@Today's Network Meet in Wandering Artist,
Raja Annamalaipuram.
Organised by FICCI FLO Swayam group

WHY YOU MUST CHOOSE TO BUY HANDMADE PRODUCTS?

Namaskaram
Greetings from Sangeeni's Raise The Earth.

We live in a place where everything are produced in mass. Of course..
That is not wrong . It is amazing that a majority of things are bulk produced, factory made. 
But do you know , now a days many people, and communities have started supporting and welcoming hand made products . 
In case you had never got the opportunity to know or appreciate them,  here is a small write up on why one must choose to buy hand made products.
And why handmade goods are suggested to be a better choice compared to mass production products?

TOP 10 REASONS TO BUY HANDMADE PRODUCTS

1. Handmade products add value to the producer. It gives life to a commodity which otherwise has no personal touch and human value.

2. Handmade products are created in a world of pride, joy and creativity . 
The maker is proud of the creative product he has made unlike products made by machines. The handmade product contains the natural joy of the creator. Its as unique as its maker 

3.  Handmade products cannot look alike.
No two handmade products can look same. Therefore it cannot be duplicated at all. Atleast there might be a 5% change either in colour,size or look of the product.

4. The producer can personalise the product according to the instructions of every single client. It can be highly individualized. 

5. Mass production- You can gift a uniquly produced item to your best friend and which every individual too has the same design. 
Or gift handmade product designed by you.

6. Handmade products reduce carbon prints .

7. Handmade are mostly eco friendly .

8. You give a living to a individual labour by purchasing his handmade product . The seller is most of the time the producer or a trusted sales vendor .

In case you opt a machine based product you may end up living in an self centred society. Be the change you want to see in others.

9. An age old dying craft is restored by supporting handmade .

10. You promote the handmade products made by a  local vendor .

Many may not instantly get convinced by seeing your products.
 But Iam sure you will be hearing beautiful lines from you clients saying -
We simply love your work.   

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Greetings from Sangeeni's Raise The Earth.
On November 9th 2018 , FICCI FLO Swayam group along with Saarc Chamber Women Entrepreneurs Council ( SCWEC) jointly conducted a workshop for women entrepreneurs in Hotel Crowne Plaza, Alwarpet Chennai.
It was a useful workshop and a good networking meet .
I have shared some pictures taken on that day .

Launching Sangeeni's Raise The Earth

Having being brought up in a joint family where my grandmother, Periappa and Parents, were people who loved the outdoors, it seems only natural that I developed a passion for the environment. I grew up with the mentality of being a little more conscious of using resources, of protecting the environment and the natural life.

Thanks to an ever increasing number of sustainability initiatives at Chennai city especially for last one decade. It all began with my association with few dedicated NGO’s like Restore in Kottivakkam and Chennai Trekking Club., etc. I participated in many environment-themed projects and campaigns conducted by them, including tree plantings, Beach cleanups, and fun events like turtle walk ,composting and kitchen garden workshops, etc.

There are always consequences to things we want to do and there are definitely challenges. I wanted to create a world where everything is clean, pollution free and safe for me and for everyone. I wanted to grow my own veggies, manage by garbage and lead a sustainable life.

Staying in an urban area, in a rented house, it was impossible to get a space to just cultivate my own veggies. My landlord initially did not object my wish to put up a kitchen garden in my backyard. But after a year, he did. He was saying my plants were consuming more water and that according to Vastu, no big plants must be grown on the north east directions of the plot.

Meanwhile, one day I noticed, the eastern side of a Corporation park on Seventh Main Road, R. A. Puram, was overgrown with weeds and bushes. I got an idea. I approached West Raja Annamalai residence association or RAPRA in short which is ably managed by Dr.Chandresekar and volunteers. I proposed to cultivate a community vegetable garden there. RAPRA members welcomed the proposal and encouraged me to conduct several more green initiatives with full support. I take this opportunity to Thank Dr.Chandresekar for his nobleness and for patronizing even the small dreams of common people like me. One of the significant way I work to promote sustainability is by reducing waste in an effort to save money, resources, and energy. On those lines, evoked the need to prepare bio enzymes. Just like the previous attempt,  I approached the volunteers and members of SWM and TAKSRA from our neighborhood.  One of the main priorities for sustainability is waste diversion—keeping as much trash out of landfills as possible by emphasizing recycling and composting. TAKSRA  supported me by bringing in experts like shobha and Swamy who have been doing bio enzymes for many years .Bio enzymes are nothing but chemical free home cleaners made with discarded fruit peels and jaggery fermented for a stipulated amount of time, filtered and used as an alternative to chemical based home cleaners which we easily get in the markets. And thus the programe was held.

I cease this moment to thank Bala ,Ganga ,Shobha,Kripa from CAG and Karpagam to thank them personally for conducting this bioenzyme workshop and making my wish come true.

I noticed many of my friends and family members cared about protecting the environment but were at times confused by the information they heard about sustainability. I also found that people would sometimes resist change if they felt it would inconvenience them or disrupt their daily behaviors.My love for sustainability lifestyle soon led me to launch my own green store.

And I named it Sangeeni’s Raise The Earth

Looking at environmental issues, I feel it deals with the poor and vulnerable, who are most adversely affected by environmental issues. I also think about the future generations who are adversely affected by what we’re doing today due to climate change, nuclear waste, the accelerated rate in species extinction, and loss of habitat. I feel we are robbing future generations of an inhabitable planet. “It’s really difficult to inspire changes in sustainable consumerism unless the alternative is really easy. And I hope through Sangeeni’Raise The Earth , this will soon be a reality.

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Life in The 80's and Why Sangeeni's Raise The Earth was born

When I was a kid I used to watch my Jack Periappa bring home various old magazines and books from waste paper stores . He would tell us to read them and develop our general knowledge. So there started my love for books. He could have bought a new magazine ,but he did not do so!
I used to read a lot of sustainability related articles and how we can be a minimalist. I liked the idea of sustainability,which my periappa was constantly enforcing on us,
Not to waste Electricty 
Not to waste Water
Not to waste Food
Being a  child of the 80's , I grew up in a society that was very responsible in saving natural resources My mom  preferred to use cloth bags for shopping which she would carry it always in her handbag .    
Ghee and Oil was bought from local "Chekku" in big "thooku" 
Milk man used to come over and door deliver milk in our own containers or people used to go to local milk booth and pick up milk in their own containers.
Groceries used to be packed in small "Potli" packed of newspapers .
In the 80's we used to play with wooden toys which my grandparents would gift us whenever they visit a pilgrimage tour.
My mom cooked in earthernwares and used traditional grinding stones such as ‘ammi' and ‘attukkal' . Bronze wares with eeyam and iron kalchatti were all of the 80's icons.
But now they have become a thing of the past, with the advent of electrically-operated household appliances .
in those days, our kitchen waste were decomposed in lands behind our houses and the manure got from them were used to grow herbs.My mom would  grow mint ,coriander and curry leaves at home . 
 Now days things have changed. 
As I grew up,slowly all the good old habits and practises were vanishing.
There was a vaccum in between . And gradually things were metamorphing to a plastic world.
All of a sudden nearing 2000 and onwards, the media started publishing posts on Pollution,Global warming and Green practises. These stories inspired me. and when the calling came I decided to promote only Sustainable products which are environment friendly, and which brings only wellbeing and safe products for the end user. Thus was born Sangeeni's Raise The Earth on January - 1st 2018!