Kriti & American Center Organize Solutions Event

Written by Caroline / 10 November 2009 / Read Caroline's latest blog entries.

The team at Kriti hosted a powerful training for students and other young people on how to make gift bags from newspaper, as a sustainable & beautiful alternative to plastic. Kriti hosted this event in partnership with the American Center in celebration of Earth Week.

 The process is incredibly simple, and requires only newspaper, glue, and a bit of string. A hole punch helped, but the kids I was working with moved right ahead making the holes to hold the handle with their scissors!

By bringing together papers of all kinds, old magazines, phone books, greeting cards, and even some waste CDs, the young people present produced some beautiful and very creative designs from the students present.

 
While at the event, I met a creative girl who had also made her bag from recycled materials -- a pair of jeans and some great decorations!!