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10 minutes; Original (Pre-Discount) Price $12.00

By Matt Reynolds
President, Indigenous Designs Corporation
April 15, 1999
Palo Alto, California

Synopsis: Cultural traditions and sustainable cottage industry practices are preserved by building bridges from low income communities in South America, Eastern Europe, and the Appalachian region of the United States to affluent markets in the developed areas.

Matt Reynolds is the owner and President of Indigenous Designs Corporation, an environmentally and socially conscious wholesale clothing company.

Indigenous Designs manages cottage industry production in six countries -- Ecuador, Peru, Armenia, Romania, India, and the United States. Their products are distributed internationally to L.L. Bean, Patagonia, Smith and Hawken, The Nature Company, and others.

Reynolds has worked in the clothing industry since receiving his B.S. in Economics from the University of Oregon .

"All things eventually have to go back to the Earth. From the soil to the soil, from the water to the water."

"Twenty-five percent of the world's agricultural pesticide is used in the growing process of conventional cotton.... There are sometimes as many as 35 different pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides used in the growing of cotton. These pesticides are carried away in the wind, and find their way into ground water through irrigation runoff. This is causing serious long-term damage to our ecosystem."

"There is a new and exciting consumer market emerging. American Lives in San Francisco has labeled them the 'cultural creatives.' The 'cultural creatives' are making informed decisions when it comes to their purchases. They want to be in touch with the production process from the top to the bottom "

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