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!
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!
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