Comments on: 100% Organic Cotton and 100% Ethical http://sustainablelivingproject.co.uk/garden-and-home/100-organic-cotton-and-100-ethical.html A guide to green living Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:48:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Shutsumon http://sustainablelivingproject.co.uk/garden-and-home/100-organic-cotton-and-100-ethical.html/comment-page-1#comment-128 Shutsumon Thu, 07 May 2009 19:54:30 +0000 http://sustainablelivingproject.co.uk/?p=643#comment-128 Who'd want to resist alliteration? :-D Who’d want to resist alliteration? :-D

]]> By: goo http://sustainablelivingproject.co.uk/garden-and-home/100-organic-cotton-and-100-ethical.html/comment-page-1#comment-127 goo Thu, 07 May 2009 14:16:12 +0000 http://sustainablelivingproject.co.uk/?p=643#comment-127 Thanks for some fantastic ideas Shutsumon, you've had me googling like mad! During both world wars the Germans had to resort to using nettlecloth as the U.S and Britain pretty much controlled the cotton markets. It is a versatile fabric with good insulating properties. Can't wait to start the Goo's Guide to Knitting Knickers with Nettles! (Sorry, can't resist alliteration.) Thanks for some fantastic ideas Shutsumon, you’ve had me googling like mad! During both world wars the Germans had to resort to using nettlecloth as the U.S and Britain pretty much controlled the cotton markets. It is a versatile fabric with good insulating properties. Can’t wait to start the Goo’s Guide to Knitting Knickers with Nettles! (Sorry, can’t resist alliteration.)

]]> By: Shutsumon http://sustainablelivingproject.co.uk/garden-and-home/100-organic-cotton-and-100-ethical.html/comment-page-1#comment-126 Shutsumon Wed, 06 May 2009 22:24:09 +0000 http://sustainablelivingproject.co.uk/?p=643#comment-126 My wardrobe is far from sustainable as well I'm afraid. With clothing the ethical options are severely limited and very expensive. It's always nice to see a new option for buying more ethical clothing. Having said while fairtrade organic cotton is certainly more ethical the words "cotton" and "sustainable" do not really go together in my mind. Not considering the distances involved in transporting it and how thirsty a plant cotton is. Linen, nettlecloth and hemp are better sustainable cloth materials since they can all be grown in this country (well not hemp but that's just because you have to jump through legal hoops to get a license not because it won't grow). Unfortunately I don't know anywhere you can buy linen knickers from. My wardrobe is far from sustainable as well I’m afraid. With clothing the ethical options are severely limited and very expensive. It’s always nice to see a new option for buying more ethical clothing.

Having said while fairtrade organic cotton is certainly more ethical the words “cotton” and “sustainable” do not really go together in my mind. Not considering the distances involved in transporting it and how thirsty a plant cotton is.

Linen, nettlecloth and hemp are better sustainable cloth materials since they can all be grown in this country (well not hemp but that’s just because you have to jump through legal hoops to get a license not because it won’t grow).

Unfortunately I don’t know anywhere you can buy linen knickers from.

]]> By: Kester http://sustainablelivingproject.co.uk/garden-and-home/100-organic-cotton-and-100-ethical.html/comment-page-1#comment-10 Kester Sun, 19 Apr 2009 08:32:31 +0000 http://sustainablelivingproject.co.uk/?p=643#comment-10 Cool Site! Thought provoking and some familiar posts. Trying to live lower-impact and the ethical and practical issues. Please keep on posting Cool Site! Thought provoking and some familiar posts. Trying to live lower-impact and the ethical and practical issues. Please keep on posting

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