Atrileaf ~ A Journey Through Nature
Can
we change the way we consume?
It was precisely
this thought that struck me when I got the chance to visit a tribal forest
village deep inside a national park in South East India. Out there during
lunch, we sat on the ground and ate food served in plates and cups that were
created with leaves by the tribal villagers. The feel of simple, warm, earthy
existence struck a chord deep within. Post a sumptuous meal we disposed our
plates and cups under a tree in a small open ditch.
At some point when
I noticed an entire pile of used leaf plates and cups of varied sizes collected
in that ditch somehow did not appear like garbage, it got me thinking about
just how we choose to consume especially in urbanized cities. The same cities
we chose to make our homes, earn a living, settle down and make a life
I returned with a
strong resolve to do something that could effect even a small yet meaningful
change. I wondered aloud, thought a lot and finally found my calling when I
Once again
witnessed a pile of plastic disposables at a friend’s house party. The sight of
that pile gave me the answer I was looking for.
And that’s how the
dream of starting Atri-Leaf began with this strong belief that slowly but
surely we need to change our habits and lifestyle to suit the bigger needs of
our ecology.
The product
After spending months looking around and researching many
leaf options, I zeroed down on a combination of leaves ideal to handle dry,
solid, semi liquid and liquid states in food. As day passed it became
increasingly clear that all the elements in the product and the process itself
had to be 100% natural
The final product is a result of compressing layers of
leaves on semi automatic machines and stitching them up with natural palm
fiber.
The layers of leaves provide strength and natural palm
fiber stich provides durability to our products to handle tough liquid sate in
dishes.
Science:
India possesses rich floristic wealth and diversified
genetic resources of medicinal plants. The Forest in India is a source of
livelihood to numerous people. Several of its plant species have very large
applications in the traditional folk medicine and modern medicinal technology
has confirmed many botanical constituents for their anti bacterial activity.
Ayurveda too endorses eating in leaf plate as beneficial
due to the presence of polyphenols in the leaves which act as natural
anti-oxidants.
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Credit : Vinay Subramanian
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