Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Environmentally friendly teen clothing?

It's incredibly hard to find stylish, environmentally friendly teen clothing where i live. i spent at least an hour or two looking up clothing brands on the internet, and then more time in the town library, and nothing at all appealed to me.
A lot of the stuff just looked like shapeless sacks, with flowers stitched on messily. I know other countries have eco-friendly clothing marketed for teenagers who care about the environment, but I CANT FIND ANY. It sucks.

There are also shops that sell 'save the environment' slogan t-shirts, but when you look at the tag, rather than being eco-friendly organic cotton, it is 100% standard cotton. You may ask what is wrong with this, so i shall tell you.
Cotton plantations only cover about 2% of the worlds arable and fertile land, yet they contribute to at least 20% of the worlds pesticides pollution.
Organic cotton is farmed chemical free, without harmful pesticides. Organic cotton is softer, better quality, and a better choice all up. And yet hardly any organic cotton or even hemp is used in teenagers clothing at all.
So i urge clothing lines, designers, creators, please, there are people who want to help the environment as well as having nice and comfortable clothing.

world peace

xoxo

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