Tag: Hemp - Page 5
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Green Clothes from Organic Avenue
Corn, bamboo and hemp clothes. Recycled purses and seaweed fabrics. Vegan "leather" and pesticide-free cotton. Here's a nice little video for you fashion fans out there. They even say "treehugger" a few times, though not in reference to this site. Of
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Potential First U.S. Hemp Farmer Gets Fingerprinted
A North Dakota man aims to be the first hemp farmer in the United States. That is, the first one since the practice was made illegal in 1938 and only allowed again temporarily as part of the WWII war effort. After 10 years of recent effort by North
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Bamford & Sons - Organic Clobber - for Him
Bonnie already discussed the Bamford & Sons range of organic cotton and hemp fabrics used in garments and accessories, when she espied their Daylesford Organic Cafe in London. But given that women’s apparel get the lioness’s share of the pictorial
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Planet Earth Green Collection — Street Cred
Outside magazine recently ran a spot on Green Jeans. Some of our old faves like, Edun, Howies and Loomstate got the nod. But strangely 'Planet Earth' seems to have slipped under our radar, to date. A streetwear brand of apparel, that hails from
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Minawear - Cool with a Conscience
'Play hard, rest easy' is the tagline for Minawear. The latter half refers the fact that their clothing environmentally and socially benign. Eco because they use hemp and cotton from China that is grown, on small family farms, without use of
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Conserve Water: Swap Cotton for Hemp?
Such is the call from South Australian leader of the Democrats, Sandra Kanck. And given the vast quantities of cotton irrigation water extracted from the once great, but now dying Murray and Darling river basin, it would seem, at face value, to be a
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Patagonia Put Their Best Foot(wear) Forward
Patagonia have put their toe in the water of the footwear market before, with reef walkers, and shoes for soggy sports like kayaking and fishing, amongst other offerings. But, as we alluded to 18 months ago, they've now opted to leap in feet first.
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How To Discuss Climate Change in Polite Company
Christmas parties' are just weeks away. Conventionally, of course, the big three topics to avoid in the interest of keeping a party "nice" are politics, sex and religion. Climate offers us a 'two-fer' transgression opportunity: an easy overlap
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TreeHugger Picks: Hip Feet on the Street
We TreeHuggers spend most days tied to our keyboards and laptops, so when we get a chance to head outside, we don't want to wear just anything to put our feet on the street. Here are some shoes to help us all release our inner hipster.
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TreeHugger Picks: Where to Watch the Big Game
There's a big football game coming up this weekend, but you don't have to be a big football fan to enjoy the Super Bowl. The drama, the grandeur and the commercials will keep millions of people across the world glued to their seats (and hey, Kermit's
