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Komodo: eco-fashion with a acid house pastvideos
Joe Komodo's interest in ethical fashion grew out of his days as a backpacker in the early eighties. "The Komodo story was really taking handicrafts and turning them into desirable items."Predating the whole "eco-fashion" movement, Komodo began in 1988 with the vibe of the Acid House Summer of ...
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7 months, 1 week ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Skunkfunk: a low carbon t-shirt and urging you not to buyvideos
Their color is green, they began on an organic farm and they use recycled fabrics, but Skunkfunk founder Mikel Feijoo Elzo doesn't oversell his good deeds. "We can't talk to much about sustainability when we are in a very consumerism industry. We do not need so many clothes ...
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9 months, 1 week ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Itsus Eco System Green: organic down to the threadsvideos
Twelve years after starting his Itsus fashion label, Richard Brown has launched a new line, this time it's totally chemical-free. "It all started with doing research and realizing that with just regular cotton, there was just too much pollution taking place as a by-product of it but I didn ...
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9 months, 3 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
El Naturalista: a recycle-it-yourself (RIY) shoevideos
The two Spanish families that started El Naturalista had three lofty goals for their footwear: comfort and style with minimal harm to the environment. "We seek out production processes that are eco-friendly and promote traditional craft skills, we utilize natural materials and dyes, we avoid toxic products and materials, and ...
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9 months, 3 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Kuyichi: first in organic jeansvideos
Back in 2000 the Dutch NGO Solidaridad- that also works with fair trade coffee and fruits- started developing organic cotton in Peru, but when they found that no big jeans brands were interested in it, they decided to start their own label.Kuyichi was launched in 2001 with a focus ...
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9 months, 3 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Fermented corn starch shirts and butt-flattering eco-jeansvideos
Now that eco-friendly fibers have gone mainstream maybe you've heard of hemp and organic cotton, but what about Tencel and Ingeo? Maybe you know eco-conscious clothing lines like Edun from U2 frontman Bono and wife (Ali Hewson) or Edun designer Roran Gregory's other eco-line Loomstate, but have you ...
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9 months, 3 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Redesigned clothing: just reshoe it!videos
The footwear industry isn't known for its sustainable business practices. But that may be starting to change. Whether you think the Nike Considered line is just a bit of greenwashing, it's tough to deny that there are some mighty small players beginning to make a difference. In this ...
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9 months, 3 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Redesigned clothing: restitching mod to modernvideos
With the advent of "fast fashion", it's very easy to buy and discard. According to Cambridge University's Well Dressed? report, the average UK consumer sends 30kg of clothing and textiles to the landfill each year (and it's a similar number in the U.S.). Given that even ...
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9 months, 3 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Green is the new tangerineblogs
Rebecca has inspired me to write about clothing here. Unfortunately for my job I have been researching a lot about eco frendly home products. Well, I guess I shouldn't say unfortunately, it's more ironic that I am well prepared Kirsten to blather on and on about green products ...
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1 year ago by: elizabethk user comments
El Imperio de la basura: de la montaña de tinajas de Roma al vertedero de Staten Islandblogs
Más de 2.100 toneladas de desechos fueron generados el año pasado en todo el mundo. Los países ricos se llevan la palma en cuanto a la producción de basura; de media, cada persona se deshace de 1,4 kilogramos de basura al día en el mundo desarrollado. Ocurre que ...
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1 year, 7 months ago by: nicolas.boullosa staff 2 comments