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Tussar Silk

• You can also identify pure silk. Take a few threads from the warp and the weft and set their ends alight. When they are fully burnt, smell the ash. If it smells like burnt hair, you have just burnt some pure silk. If it doesn’t, and in fact the residue is solid, it is not silk, but some synthetic material.
• Tussar silk production has become an economic lifeline for villagers in Maoist-affected areas in Jharkhand.
• India has the unique distinction of being the only country in the world producing commercially known varieties of silk - mulberry, Tussar (both tropical and temperate), Eri, and Muga. More...

Green tea Green Tea is a beverage made from the unfermented dried leaves of the tea plant, Camellia Sinensis. It has been used as medicine in China for at least 4,000 years, and is a rich source of Antioxidants. More...

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Green Furniture

There are several eco-friendly furniture manufacturing companies that use materials such as wheat and sunflower seeds to make their products. These companies then ships out all its waste products to others for reuse. Dairy farms use their sawdust for animal bedding, scrap lumber goes to power plants, and children's museums and day care centers are happy to receive their access fabric. Their motivation: an overall desire to improve the environment.

Made with reclaimed, recycled, renewable, whole body organic and non-toxic materials, green furniture are eco friendly and designed with the environment in mind. More...