UPCYCLED PAPER JOURNAL

Hand crafted by women artisans, our Upcycled Paper Journal is a great travel companion. The cover is made from strips of recycled newspaper which are woven together and the 50 unlined pages are made from recycled cotton fabrics. The cover can be tied closed with an attached string and button closure. The cover of each journal is unique. 
- Handmade in Bangladesh
- Newspaper, cotton, string
- 8.5"L x 6"W x 1"thick 

This women-led Fair Trade enterprise creates safe, sustainable jobs for women in rural Bangladesh. With the goal of self-reliance, they teach the women handcraft skills so that the women are instrumental in transforming their low income communities into communities that produce generational wealth. With sustainable incomes, the women are able to secure proper housing, adequate foor and education for their children. The enterprise is environmentally focussed, keeping waste out of landfills and waterways by their use of renewable materials and methods including the use of recycled sari fabrics, recycled paper, tree-free cotton paper, tree-free water hyacinth paper and eco-friendly dyes.