energy and indignation. At first, I couldn’t really feel the sadness in her tone when I spoke with her, but now I can.

Today, five years later, I still remember my dear friend, inspiring leader and powerful activist who lives her own revolution in this way.

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demanding the right to be … a repost


The World is watching …

While the fight for Democracy breaks out all over the World, we see the marches the violence against protesters who have finally had enough. We see what most are calling the Arab World in possible transition. A movement against dictators and clerics who have ruled with iron fists and have engaged in outdated ancient practices.

Remember … there is always strength in numbers

It is so hard to understand, believe, accept, or fathom that we are in the 21st Century yet there are people on the Continent of Africa dying at the hands of their own in the Arab World for wanting to be heard, for wanting to be participants in their own futures and this is not new. There are mothers with children, older men and women and students are coming out in droves protesting to let tell these dictators it is time for a change. In a desperate move to control the truth of what they are doing to their own people, dictators have tried to cut off all connections to the outside world. They insist and expect the world to believe that the U.S. is at fault, meddling in the process of change, which should happen slowly. When the protesters did not leave, most if not all these tyrants offered up some concessions to the people like crumbs while trying to divert responsibility until their patience ran out with tantrums and threats, crackdown, use extreme force, and death to those who refuse to obey. Tyrants obviously, act without remorse because the people no longer choose to be their little children, slaves and or pawns in the effort stay in power. It is my hope that the Militia or Mercenaries rise up against these despots. As I watched in horror, I ask myself if these people have even allowed themselves a chance to stop and consider what personal, freedom would mean for them and their families. I also wonder if they feel they deserve to be happy let alone want an opportunity a change from the old ancient ways to a life with the freedom to speak, better wages, human rights, actually be a participant in the process of life. Then, like so many others have compared the uprisings in the U.S. over bargaining rights that have been a part of the Middle Class for over forty years and the forty-one year revolution for freedom in Libya.

We all know that the demand to be heard these days is great and how amazing it is to see people on two different continents with similar reactions by those who control, who truly are working for an agenda that is one of great self-interest. This seemingly symbiotic thing going on, though we are worlds apart the Arabs must fear not evil to get the change they need and want … it means that any fear of authority is not an option, the possibility of death while here in America we rely on lawmakers to do the right thing

The journey toward freedom is sometimes paved with danger