Sustainable Cotton

explain how the fair trade scheme makes production of cotton sustainable?

Hi. For one thing scientists have just announced that they have genetically engineered cotton to make the seeds edible. (They are normally poisonous.) The seed could feed about 500,000,000 people. This will make the growth and export more desirable.

2006-12-06 13:24:18 by zoe w

A video showing the process of making United By Blue's 100% organic cotton shirts. For more information check out our website: www ...

location is in Toronto, Canada. Any textile companies or places where I can start?

Finding suppliers is NOT where you should begin.

Finding customers and building a marketing plan is where to begin. What evidence do you have that your business will succeed? What do you know about the t-shirt business? The customers? How to reach them? Whether they care about organic vs not? Competitors? How to come up with ideas for shirts? etc.

2006-07-01 14:14:23 by fayyyyyyyaz

Hey... I'm a 16 year old aspiring artist/clothing designer.

I like to make alot of clothing and graphic designs. So... I was wondering... where can I find sustainable/organic fabrics (organic cotton, hemp, bamboo) in plain colors (white) for clothing? As well as fabric dyes that are low impact?

Thanks :D (ps... I live in little Iowa... so any online stores? Or... perhaps they may carry it in chain fabric stores?)

What you're looking for is called PFD (prepared for dyeing) or greige (pronounced "gray") goods.

I'd start by sending you to http://www.dharmatrading.com for some dye and process information -- they carry a few "sustainable fabrics" (I do not count bamboo as sustainable -- the processes being used are pretty environmentally nasty).

http://www.organiccottonplus.com/Fabrics .html
http://www.ecobusinesslinks.com/natural_ fabrics_organic_cotton.htm

Remember, if you want deep colors on cotton, look for mercerized cotton to start with. The difference is night and day...

2009-04-13 15:55:30 by Meghan M

Price: $209.00

Also how is cotton sustainable???
Thankz

This question has a lot of answers. But I think the main answer is the allergy reaction to some people skin, If you are talking about the clothing wear. And its not from the cotton but from the chemcails use to clean the cotton from the gin to the dying and to the wholesaler. But if you are talking about the oil use for cooking I can only say that some people may get a contact from the gin's workers. Gin also known as cotton gin is where the cotton starts its life after the feilds. Its gets its first washing and drying then baled and load unto trucks and took to a compress, etc...

2008-02-03 09:28:10 by goldendreamz4eva

Speaking in terms of clothing and towels specifically. I have been able to find some towels that are 60% bamboo and 40% standard cotton. But I would of course prefer to buy something that is 100% organic. But I know that bamboo is an excellent resource as well.
So what's better in terms of being sustainable?

Both are good materials for sustainability so I would determine this by which has had to be transported less. BUY LOCAL, you can have a product that is very eco friendly but if you put it in a truck, plane, boat and ship it around the globe twice it stops being eco friendly. Look at where you are and look at where the products have to travel and buy the one less traveled.

2009-08-06 23:36:05 by Cookie McWeaksauce