An Ahimsa Crisis: You Decide: Alternatives To Leather

Instead of buying leather clothing, fashion accessories or footwear, look for goods made with microfiber, pleather, synthetic, imitation or artificial leather, or all human-made materials. Artisans are now using “vegan leather” [artificial, plant-based non-leather] in purses and jackets in a wide and gorgeous array. Alternately, you can opt for products made of cotton, linen, rubber, ramie, canvas, and chlorenol. If you buy and use leather products, please do see this short film:

http://www.jainsamaj.org/magazines/ahimsatimesshow.php?id=368

Now you decide: is this behavior consistent with ahimsa?