A unique on-line shopping mall debuts in Canada

The solution offered by Eco-Handbags.ca is the brainchild of Marisa Ramondo, Montreal-based web developer and founder of Alexram Internet Services ; although small, ties together key ecological and social concerns of our technologically oriented 21st century. And it does so with flair.

As Ms. Ramondo says of the new eco-fashion site: ?We may just be selling handbags, but it?s something concrete we can do for the environment. It?s a way of offering consumers a choice of fashionable, ecological products; of allowing them to become more conscious of what they?re buying, of where their products come from. Of course, we?re also offering people an opportunity to help better the lives of some incredibly talented designers.?

The online showcase with its rainbow of handcrafted eco-handbags, all concocted from a tantalizing diversity of waste materials; fairly bristles with originality. Think candy wrappers, chopsticks, sailboat sails, bicycle inner tubes, juice boxes, plastic bottles, magazines, record albums, and vinyl billboards?all lovingly refashioned into original eco-bags.

Handbags, clutch purses, cell phone cases, tote bags; the site offers a cornucopia of bags for every budget, age and mood.