Organic Clothing News & Views

For personal, social, environmental, and global reasons, organic clothing is an important issue for all people.  We will attempt to provide you with information, facts, news and opinion that we hope is helpful to you in making decisions and choices.  Your comments and suggestions are always welcome.  Send emails to us at customerservice at LotusOrganics[dot]com.

General Interest:

• Why Organic?  A quick overview of why organic clothing is important for each of us.
• Creating Positive Change.  Sometimes we can create positive global, social, and personal changes by acting close to home ... in our own closets.
• Caring for your wool sweater   Many people think that caring for and laundering wools sweaters is hard work and full of sweater peril. But it really isn't. Here's the "how to" instructions and tips.
• Sweatshops.  The garment industry is involved in more than just polluting the environment.  Garment sweatshops also pollute the social environment and globalization has just outsourced this dehumanizing practice.
• Ethical Shopping.  In our attempts to eliminate sweatshops and the social destruction that is often created by the conventional clothing industry, ethical shopping should be a primary tool.
• Ethical Clothing.  When shopping for clothing, many people are concerned about the ethics involved in the manufacturing of their clothing.  A fair and just wage for garment workers and animal rights are important ethical questions.
• The Fog of CSR.  Corporate Social Responsibility must be more than just a PR tool for proclaiming that global garment manufacturers are ethical.  Corporate Social Responsibility must be a cornerstone and touchstone for ethical corporate behavior at all levels of the corporation.
• Jordan Garment Workers.  Foreign garment workers in Jordan frequently face the worst of sweatshop conditions and involuntary servitude.
• About Organic Baby Clothing
• LotusOrganics.com press release
• OrganicClothing.blogs.com press release.  A new blog dedicated to exploring all issues for organic clothing and sustainable fashions.

Fibers & Fabrics:

• About Cotton.  The facts behind the growing and processing of cotton and cotton clothing.  Examines conventionally grown cotton and organically grown cotton.
• About Hemp.  The facts behind the growing and processing of hemp and hemp clothing.  Hemp can be used in a wide variety of uses and is generally an environmentally friendly crop.  But not all hemp clothing is organic.
• About Tencel / Lyocell.  The facts behind this natural, manmade fiber.
• About Wool.  An exploration of the facts behind growing and manufacturing processes for conventional and organic wool.
• Sustainable Clothing.  Standards are beginning to emerge on what can be called sustainable clothing and garments and how they differ from organic clothing.
• Organic Clothing.  Standards are also emerging on the definition and criteria for organic clothing and garments.
• Stealth Bomb Fabrics.  Chemically encapsulated fabrics using Sensory Perception™ Technology promise many health benefits but they come with risks and they aren't for the chemically sensitive.
• Clothing Fiber & Fabric Glossary.   Every wonder what Chambray fabric really is? Or what eco-fleece is made from? Find the answers to these and hundreds of other fiber and fabric questions here.

Yoga & Exercise

• Exercise & Fitness Programs.  An overview of the why's and how's of an exercise and fitness program and the value of organic exercise clothing.
• About Natural Fiber Clothing.   Natural fiber clothing and organic clothing are not the same thing. Here's what they are.
• About Yoga Clothing.  Yoga is an ideal activity with many important benefits to mind, body and emotions. Selecting the right clothing will greatly improve your experience during yoga. 
• About Activewear

Health & Wholeness

• Dyes & Sensitivities. An examination of dyes from the perspective of chemical sensitivities.  And we all have chemical sensitivities, it's just a matter of degree.
• Is Your Clothing Intolerable?  Health problems such as Multiple Chemical Sensitivities are a growing problem and our clothes closets are one source.
• WakeUp & Smell the Formaldehye.  Formaldehyde is one of the 25 most commonly used industrial chemicals in the world and is found in buildings, construction materials, furniture, carpets and many personal care products.  It can have serious health consequences.  Unfortunately, it is also used heavily in easy-care clothing and permanent press fabrics.

Fashion

• Fashion Quotes.  Sometimes interesting, provocative, insightful, or fun quotes about the fashion industry, eco-fashion, and sustainable fashions.
• More Fashion Quotes.  More quotes about eco-fashion, sustainable clothing, and ethical clothing … along with a few fashion quotes from some of the fashion icons that have shaped the world of fashion.
• Linda Loudermilk.  An eco-fashion designer of sustainable, environmentally friendly Haute Couture.
• Organic Wool Network.  Organic clothing manufacturers promoting organic wool.
• Recycled Eco Fashion.  Many eco fashion designers are digging through garage sales and thrift stores to create eco haute couture from recycle bins.
• Stealth Bomb Jeans.  A report on the use of micro-encapsulating chemicals in jeans to combat cellulites.  The first casualties in this battle will probably be health and exercise.

Ecology & Environmental Issues

• Cotton in Africa.  The health and well-being of millions of people in Africa depend upon their decision to grow conventional or organic cotton.
• Perspective on GM Cotton.  Genetically Modified cotton: Truth or Consequences.
• Bad Shipping News.  Garments manufactured abroad and then imported into the U.S. might face contamination because the wooden pallets were fumigated with toxic methyl bromides.
• From the Frying Pan into the Fire.  The Bush Administration and the EPA are attempting to replace methyl bromides with methyl iodides, another highly toxic environmental poison.
• When It Raynes, ICI Pours.  The environmental movement is composed of groups with a wide varieties of interests and agendas.  Let's be careful that the message is not lost in the venue.
• ICInyc Redux.  Expanding on our earlier article about the ICInyc eco-event, we add information about presenters Treehugger.com and Lu Magazine plus a glimpse into the Viridian design movement.
• Green Dry Cleaning.  Conventional dry cleaning is toxic to the environment and creates health risks to dry cleaning workers, people living near dry cleaners, and consumers wearing dry cleaned clothing.  But there are greener, more eco-friendly alternatives.

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