http://thegreenloopblog.com/zooey-organic-the-beginning-of-the-future/659 Healthy Beauty & Sustainable Style Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:07:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://thegreenloopblog.com/zooey-organic-the-beginning-of-the-future/659/comment-page-1#comment-706 ray.sustainable Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:44:25 +0000 http://thegreenloopblog.com/?p=659#comment-706 appreciating miguels comment making us aware of the complexity of sustainable products especially in the textile industry i do have to clarify that all recent scientific reports and statistics say that worlwide transportation via ships and trains have an insignificant effect on products footprints. it only gets bad when flights are involved and actually bearly as bad are all distributions by trucks. anyway most energy consumption of any garment will always take place during its time in end-users hands (around 70-80%) so everybody can hugely reduce a garments footprint by e.g. washing at only 30 degree celcius and best not using dryers at all (they also have negative effects on the garments durability which again worsens the life-cycle footprint of any garment). imagine if both industry but also consumers would act responsible for what ever they produce or purchase... what a wonderfull world we could have ;) appreciating miguels comment making us aware of the complexity of sustainable products especially in the textile industry i do have to clarify that all recent scientific reports and statistics say that worlwide transportation via ships and trains have an insignificant effect on products footprints. it only gets bad when flights are involved and actually bearly as bad are all distributions by trucks.
anyway most energy consumption of any garment will always take place during its time in end-users hands (around 70-80%) so everybody can hugely reduce a garments footprint by e.g. washing at only 30 degree celcius and best not using dryers at all (they also have negative effects on the garments durability which again worsens the life-cycle footprint of any garment).
imagine if both industry but also consumers would act responsible for what ever they produce or purchase…
what a wonderfull world we could have

]]> http://thegreenloopblog.com/zooey-organic-the-beginning-of-the-future/659/comment-page-1#comment-703 Miguel Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:35:24 +0000 http://thegreenloopblog.com/?p=659#comment-703 Also, Eco-friendly means buying local made products to reduce carbon footprint. So where are this T's made? If they are made in China how do consumers know that it was not made in a sweat shop, and if it was fair trade? Plus, imagine all the energy need to get to consumers! Also, Eco-friendly means buying local made products to reduce carbon footprint. So where are this T’s made? If they are made in China how do consumers know that it was not made in a sweat shop, and if it was fair trade? Plus, imagine all the energy need to get to consumers!

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