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| Been in the business of mass communication and making efforts to ease the person-to-person communication process |
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Jan 16, 2009 05:44:18 AM |
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Hemp, which was cultivated in China in 2800 BC, is one of the oldest recorded uses of plant fibre for fabrics. Flax fibers were used to make linen over 5,000 years ago, and was of such value that it was used for burial shrouds for Egyptian Pharaohs. Cotton has been produced in India for millennia and was introduced in Europe in the 1300s.
Technological revolution and the short term advantages of synthetics prompted the switch from natural fibres towards synthetic materials, mostly derived from petrochemicals.
And that's how we are here today |
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wrote on Feb 06, 2009 |
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Hi,
I love reading and writing. I am trying to figure out why I have been blessed with this life. I enjoy every aspect of living and learning. |
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Jan 16, 2009 04:02:17 AM |
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Not so long ago, we used Jute school bags; jute shopping bags; jute ropes ..... all of which has been replaced by Nylon or plastic. Apart from increasing our carbon footprint, this has reduced the demand for jute and the area devoted to jute cultivation.
*Jute is a fast growing crop with a much higher carbon dioxide assimilation rate than trees. One hectare of Jute plants consume over 15 tonnes of carbon di oxide, several times higher than trees.
*The Jute industry finanially supports an estimated 5 million people in the poorest regions on Earth.
*Jute is abundantly availabile. It is a renewable and sustainable resource.
*It is a durable material and has the life span of over a thousand plastic carrier bags.
*Jute is a natural bast fibre, a vegetable fibre composed of cellulose which is the main building material of all plants and like all natural fibres, is totally bio-degradeable. This means that when discarded, jute totally decomposes, putting valuable nutrients back into the soil.
source: [http://www.copperwiki.org/index.php/Jute] |
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wrote on Jan 20, 2009 |
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