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Posted by Liesl Truscott on October 31, 2011 in the Textile Exchange Blog http://www.textileexchange.org/blog/organic-agriculture-meets-sustainability-challenges Having recently returned from a meeting of the Roundtable on Organic Agriculture and Climate Change (RTOACC) led by Andreas Gattinger (F...
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Posted in Eco Friendly Fashion & Lifestyle Blog   http://ecofriendlyfashion.blogspot.com/p/fashion-industry-facts.html - The fashion industry is the second largest user of water in the world.- Over 90 million items of clothing end up in land fill sites globally each year.- 150 grams of p...
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Author: Leonie Barrie | 4 November 2011 in Just-Style http://www.just-style.com/news/messe-frankfurt-and-esmod-team-up-on-eco-fashion_id112661.aspx?d=1 Trade show organiser Messe Frankfurt is joining forces with the Esmod international fashion school in Paris to help promote sustainability in the ...
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Author: Andrew McEwen | 3 November 2011 in Just-Style http://www.just-style.com/analysis/cashmere-experts-contest-unsustainable-production-claims_id112641.aspx Cashmere experts have attacked claims that their industry is unsustainable and responsible for desertification in Inner Mongolia and indep...
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Posted in EarthTalk on May 29, 2011 By:Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss http://www.emagazine.com/earth-talk/the-safe-cosmetics-act Dear EarthTalk: Can you explain the 2010 Safe Cosmetics Act? What does it purport to do and has it been signed into law?—Megan Wilson, Austin, TXThe Safe Cosmetics Act wa...
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Posted on Monday, October 11, 2010 by Sustainability Committee by Jennifer Lefebvre http://apus-sustainability.com/2010/10/11/beauty-products-and-the-environment/    Many of us have attempted to make small changes in our lives to combat the current climate situation, be more eco-friendl...
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By: Leslie Lyon and Marilyn PattersonPosted: February 24, 2010, from the March 2010 issue of Skin Inc. Magazine. http://www.skininc.com/skinscience/ingredients/85206532.html?page=4 The Five Degrees to Organic is an unofficial scale created by Marilyn Patterson, and as it approaches the fifth deg...
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By: Leslie Lyon and Marilyn PattersonPosted: January 29, 2010, from the February 2010 issue of Skin Inc. Magazine. http://www.skininc.com/skinscience/ingredients/83030847.htmlPeople desire a healthy environment rather than one that they need to be protected from, and because of this, there is a bel...
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Q. After reading about a British study reporting that parabens in antiperspirants contribute to breast cancer, some of my clients don’t want the substance in their cosmetics. I am looking to you to help clarify this issue for me. Are parabens harmful, or are they safe? Is it true that they have been...
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Organic products are becoming more and more popular. It may have started with organic foods, but the all natural life style is also beginning to become a big part of other areas of our lives. The idea that what we expose our bodies to can have either a positive or negative effect on us has led peopl...
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Beauty is beginning to say so long to old-school plastic. Two of the beauty industry's biggest players -- Whole Foods and Procter & Gamble -- are passing new regulations for sustainable and recyclable packaging that are causing a growing rumble in the marketplace, where other brands are beginni...
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This article breaks down the new certification standard that has been created for cosmetic and personal  care products. Hopefully this is a shift in the right direction! Nonprofit organization Green Seal Inc. has created GS-50, reportedly the first U.S. certification standard for cosmetic a...
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Sustainable packaging is making the transition from niche to mainstream as manufacturers come under pressure to go green. Reflecting the development of the green trend, the organizers set aside an entire hall to bio-based packaging at the recent Interpack trade show in Dusseldorf, Germany.Looking to...
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  : As 2010 closed, it was announced that a new outpost of one of the word’s most endangered marine mammals, the Mediterranean monk seal, had been located. The seals were once widely distributed in the Mediterranean, Black and adjacent seas. Today their distribution is widespread but fragment...
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Toxic chemicals found in peregrine falcon eggs How many personal care products do you use everyday? From toothpaste, shampoo, soap, perfume/cologne, makeup, and deodorant you may be putting more chemicals into your body than you realize. This article gives a brief description of some of the toxic ...
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This is a very informative article regarding many aspects of sustainable packaging in the beauty and cosmetic industry. It was written by Jamie Matusow, an editor of Beauty Packaging Magazine in May 2009 http://www.beautypackaging.com/articles/2009/05/sustainable-packaging-new-strides-strategies ...
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Here is an article posted by Natural Cosmetic News: Natural Cosmetic & Personal Care News & Articles Posted by Craig Payne on Aug 24th, 2010 http://www.naturalcosmeticnews.com/focus/health-beauty-products-embrace-sustainable-packaging/ Cosmetic companies have long been burdened with the...
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As a child in elementary and middle school I was always sent to school with a funky looking lunch box or bag. Inside my personal lunch container were items most kids had never seen or heard of. I had rice milk in a box, multi-grain sprouted bread, sprouts on my sandwich and organic peanut butter wit...
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With oil prices at $135 dollars per barrel, the pressure is on for car makers to innovate and create more fuel efficient vehicles. Volkswagen seems to be taking this task seriously with the 1L, a prototype that is capable of traveling for 235mpg using 1 gallon of gasoline, or 100km on 1L of gas. Add...
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