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Once Upon a Time We Had Two Options in Eco Fashion – Potato Sack or Bust the Bank. Times Have Changed.
Weekend Cardigan – Indigenous Designs $90 Fair Trade Certified 100% Organic Cotton Low Impact Dyes One day, hopefully in the not too distant future, we will no longer call it “eco fashion”. There will be one symbol on the tag showing that the materials are eco-friendly and the company is fair in its dealings. These items … Continue reading
New York Eco Fashion Week! The GreenShows Sept 8th – 15th 2011
Photo from thegreenshows.com The Green Shows, New York Eco Fashion Week started yesterday! See information and videos here: The GreenShows, New York Eco Fashion Week, Sept 8th – 15th 2011. Check out their BLOG for daily updates Check out their great FIBER GLOSSARY A Little about The Green Shows The GreenShows is dedicated to the design, and … Continue reading
Amy Butler’s Blissful Organic Cotton Prints Change the Game!
Bliss!! I cannot lie. I have a huge thing for beautiful fabrics and fabric prints. A couple years ago I fell head over heals, madly, deeply in love with Amy Butler’s bright, passionate, joy-filled designs. I knew then and there that we needed Amy Butler on Team Organic. So… About a year and a half ago … Continue reading
(video) White Gold: The True Cost of Cotton
Uzbekistan, a central Asian republic, is the 2nd largest exporter of cotton in the world. cotton irrigation and pesticide use have caused environmental catastrophe teachers take their children to work in the fields as ordered by the state adult and child workers drink out of the tainted irrigation canals they are forced to sell the cotton … Continue reading
An Eco Index for eco-fashion | MNN – Mother Nature Network
“Nike, Patagonia and other companies have created an Eco Index to make comparison shopping easier for green-minded consumers.” Read about it here. An Eco Index for eco-fashion | MNN – Mother Nature Network.
Cradle to Cradle & The New Green Products Innovation Institute!
 I am very excited about the new Green Products Innovation Institute in California. It is intended to support California’s Green Chemistry Initiative, which calls for the elimination of toxic substances from materials and manufacturing processes for all textiles and other products sold in California. Image Credit: Michelle Kaufmann/C2C MBDC Cradle to Cradle is an MBDC … Continue reading
