From diapers to Starbucks cups, there are massive recycling initiatives throughout the nation for various goods but one company is tackling the topic of our wardrobes and what we do when we dispose of clothing.  USAgain is a green enterprise with the following mission:  to provide consumers with a convenient and eco-friendly option to rid themselves of excess clothing, which we divert from wasting in landfills for resale here in the US and abroad.  According to their website, “extending the life of clothes and shoes reduces environmental degradation from the manufacturing of new clothing and makes for a healthier planet.”

But is the need really that great?  Well, according to the EPA, 85% of unwanted clothing is discarded and accounts for more than 4% of municipal solid waste volume.  In 2005, the volume of discarded clothing in the United States reached 8 million tons and it has only increased since then.  Let’s assume that most of that clothing is not organic and you have a lot of old shirts and pants clogging up a landfill.  Even scarier is the fact that since 1980, the volume of US clothing consumption has quintupled!

The environmental impact of the consumer is a huge one and now what we do with old clothing is as important as how we shop for new clothing. It can take 700 gallons of water to grow enough cotton to produce one t-shirt and the crop itself is highly dependent on pesticide use.  If you take into account how many emissions are released into the atmosphere (including voc’s and acid gases), there is a scary amount of pollution involved in some textile manufacturing. 

Buying secondhand clothing is one way to shop smarter for the earth.  According to USAgain, every pound of clothing that is worn again saves seven pounds of greenhouse gases.  And the website even offers live stats – currently it’s at 379,550,897 items saved from landfills, 2,413,318,432 lbs of CO2 saved from entering the atmosphere and 1,971,659 cubic yards of landfill space saved. 

San Francisco is the latest major metropolitan area to welcome the collection bins and since September, over 50,000 pounds of old clothes have found their way to them.  The donated clothing will be sorted and will either be sold to final users (i.e – wholesalers or thrift stores) or it will be redistributed for resale in the US, Central America, Europe, Asia and South America where people can purchase used clothes for a fraction of what new ones would cost.

And while USAgain has taken some criticism about being a for-profit recycling operation (one that cannot provide a donor with a tax-return option), CEO Mattias Wallander argues that being a for-profit company allows them to expand the idea of clothing recycling and more easily place collection bins in convenient locations to make textile recycling easier for the donor. 

“Just as your collectors of cardboard, aluminum and paper, they are all for profit entities, we see clothing as needed item that needs to be recycled more,” Bostic said.

Choosing sustainable fabrics is another way to shop smart for Mother Earth which is why bamboo clothes and even bamboo sheets are smart options for the consumer! 

No matter if you choose to wear second-hand clothing or buy organic, sustainable products, just remember that your purchasing power is a significant ally in the fight for our environment. 

For more environmental news, visit Green Earth News section on Bamboo & The Environment.

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Who’s misleading who in this “environmentally friendly” game of cat and mouse?
While the Federal Trade Commission and other such agencies focus their efforts on exploiting companies for “alleged” misleading environmental claims, it might shock you to know that in the world of textiles…the consumer is, in fact, the energy consumption machine.

So get ready to grease up those wheels because it’s time to air out your dirty laundry – quite literally.

For years consumers have been lead to believe that the processing of textiles such as cotton, polyester, rayon, and even viscose from bamboo are the culprits in destroying our planet. Whereas pesticides, soil erosion and releasing chemicals into the atmosphere are enough to make you gasp, The American Fiber Manufacturers Association and Danish Environmental Protection Agency will prove the largest environmental impact is in fact YOU – the Consumer. Shocking, but true.

The Lifecycle of a Cotton T-shirt & Polyester Blouse from Cradle to Grave

From seedling to growing and harvesting, to ginning and processing, to distribution and transportation, to your closet, on your person and into the trash is what is referred to as the “lifecycle” in a nutshell. Now let’s get to the facts of where the true energy consumption stems from – creating the biggest environmental impact.

Research from the Netherlands shows that the average piece of clothing remains in a Dutch person’s wardrobe for 3 years 5 months, is on the body for 44 days during this time and is worn for between 2.4 and 3.1 days between washings.¹ Yet even though the typical garment is only washed and dried around 20 times in its life, most of its environmental impact comes from laundering and NOT from growing, processing and producing the fabric or disposing of it at the end of its life. For example, the washing and drying of a polyester blouse uses as much as six times as much energy as that needed to make it in the first place.² Just by washing the blouse half as often, the product’s overall energy consumption can be cut by almost 50 per cent.

