About
Green Cotton is about fashion and sustainability. We talk about
- organic fibers (organic cotton, wool and hemp)
- sustainable fabrics such as bamboo, soy, silk, and jute
- hot eco-fashion trends and issues
- companies, pioneering individuals
- farming issues, new technologies and more
Greencotton can be found on bestgreenblogs.com, Sundance Channel’s eco-community, and Blogcatalog.
Green Cotton has a group on Facebook - come join us there! You can also send your comments and questions to Greencottonblog@gmail.com.
Editor
Shana Yansen
Shana is passionate about the environment and fashion and loves writing about these issues. She is also in the process of starting an organic and sustainable clothing company Jute & Jackfruit. Shana started Greencottonblog to examine organic and sustainable clothing and fashion issues at the end of August 2007.
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.
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!