7. Gaia Bag Mission To offer canvas shopping bags as a platform to empower our global community to take action in improving their lives, the lives of others and the vitality of our Earth. Organizing a workforce of impoverished women of India Earth Day 2009 Free Bag Giveaway
8. Gaia Bag’s Values In Action 1.School Fundraisers Raising Awareness and Funds Campaign 3.Socially Responsible Store Vendor 2.Go Green Grocery Store Events Empowering our global community to improve their lives, the lives of others and the vitality of our Earth!
9. Gaia Bag maintains the highest standardsas a Socially Responsible Vendor Our Factory is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty of women in India. Our Factory is certified through SKAL for fair trade practices and eco-friendly material, even the ink is water-based!
10. Gaia Bags are 100% natural cotton Pre-Shrunk, 10 oz. canvas weight, side seams with long 20 inch straps makes Gaia Bags ideal for grocery shopping. Organic bags are available.
11. The options are endless when working with Gaia Bag Bag Color and Ink Color have as many possibilities as the colors in the Pantone Color Chart. Bag size = Size of a common paper bag Can be any shape, any dimension. Customizable upon request. Prices start at low as $4.39 per bag Your one color logo on the bag is FREE
12. You have creative license to choose from 1 of our designs or create your own!
13. 25 cents of every bag sold will be donated to Whole Planet Foundation or a charity of your choice Reap the benefits of being a buyer of Gaia Bag
14. Let’s join together and raise awareness of the importance of reusable canvas shopping bags. vicki@gaiabag.com T:561-541-5461
15. Gaia bag Empowering our global community to take action in improving their lives, the lives of others and the vitality of our Earth
Editor's Notes
We are looking to join forces with a company that is on the forefront of this eco-movement, has a broad reach and an established national distribution channel
Our ideal partner promotes environmental stewardship, has a socially responsible buying program, Gives back a percentage of their profit to empower the citizens of our global community, Strives to sell products that are 100% environmentally friendly.
Gaia Bag grew out of my desire to have others feel as empowered as I did when I began using reusable canvas shopping bags. “It is from this grassroots initiative, that our mission was born.”
There are 3 platforms that we use to get our message and our products out to our communities.Through schools, students are able to tap in to the natural altruist in all of us, helping their schools and helping their families become more aware of the environmental crisis we are facing. They are the proactive salespersons. The Earth Day Events gives Free bags to shoppers, allowing them to immediately align their new awareness with action. This is also a great opportunity where store vendors get to join Whole Foods Market in the joint responsibility of environmental stewardship. Their logo on the bag provides a lifetime of brand awareness. Gaia bag has put much thought into selecting a green manufacturer that supports their staff which consists largely of previously impoverished women of a nearby village.
We searched long and hard for a manufacturer that’s main focus is to bring women out of poverty in India, breaking the cycle once and for all. Their commitment to 100% eco-friendly products made us a perfect fit.
Every part of the manufacturing process has been evaluated to determine what are the best environmental practices in the production. Even the ink is a water-based product.
Our factory can produce up to 100,000 bags per month, any color, any size.
You can create your own designs, or we can collaborate on designs.
Our commitment is strong and just like Whole Foods Market and our manufacturer, we want to give back. It is about creating a global community where the standards of living are adequate for all. Whole Planet foundation provides an opportunity to raise people up out of poverty and empower them to continue to be independent by creating their own wealth through business. This is in line with our mission which is to empower our global community to take action in helping themselves and others. We would like to offer a 25 cent commitment of every bag sold. The price to Whole Foods Market is $3.39 per bag.