Whether you’re concerned about the environment or not, it’s at least worth looking at your bottom dollar when it comes to energy consumption with electricity, gas, water usage and laundry detergent.

To break this down into US dollars per T-shirt for the environmental cost of each stage in the lifecycle of a cotton T-shirt, let’s take a look at how this translates:

Growing:                     0.67
Ginning:                      0.02
Processing:                  0.02
Distribution:                0.08
Transportation:            0.32
Consumer Care:          2.69

In 1993 Franklin Associates conducted an overall lifecycle performance of a polyester blouse for the American Fiber Manufacturers Association.² The study uses an established LCA methodology and its results show unequivocally that the major part of environmental impact in the lifecycle of a blouse arises from the consumer use phase. It concludes that as much as 82 per cent of energy use, 66 per cent of solid waste, over half of the emissions to air (for carbon dioxide) and large quantities of waterborne effluents (96 per cent if measured by Biological Oxygen Demand alone) are amassed during washing and drying. Cotton and polyester account for over 80 per cent of world fibre demand, both of which reflect that the highest impact phase is attributed to the choices consumers make after purchasing the garmets.  The main issues at hand include energy, water, and detergent use in washing, and energy use in drying and ironing. If a garment were washed on cold temperatures and dried on a line instead of in a tumble dryer, then the total lifecycle energy consumption could be reduced by a factor of four according to data for polyester² and a factor of two for cotton.³ If you were to wash your garments at a lower temperature it would reduce energy consumption by about 10 per cent for every 10°C reduction.⁴ Eliminating tumble drying (which accounts for 60 per cent of the use phase) and ironing, in combination with a lower washing temperature, has been calculated to lead to around 50 per cent reduction in total energy consumption of the product.³ More recently, consumers have more choices in fibres which can also impact the type of care needed.  Studies reveal that different fibre types are laundered on different temperatures when it comes to the wash cycle. Cotton items are most commonly washed on warm temperatures (50°C or 60°C), whereas synthetics are washed cooler (at 30°C or 40°C). Therefore, synthetic or natural fibres have a far less impact associated with the use phase of the lifecycle than cotton.

Although it is clear that the consumer use phase of garments has the largest environmental impact, the textile and fashion industries can assist in reducing the use phase.  Some designers have tested crazy methods of designing clothes that require no laundering, but with little success.  So far it is just not possible to create a piece of clothing that can dispel our bodily odors and food stains without the occasional wash cycle.  However, one such material that has made leaps and bounds over cotton and other materials, when it comes to several phases of the lifecycle, is viscose from bamboo. Not only is organic bamboo grown without pesticides and herbicides, it requires no water irrigation to grow and it removes CO2 from the atmosphere and produces over 30% more oxygen than an equivalent stand of trees. But most importantly, viscose from bamboo plays a significant role in the consumer use phase due to its high level absorption properties and odoriferous qualities. Garments can be worn several times between washes, should be washed on cold temperatures and can be line dried. It’s materials like this that the fashion industry needs to focus on when keeping the end user and our environment in mind.

So the next time you go shopping, think about your environmental impact, your bottom dollar and most importantly…your “dirty laundry”.

References:
1. Uitdenbogerd, D. E. Brouwer, N. M. and Groot-Marcus, J. P. (1998), Domestic Energy Saving Potentials for Food and Textiles: An Empirical Study. Wageningen, NL: Wageningen Agricultural University.
2. Franklin Associates (1993), Resource and Environmental Profile Analysis of a Manufactured Apparel Product: Woman’s knit polyester blouse, Washington DC: American Fiber Manufacturers Association, pp3-4.
3. Allwood, J. M., Laursen, S. E., Malvido de Rodriguez, C. and Bocken, N. M. P. (2006), Well Dressed? Cambridge: University of Cambridge Institute of Manufacturing, p40.
4. ENDS Report (2001) M&S recommends cooler clothes wash to save energy, No. 319, p32.

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Fashion forward is taking on a whole new meaning with the emergence of smart fabrics.  Moving beyond trends, these fabrics require labs and scientists instead of designers and workrooms and their debut is more likely to happen at universities and not Fashion Week.

