WHY ECO-FRIENDLY?
Organic Cotton, Hemp, Bamboo & Recycle
What is a Green Business?
· Strives for a just and environmentally sustainable economy.
· Supports eco-friendly vendors and suppliers.
· Offers natural, sustainable and renewable products.
· Incorporates the three R's: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.
· Considers energy and environmental impact in its business decisions.
· Supports fair trade and other socially responsible businesses.
· Increases the quality of life for the environment, its employees, the community, and customers.
Join us and be part of the Green Evolution to save our planet EARTH!
By choosing organic cotton, hemp, you’re joining a growing movement of people who care enough about the environment... to care where their clothing comes from. It's a movement that respects the environment and protects people's health, as well as helping to preserve our air, water, and land.
Eco-Friendly Benefits
· beneficial to the environment
· beneficial to farmers, their families and their communities
Why we choose Eco-Friendly Apparel?
· We believe that nature was created to help us live in harmony with this world, not to destroy it.
· to support the environmental movement
· to allow others to be part of a great movement and send a message thru the cloths they wear.
What Makes a Fabric “Eco-Friendly”?
Eco-friendly fabrics generally have the following characteristics:
· Minimum use of chemicals and pesticides
· Best land management practices
· Sustainable farming practices
· Eco-friendly certification (i.e. EU-Eco label certification)
· Animal friendly
· Production adheres to fair trade practices
By purchasing organic, you can be sure that the product was produced without the use of harsh chemicals and pesticides, and is not only healthy for the environment but is also healthy for you.
Top Fabrics:
Here’s a list of eco-friendly fibers to look out for. Next time you’re shopping for clothes, look out for clothes that are made from the following fibers (or other eco-friendly fibers):
· Organic cotton - Cotton grown organically (without pesticides etc)
· Hemp - An amazing natural fiber. Some say hemp could have 25,000 uses. Hemp provides enormous benefit to the natural environment. This is true when used in products and when growing the hemp plant.
· Jute - Similar to hemp, jute is a type of vegetable fiber used for thousands of years, with outstanding potential for the future.
· Recycled Polyester - Polyester created from used polyester garments.
· Bamboo Fiber - Bamboo fabric is very comfortable and 100% biodegradable.
Organic Cotton:
Cotton production represents 26% of total global production and about half of the global demand for fiber. According the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) web site, only 3% of the world’s farmland is used for cotton but 25% of the global market for insecticides and 10% of pesticides goes towards cotton farming because the plants are so prone to infestation.
Eco-Friendly refers to a goods or services considered to inflict minimal or no harm, are good on the environment and people.
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