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Can Waterless Dyeing Processes Clean Up the Clothing Industry?

Posted by Wolf on Friday, 13 June 2014 in Sustainable Development

Each year, one global industry gulps down trillions of liters of fresh water, together with massive amounts of chemicals. The wastewater from that industry is then dumped, often untreated, into rivers that bring its toxic content to the sea, where it spreads around the globe. The industry in qu...

Philly Fashion - A sustainable industry?

Posted by amandaevans on Wednesday, 03 July 2013 in Beauty and Fashion

One bitter irony of the sustainability movement, across all fields, is that prices tend to be anything but sustainable. Whether it is organic food or shampoo with cruelty-free ingredients or fashion without a footprint, prices are often ridiculous enough to justify the blue-collar suspicion and ridi...

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Nike Joins NASA and USAID to Develop Sustainable Fabrics

Posted by dena.new on Tuesday, 07 May 2013 in Green Products/Services

Nike, NASA, U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. State Department have launched a challenge to create new, sustainable materials. It's an effort to bring collective genius, unprecedented networks and new resources to overcome some of humanity's toughes...