Nanofabrics is an emerging branch of nanotechnology that deals with building specialized fabrics.   This branch of science introduced active camouflage that hides the wearer by redirecting light from one side to the other.   Nanofabrics even cushioned Olympic contenders at the 2006 games in Torino – most were wearing costumes that hardened on impact to protect the athletes if they hit the ground.

Recently scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed clothing that can listen and produce sound.  (You’re not reading that wrong – I really said listen.)

According to the team at MIT, “applications could include clothes that are themselves sensitive microphones for capturing speech or monitoring bodily functions, and tiny filaments that could measure blood flow in capillaries or pressure in the brain.”

Taking it one step further, the decade-old research project aims to “develop fibers with ever more sophisticated properties, to enable fabrics that can interact with their environment,” MIT said.

For anyone who truly understands science, the researchers created these fabrics by manipulating the fluorine content to ensure its molecules remain lopsided.  That imbalance makes the plastic piezoelectric meaning it changes shape when an electrical field is applied.  And while we often hear our clothes rustle while we walk, these fabrics will produce a vibration that when connected to a power supply will emit an audible frequency. 

The long term applications for these fabrics goes beyond clothing.  One day, the application of these fibers could include loose nets that monitor the flow of water in the ocean and large-area sonar imaging systems.   Explains MIT, “a fabric woven from acoustic fibers would provide the equivalent of millions of tiny acoustic sensors.”

Another team at MIT is giving the gift of sight to smart fabrics.  Led by Associate Professor Yoel Fink, this team is working steadily towards the development of fabrics that can capture images.  And while these fabrics pose a whole new challenge for privacy protection, at least soldiers can benefit.  The seeing fabrics might someday give them the ability to look in all directions to identify threats.  The light detecting fibers can act as a flexible camera and joined to a computer that provides information to a small screen attached to a visor. 

These fibers (which are less than a millimeter in diameter) are composed of layers of light-detecting materials nested one within another.  Those layers include two rings of a semiconductor material that are light sensitive.  Four metal electrodes contact each of the rings, extending along the length of the fiber, for a total of eight.  Each semiconductor ring with its attached electrodes is in turn encased in rings of a polymer insulator that separate it from its neighbor.

While the advanced capabilities are still a vision, the team of developers recently reported a “significant” advance:  they used this fiber web to take a rudimentary picture of a smiley face.

On a smaller scale, MIT researchers are developing sensor-studded women’s clothing that could record assaults on them and store the data on a computer.  Inspired by stories of violence against women in foreign countries, Yoda Patta (a doctoral student in materials engineering) wanted to provide more tools for a domestic violence victim to record attacks and to use that data to recognize escalating abuse.  Not only would that (hopefully) prompt her to seek help, but it would also provide a record of attacks to use in court against the attacker.

Nanofabrics have even made it to the runway.  Cornell student Olivia Ong recently debuted “smart textiles” including a jacket and dress made of nanofabrics.  These items were coated in nano-sized bits of metal and are resistant to dirt, allergens and even break down harmful pollution before it reaches the wearer’s skin.

This high tech couture was brought to life in a lab at Cornell with the help of fiber sciences professor Dr. Juan Hinestroza.  Together they immersed pieces of positively charged fabric in negatively charged, nano-sized bits of antibacterial silver.  Because the pieces of metal are so tiny, the nanofabrics look and feel like normal fabrics so designers can create any piece they desire. 

Imagine the possibilities for allergy sufferers and the cold & flu season if everyone could protect themselves with more than just pills and a shot!

While these aren’t the fabrics that grace Project Runway, the application of nanotechnology to textiles is opening a whole new door to truly fashion forward clothing.

Fashion Forward: Nanofabrics Take Textiles Into The Future! is a post from: Green Earth News

Referred to as “the Black Diamond” in Japan and Southeast Asia, bamboo charcoal fibre use is an emerging trend in the fashion industry as manufacturers look to combine fashion with function.

Green Earth News previously wrote about the numerous benefits of bamboo charcoal so it should come as no surprise that those benefits extend to the fabric made from bamboo charcoal.  The bamboo charcoal is created by heating bamboo at temperatures of 800 degrees and then the charcoal itself is processed and mixed in with fabrics as part of the growing field of nanotechnology.

