Articles tagged “Organic Clothing”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Meet David Radparvar of Hip Ethical Products Brand Holstee By Leonora Oppenheim IN Work & Connect Nov 18 2010 As co-founder of ethical product brand Holstee David Radparvar combines dressing hipsters with micro-lending in the developing world, helping people wear their passion. + READ MORE

How to Go Green: Wardrobe By Team Planet Green IN Fashion & Beauty Jun 1 2010 Learn how to green your wardrobe from head to toe, and learn to find green fashion that fits your style and doesn't harm the planet. + READ MORE

Fair Trade, Fair Wages For Earth Divas By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Fashion & Beauty Mar 24 2010 "At Earth Divas fair trade is fundamental to everything we do. It is the basis of our business and our primary purpose for doing business... + READ MORE

5 Ways to Value a T-Shirt By Mickey Z. IN Home & Garden Mar 24 2010 Some multi-national corporation is using you as a billboard to advertise their over-priced products and not only are you doing this without charging them for your advertising services, you actually paid big bucks for the shirt. + READ MORE

Certified Organic Textile Companies Increase 40% Last Year By Mat McDermott IN Fashion & Beauty Mar 19 2010 The number of companies certified by the Global Organic Textile Standard increased 40% in 2009. + READ MORE

How Green is Your Wardrobe? (Quiz) By Sara Novak IN Fashion & Beauty Sep 16 2009 Choosing green clothing is just as much a part of living green as your food and beauty choices. Make a statement with your dollars by choosing thrift store vintage clothing over mass produced cheap clothing. Before you vow to green your wardrobe for next season take our quiz: How Green is Your Wardrobe? + READ MORE

Green Fashion Isn't Skin Deep: Eco-Friendly Fashion Can Reduce Your Carbon Emissions By Jessica Root IN Fashion & Beauty Aug 12 2009 The textile and garment industries overlap with global warming in many ways?from growing the fibers, to manufacturing, distributing and transporting the clothes, to the ways we wash, clean and unabashedly discard them. Here's how to help intervene, stylishly. + READ MORE

7 Surprising High-Tech Green Exercise Fabrics By Laurel House IN Food & Health Jun 30 2009 Working out strengthens your body, fortifies your bones, and improves your immune system. But don't forget that as you sweat, your pores are opening, making you more prone to outside invaders slipping in through your skin. Problem is, many of the trendy exercise clothes are made from chemically treated fabric that, yes, when we sweat can be purged. Why work so hard to be healthy, all the while swaddling ourselves with something so potentially unhealthy? + READ MORE

Green Your Jeans By Cara Smusiak, NaturallySavvy.com IN Fashion & Beauty Feb 5 2009 If you have to try on 80 pairs of jeans to find the perfect fit like I do, then shopping for jeans online, well, to put it bluntly, it ain't gonna happen. + READ MORE

Meet Jill Palermo of I'm Organic and We Add Up By Meaghan O'Neill IN Work & Connect Dec 22 2008 Though she studied architecture and art in college in Pennsylvania, it was a move to the mountains of Oregon—where she lived and worked in an organic farming eco-villageM—that shaped Jill Palermo into the environmentalist she is today. + READ MORE

Green City Guide: Buenos Aires By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 21 2008 Seems everybody is talking about the capital of Argentina these days. And why not: Buenos Aires is one of the 20 largest cities in the world -- surpassing London and Beijing -- and the third largest city in Latin America, after Mexico City and Sao Paulo. Often referred to as the Paris of South America, it's also a cultural hot seat, boasting a design, art, architecture, and music scene that buzzes with life. + READ MORE

Three Great Source Lists for Organic and Eco-Friendly Fabrics By Jeannine Ouellette IN Fashion & Beauty Sep 29 2008 For the DIYers among us, knowing where to find eco-friendly fabrics for crafting and sewing projects is essential. The more we can support green and sustainable fabrics, the faster we can help transform the textile industry's impact on the environment. + READ MORE

Meet Change Maker Wolf Luedge of Hessnatur By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Sep 23 2008 Surrounded by the pastoral woods and lakes of Germany's countryside, Wolf Luedge lives with his wife, six-year-old daughter, and his Labrador retriever. Though his love for the outdoors and a country lifestyle inspires his work, he isn't exactly living like Thoreau. As CEO and managing director of [long-standing] sustainable clothing line Hessnatur, which has recently brought sales to the U.S., Luedge is driven to grow the brand in a responsible manner. To do so, he follows a simple rule of thumb: Who we are and what we wear should be pure, respectful, and authentic. Just what does take to charge up an eco-conscious company? Luedge explains the challenges and rewards. + READ MORE

Eco Lingerie By Elizabeth Seward IN Fashion & Beauty Aug 4 2008 With green products showing up in almost every feasible market, it comes at no surprise to me that eco lingerie is now being made. And I'm happy about it! I think we should be trying to help the planet with every little thing we buy and I don't see why that shouldn?t include lingerie, as well. + READ MORE

Today on TreeHugger By Jessica Root IN Fashion & Beauty Jun 19 2008 Support human rights and democracy in Burma by rocking one of THTC's sustainable tees. Green this summer's grilling with the Baja BBQ Firepack. Eat organically to help end climate change and hunger. All this and more, today on TreeHugger! + READ MORE

Today on TreeHugger By Jessica Root IN Home & Garden May 19 2008 Get a sneak peak at Espirit's Ecollection clothing. Find your perfect composting method. Learn the link between food and our environment. All this and more, today on TreeHugger! + READ MORE

Make an Eco-Statement with Clothing of the American Mind By Jessica Root IN Fashion & Beauty May 16 2008 Start an environmental dialogue and look hip with tees from COTAM, or Clothing of the American Mind. The socially responsible brand hails from L.A. and is sweatshop-free and American-made. + READ MORE

Find Affordable Eco-Fashion at JCPenney Stores By Jessica Root IN Fashion & Beauty May 14 2008 It's a challenge finding eco-fashion on a shoestring budget. Now, with the help of department store JCPenney, wearing green on your sleeve is made affordable. Check out their Spring/Fall '08 offerings featuring recycled denim bottoms and organic cotton tees. + READ MORE

Wearing Sustainability on Your Sleeve By Team Planet Green IN Fashion & Beauty May 14 2008 One of the 7 foundational habits of highly effective people is thinking win-win, which is also one of the working mantras of sustainability. Indeed today many of us want to live more sustainable, more eco-friendly lives, but we want to look good too. + READ MORE

Ask Summer Rayne: Where Can I Find Affordable, Organic Denim? By Summer Rayne Oakes IN Fashion & Beauty Apr 15 2008 Organic denim has become increasingly easy to find, but it's so expensive!Organic Denim Shopping on a BudgetThere are plenty of great denim brands on the market at mid- to low-level price points. + READ MORE