Something Else....Kati Alo
Monday, June 13, 2016 at 8:16AM Echo Center Dear Friends,
I would like to announce the launch of a loving project of mine which has been in development for the last 2 1/2 years. The company is called Kati Alo. “Kati Alo” in Greek means “something else”. Visit us www.katialo.org and please share this post with your family and friends. The site is being launched today as a soft launch, only supporting Canada right now and to observe any glitches that might come up on the site, however we do have plans for expansion to other countries.
Our mission statement is to provide FREE and good clothing to those who are less fortunate and to rethink how we clothe ourselves and our family and do it on-line from the convenience of our homes. Kati Alo was founded with a co-operative spirit and with a conscious mind set and we discovered a better way for our members to combat the rising cost of clothing while simultaneously minimizing unnecessary waste not to mention the toxic footprint that is becoming a great concern to the health of our planet. We call this conscious consumerism. We hope you will join us in this effort.
We believe it’s important to show others, especially future generations through example, that consumerism doesn’t have to rule our lives. What we already own is valuable to us and to others. The need for recycling in this age of toxic waste is more important than ever. That’s a big part of our mission.
“How much clothing is thrown away every year?”
Wiki answers: “85% of recyclable clothes are being needlessly thrown out.” It’s worth noting here, that clothing waste is also at record levels. Canadians average about 15 lbs. of textile waste (clothes, bedding, etc.) annually. Another article that we researched agreed that 15 pounds of textile waste per family is tossed in landfills and it sounds crazy, but 90% of this clothing is perfectly good. Yet people keep buying new stuff.
For every trade that takes place on our Canadian site, we donate money to the David Suzuki Foundation towards the Blue Dot movement for their extraordinary efforts in helping to create a sustainable healthy environment.
Kati Alo is positioned to go global and is already busy translating the site into other languages. We are currently looking to partner/license with someone for the US market which will be launched later this year. We are already partnered for launching Australia and New Zealand, and Greece in the spring/summer of 2017. For any interested individuals in the USA or other countries, who wish to become part of the project, contact us by email: info@katialo.org
I give my sincere thanks to the Kati Alo team, their dedication, patience and persistence has been appreciated. I also give thanks to our early members who signed on during the beta testing phase and helped to uploaded many beautiful boxes of clothing.
It’s easy and it’s fun! Thanks for your support.
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