Nanotechnology is defined as the “understanding, manipulation, and control of matter at the length mentioned above, thus, the physical, chemical, and biological properties of materials (individual atoms, molecules, and bulk matter) can be engineered, synthesized, or altered to develop the next generation of improved materials, devices, structures, and systems.”  Hence, textile attributes such as softness, durability, water resistance and breathability can be enhanced with the use of Nanotechnology.

In more technical terms:

“Ordinary and fine-denier textile fibers range from 1 to 100μm in diameter and are produced by established dry-wet-dry, jet melt spinning through spinnerets 1-100 μm in diameter. Nano-fibers of diameters in the nanometer range are mostly manufactured by electro-spinning process, although there are also other methods. Carbon nanotubes (CNT) provide fibers of ultra-high strength and performance. It was shown that super aligned arrays of CNT provide nano-yarns that exhibit Young’s modulus in the TPa range; tensile strength equaled 200 GPa, elastic strain up to 5%, and breaking strain of 20%. In electro-spinning, a charged polymer melt or solution is extruded through sub-micrometer diameter spinnerets to afford fibers on a grounded collector plate subjected to high potential difference between the spinnerets and the plate. The process is an established technique to generate fibers of extremely small diameters and enhanced properties. Further enhancement of fiber strength and conductivity is achieved by heat”⁽¹⁾

The many positive qualities of bamboo charcoal fabric include:

Easier on sensitive skin – The fabric inhibits bacterial metabolism causing fewer allergic skin reactions than other fibers sterilized with antimicrobial agents.

Reduces Static buildup – This is a conductive material so it keeps a balanced charge in fabric to help reduce static buildup.

Superior Absorption & Deodorizing Ability – This trait is due to the highly porous structure of the bamboo fabric.  According to some research, bamboo charcoal can absorb formaldehyde at a rate of 16% ~ 19.39%; as for benzene, the rate is 8.69% ~ 10.08%; as for toluene, the rate is 5.65% ~ 8.42%; ammonia with the rate of 22.73% ~ 30.65%; chloroform with the high rate of 40.68%, and the lasting time can be up to 24d. And in the drop-off of bamboo charcoal fiber, the content of carbon is nearly 93% ~ 96%, and this property enables it to absorb sulfur-based compounds, nitrogen-based compounds and so on.

Anti-pilling – Because it has good per for manceinanti-fluff, bamboo Charcoal fiber can reach level 3.5 ~ level 4.5 as for the anti- fluff, anti-pilling effect.

Far Infrared Radiation properties – Bamboo charcoal fiber can absorb and rer adiation8- l4 μm far-infrared. Because bamboo charcoal fiber contains metal elements such as potassium, magnesium, calcium carbonized material (K 0.85, Na 0.01, Ca 0.05, Mg 0.04, Fe 0.01, Mn 0.05), fibers and fabrics have the property of far-infrared radiation. Once absorbed, the fabric disperses the far infrared radiation to activate human cells, increase cellular energy, accelerate the speed of blood circulation, and promote and improve body metabolism.

Superior Washing and Durability -  Bamboo charcoal fibers quick-drying and because the bamboo charcoal nano particles are embedded in the fabric rather than simply coated onto the surface, the fabric can be washed numerous times with no adverse effect on the charcoal qualities.

Moisture Regulation – Bamboo charcoal yarn has a cross-section filled with various micro-gaps and micro-holes so compared to conventional fabrics, it is better at moisture absorption and ventilation.  The fabric keeps the wearer dry and comfortable on hot days.

Thermal Regulation – The highly porous nature of bamboo charcoal also lets it act as an insulator against the cold while also retaining heat.  According to ITRI test results, when a 500W halogen light shone on the bamboo charcoal yarn for 10 minutes, the yarn emits far more infrared rays 87% ~ 92%, and warm up temperature of 10 degrees Celsius, which is much higher than for instance wool’s 5 degrees Celsius.

Promotes Better Health – The Bamboo Charcoal fiber contains potassium, calcium and other minerals, and the launch of negative ions is at a high level which is equivalent to the anion concentration of the outskirts, and this is beneficial for people’s health.

