<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img src="http://www.remain-silent.com/cm/kewlstuff/apolis-market-bag.jpg" alt="apolis" width=480></span></p>

Check out this instant addition to my wishlist. The <a href="http://store.apolisglobal.com/event/store.item/itemGUID/7d8502be%2D242a%2D4a72%2D9de3%2D42fd073ccfee/">Market Bag by Apolis</a>, $58

We are pleased to release our reusable Market Bag, handcrafted in Bangladesh and finished in California. The perfect shopping bag for trips to the farmer's market or grocery store with a waterproof lining and natural vegetable-dyed leather straps reinforced by antique nickel rivets.
Place Pre-Order
Estimated Ship Date: Jun 15, 2012

about:
Apolis co-creates products with manufacturers and directly allows the market to determine the future of each item we produce. It is a hands-on model to provide people access to opportunity. We call it “advocacy through industry.”

We believe that the commonality between currencies, flags and languages is people. It is people who are the innovators, the advocates, and the revolutionaries. Apolis is a small group of social entrepreneurs who believe that the most valuable practice in creating lasting change is by investing in people.

In 2004, brothers Raan & Shea Parton, founded Apolis with a simple idea that people can live better lives if they are given equal access to opportunity. Their travels abroad immersed them in personal stories of struggle and survival that inspired them to create a business model that bridges commerce and microeconomic development. Along with their commitment to global advocacy, they also understand the importance of sourcing and manufacturing locally. An average of sixty percent of Apolis' product assortment is American-made and crafted within ten miles of the Apolis Los Angeles headquarters. Whether it means partnering with manufacturers in Uganda, Peru, Bangladesh, or around the corner in Los Angeles, the Partons have consistently pursued the goal of empowering people through opportunity.