About
Green Cotton is one of very few down-to-earth, honest, straight talking eco-fashion blogs out on the Web. We are NOT about promos, pseudo-editorial marketing crap, or re-gurgitated web-content, but rather, we are driven to bring you interesting, thoughtful, and original content that you cannot find anywhere else on the web.
We like to analyze things and get down to the nitty gritty. So if you are in the mood for fashionable images accompanied by three word sentences, mosey on. If on the other hand, you are looking for straight talking answers to key questions and insight into what eco and ethical fashion is all about, stick around.
Illustrations of our content:
The difference between organic and conventional cotton, what it means to be “fair trade”, the skinny on alternative fibers such as Bamboo and the nuances of its processing (I) and Bamboo Processing II. In addition, we also cover:
- Eco-fashion trends, styles and issues
- Companies, pioneering individuals
- Fair trade and ethical clothing, jewelry and accessories
- Farming issues, new technologies and more
Greencotton can be found on bestgreenblogs.com, Sundance Channel’s eco-community. Send your comments and questions to info@grencottonblog.com or submit directly on the post of interest.
Editor, Shana Yansen
Shana is passionate about the environment and fashion and loves writing about these issues. She is also recently launched an organic, sustainable and fair trade company Jute & Jackfruit. Green Cotton was started as an initiative to raise awareness on the importance of organic and sustainable production as well as fair trade sourcing in the field of textiles and more broadly in fashion.
Contributing Writers
Erin Dale
Erin is an aspiring writer and 2007 grad with a B.A. in Communication Arts. She is passionate about the environment and fashion, and wants to write a book about the fun and difficulties associated with going vegan. When she isn’t writing, Erin cooks, gardens, and plays piano and guitar. Erin also runs another blog called Ip and Audrey. Check it out.
Julie Finkel
Julie comes from the City of Lights (Paris) and is very fond of fashion, especially vintage clothing. After studying in Spain and working in e-business, she crossed the Atlantic Ocean and discovered a new passion for the eco, organic and sustainable clothing industry. She likes to meet people who are involved in eco fashion, sharing their passion and delivering positive thoughts. When not writing, Julie is traveling or cooking French recipes and writing about them on her blog. Although relatively new to eco-fashion, she is looking forward to learning everything possible. Through Green cotton, she will be sharing the latest news with you. So don’t hesitate to leave comments!
Julia Rea
Julia is a human rights activist, writer, performance dancer, accapella singer, and an aspiring scholar of Russian. She is fluent in German and is very interested in fair labor laws, reducing child exploitation, fair trade and ethical fashion. She led fair trade campaigns on her former college campus and is now working for Jute and Jackfruit part-time, organic and sustainable clothing company. When there is time, she is a contributing blogger for Green Cotton.
Green Cotton also feature a number of guest writers. Contact us at info[at]greencottonblog.com if you are interested in submitting a post or writing for Green Cotton.
Questions or Comments? Email us anytime at info[at]greencottonblog.com
larissa clark said,
September 29, 2007 at 9:58 am
http://www.ejfoundation.org/cotton
Over two thirds of the world’s cotton is grown in developing countries and the former Soviet Union. Valued at over $32 billion every year, global cotton production should be improving lives. But this “white gold” too often brings misery.
The Environmental Justice Foundation is committed to eradicating child labour and the deadliest pesticides from cotton production and promoting organic alternatives.
EJF CAMPAIGNS
to raise public awareness to press retailers to only sell “clean cotton”
for an EU regulation on forced child labour
for cotton products to show the country of origin of the cotton on the label
Leslie Genova said,
October 1, 2007 at 1:40 am
Hey,
Did you see that Seattle just hosted their first Eco-Fashion week?
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2003908445_greenfash28.html?syndication=rss
Harmony said,
November 8, 2007 at 1:43 am
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!!!
Benoit CARETTE said,
February 6, 2008 at 8:42 am
Hi, i am trying to open a sustainable clothes shop (organic cotton, silk, hemp, ..) for Women, men and Kids in the north of France.
All my project is done, i ve make a bisness plan, and market study, i ve found a shop, clothes, but all the bank i ask to help me to make this project available didn’t want to give me some money !!!!!
Why it s so difficult to make the earth better for our childrens ????
It’s nice to find web site like u ‘r to have a little sun in this polution world.
Benoit CARETTE
bibomedia.com said,
March 8, 2008 at 10:13 pm
James said,
May 15, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Hi – we are a coffee company and we recycle our burlap coffee bags into totes and bags. The totes/bags are great – except when they get wet (rain) – thus can you recommend a natural way to waterproof them or a way that is the least toxic? Thanks, James
Kip Kussman said,
June 18, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Shana,
We want to thank you for the tremendous work you are doing for our environment. Just to let you know, your heads up on the bamboo textile issues has saved us a quite a lot of grief. We were able to remove over 400 bamboo textile items before going live, that we felt were not as Green as they were initially stated. Again we really appreciate the work you are doing, not only from a consumers stand point but also from a retailers position.
Kip
syansen said,
June 20, 2008 at 3:52 am
Glad I could be of some help, Kip. Good luck with your business and keep stopping by!