Antimicrobial Functions – Bamboo Charcoal fiber effectively decomposes the micro-organisms attached to its surface and in the air around it.  The American Association for Testing and Materials ASTME2149-2001 fixation antibacterial activity of antibacterial agents dynamic testing method is adopted to study Staphylococcus aureus ATCC6538 (gram-positive bacteria). And by testing the one-sided knitted fabric bamboo charcoal filament bacteriostatic antibacterial function, the results show that the inhibiting rate is 65%, antimicrobial rate is 84%.

While the bamboo fabric technology is still relatively new, only gaining momentum in Asia in the mid-1990s, its uses are growing widespread ranging from clothing to carpeting to bedding.   As they look towards more environmentally friendly fabrics that offer the same feel and durability of synthetic fabrics, bamboo charcoal is a surprising but strong contender.

Another fine contender stemming from the world’s most renewable resource – bamboo – is viscose from bamboo fabric, offering a wide range of fashion trends from bamboo clothing to bedspreads, baby blankets to luxurious bath towels.

1. Study on Applications of Nanotechnolongy in Bamboo Charcoal Fibre, July 10, 2009

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For over four hundred years Denmark provided the backdrop for Hamlet.  The great theme of the play involved a willingness to act to seek to undo past harms despite the risk and cost. Modern day Denmark again paints a background where action is demanded by those who may not wish to go against the status quo.

Instead of a howling ghost screaming for action, delegates attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark face a haunting presence in the form of humanity’s Global impact.  Unlike easing the burden of Hamlet’s dead father, the scientists and politicians meeting in today’s Copenhagen must lift the burdens from the shoulders of our children.

Like Hamlet, they must move beyond merely talking about wrongs; delegates and all of us must “Take arms against a sea of trouble.”  Countries must act as individuals must act. Whether it be grand or puny, we owe a duty to the future.

Our ghost is the carbon footprint as measured through our carbon usage and the carbon consumed in the production of products we use.  From energy production and usage to the clothes we wear, everything we do leaves its mark (footprint) on our planet.

Shakespeare would be pleased to know that England has acted – launching a program to help businesses assess the carbon footprint of their goods and services.  One area where England focused its attention is the textile industry.

They have launched the world’s first carbon footprint label for clothing. The project is part of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ (Defra) sustainable clothing action plan, that was piloted with the help of Continental Clothing and Carbon Trust.

The standard measures the GHG emissions in goods and services through their entire lifecycle. The Carbon Reduction Label for textiles displayed on T-shirts and sweatshirts will inform the consumer of the total lifecycle footprint as well as their own contribution through washing, tumble-drying and ironing. A huge portion of the environmental impact from clothing actually comes from the consumers usage and laundering.

Textiles might seem like an odd industry to pick on what with coal and cars, but the textile industry is one of the biggest sources of greenhouse gasses on Earth.  Remember pesticides and fertilizers used in growing have multiple carbon prints. Harvesting machines increase that print.  They began working with people around the world: Romanian farmers; a Japanese mill owner committed to “green” processes, an Italian mill that produces no wastewater.  They’ve even found an Italian dye house that produces biodegradable, heavy-metal free textiles.

Of course we believe bamboo is one of the most eco-friendly sources for textiles currently in production, due to the fact that it is the world’s fastest growing woody plant, requires no pesticides or toxic chemicals throughout the growth and harvesting process, and requires less laundering than other garments due to its non odiferous qualities.

We also believe that unlike Hamlet, we don’t have to be princes in order to leave our marks on the planet.  We don’t have to be ambassadors or science wizards to have a positive impact on our world.  Each of us creates a Global footprint, and each of us can minimize the size and impact of that print. Wouldn’t it be great if the U.S. could come up with a similar program for the labeling of our textiles?

Here is a terrific selection of bamboo clothing and bamboo bedding you may want to give a try for its unique characteristics; super absorbent, wicks sweat away, odor-free keeping you fresh, ultra soft, and most importantly – it comes from an eco-friendly source – bamboo.

Hot Pajama Sets

Sexy Black Dress

Wide Leg Pants

Cozy Yoga Top

Long Sleeve Shirt

Fashion Scarves

World’s First Carbon Footprint Label For Clothing is a post from: Green Earth News

If you’re living an eco-conscious lifestyle these days, you put out your recycling each week, dispose of any chemical wastes from your house properly, and you seek out organic options when you shop for groceries.  But if you’re doing all of these earth-friendly activities wearing a cotton t-shirt, you could be hurting the environment more than you’re helping it.

