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Livia Firth Eco-Dress Golden Globes 2012
What do the cream of the fashion design world’s crop and sustainability have in common? For most award shows, the answer would be a resounding “nothing,” but this year, Colin Firth’s wife, Livia is working with the fashion world’s biggest names to change that. For the third annual year, Firth is holding the Green Carpet [...]
RainTees: Saving Trees with Tees
Rain Tees began by donating school supplies to children living in endangered rainforests and now works with children in need all over the world. Every Rain Tee is handmade in the USA with eco-friendly fabrics and features original artwork created by children living in countries facing environmental destruction, poverty, and little or no access to [...]
Green Fashion Industry Halting
For small businesses, the desire to go green isn’t always enough. Many fashion designers and retailers aspire to promote ethical clothing, and yet the difficulty often comes down to the fundamental economic principle of supply and demand. Organic baby clothes brand Little Esop, based in New York, uses 100 percent organic fabrics. Designer Judy Posey, [...]
Dry Cleaning
Contrary to what its name implies, dry cleaning involves washing clothes in a liquid solvent to remove stains. In about 85 percent of dry cleaning shops this solvent is perchloroethylene (or “perc”), a chemical that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers both a health and environmental hazard. Dry cleaning is not always necessary; clothing makers [...]
Puma Re-Suede
Sportlifestyle brand PUMA recently introduced the new PUMA Re-Suede. Taking one of their most well-known shoes, the Suede, they recreated each component with 100% recycled materials, delivering sustainability whilst retaining the style. The Re-Suede will be sold in PUMA’s Clever Little Bag, their new sustainable packaging that has replaced the traditional shoeboxes. The Re-Suede‘s synthetic [...]
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If every house in the United States changed all of the light bulbs in their house, that would be equivalent to taking one million cars off the streets.
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