I discovered the small company of Monsoon Vermont via a recent comment made by one of the founders on an old post about rag pickers in India. I tend to be a bit jaded about trash-to-treasure products and eco-friendly fashion that encourages us to pay more or buy things we don’t really need in the name of green. That said, I do appreciate the power of talking piece fashion, such as the umbrellas available as part of MonsoonVT’s Scavenger Projet. Objectively practical and fashionable, these bright and beautiful items also carry a political message.
The umbrellas and other recycled wares—bags, waste baskets, wallets—are made with discarded packaging collected by scavengers in Indonesia and double as awareness-and-fund-raising tools for the YE Water Program in Jakarta.
Photos via the MonsoonVT site.
Tags: umbrellas, zero waste
everydaytrash 
Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at 12:20 pm |
Love that umbrella! Great blog…right up my alley. 🙂
Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at 5:41 am |
Thanks for stopping by!
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 11:45 am |
[…] and employs locals to make it into bags and other brightly colored goods to sell. Remember those cute Jakarta umbrellas from Monsoon […]
Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 5:00 am |
Very Very good product
i wil sell it for you in Holland
in our presentstore
Best Regards
Jim & Marijke
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