Years ago, people might not have thought beyond the clothing rack, but as we become more aware of the effects of planting and harvesting practices, we can see that cotton is one of the most damaging materials to grow.

The boll weevil, long the enemy of cotton farmers and other damaging cotton pests, require a large amount of pesticides to kill and control.  While just 2.4% of the world’s arable land is used for cotton-farming, they account for 24% of the world’s insecticide market.  But the chemicals don’t stop there.  During cotton harvesting, they move on to herbicides to defoliate the cotton plants to make picking them easier.

Take these figures into consideration before your next shopping trip:

• Cotton farmers apply nearly one-third of a pound of chemical fertilizers and pesticides for every pound of cotton harvested.  If you take into account all 19 of the cotton-producing states, they account for 25% of total pesticide use in the United States.

• In California, five of the top nine pesticides used on cotton are cancer-causing chemicals (cyanazine, dicofol, naled, propargite, and trifluralin).

• Also in California, cotton ranks third among crops for total number of worker illnesses caused by pesticides.  In September 1996, 250 farm workers were accidentally sprayed with a mixture of highly toxic pesticides when a crop dusting plane applied them to a field adjacent to a field where the workers were harvesting grapes.  Twenty-two workers were rushed to the hospital.

• Over 1 million Americans will learn they have some form of cancer and 10,400 people in the U.S. die each year from pesticide-related cancers

• Some of the chemicals used in cotton growing are among the most toxic classified by the US Environmental Protection Agency.  In developing countries with their more lax regulations, the amount of herbicides and insecticides and their toxicity is often greater.

And if the effects on your personal health aren’t frightening enough, consider what the abundant use of pesticides and herbicides are doing to Mother Earth:

• In 1995, pesticide-contaminated runoff from cotton fields in Alabama killed 240,000 fish.  Cotton farmers had recently applied pesticides containing endosulfan and methyl parathion to their field and a heavy rain washed them into the waters.  Sadly, there was no evidence of illegal use of the pesticides.

• An estimated 67 million birds in the US are killed by pesticides each year.  In one case, a breeding colony of laughing gulls near Corpus Christi, Texas, was devastated when methyl  parathion was sprayed on a cotton field three miles away.  More than 100 adult birds were killed along with 25% of the colony’s chicks.

Compounding the problem is the fact that the use of chemicals for cotton growing and harvesting has created a self-perpetuating problem.  Farmers use heavy pesticides to kill the “bad” pests attacking their crops but in the process, they also kill off many beneficial insects that are the natural enemies of the very bugs farmers are trying to eliminate.  Once these helpful insects are gone, the “bad” pests continue to flourish, requiring more use of pesticides to eliminate them.  And because cotton farmers have developed the practice of planting with the same type of cotton variety, crop pests (including bugs, fungi and weeds) have been able to develop a resistance to the chemicals used in the pesticides, forcing companies to develop newer and stronger chemical pesticides to combat them.

The cycle of destruction will continue until we, as consumers, put our buying power to work to stop it.  One way to do this is to think of alternate clothing materials and one of the best alternatives to cotton is bamboo fabric.

In comparison to cotton growing and harvesting, bamboo is a more organic and sustainable option:

• BAMBOO requires ZERO pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers or irrigated water for its growth.  Farmers are able to grow it using only the sunlight and rainfall that Mother Nature provides.

• Bamboo is a highly renewable resource, able to regrow itself at 3-4 feet per day.

• Bamboo harvesting requires cutting from the stem rather than pulling from the ground so there is no soil disruption required.

• Bamboo helps maintain the oxygen/carbon dioxide balance by taking in CO2 from the environment and producing oxygen at a rate 30% more effective than an equivalent stand of trees.

Bamboo Wrap Top

While the commercials may say that cotton is the fabric of our life, the growing and harvesting process is not conducive to the lifestyle that many of us are trying to live today.

Take a look at our bamboo facts section for more information on this miracle plant that produces the softest sheets, duvet covers, organic clothing, baby clothes and cozy bath towels. It will soon become your favorite fabric – Bamboo is the fabric of our future!

Cotton’s Dirty Little Secret – Is Your Wardrobe Pesticide Free? is a post from: Green Earth News