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| | Bamboo: Cool, Fresh Fashion
| 06/09/2008, 07:10 PM
| | Bamboo: its not a tree; its a woody grass. Its also one of natures most abundant renewable resources. Cut it down, it grows back—and quickly. A 60 foot bamboo tree cut down for market will renew itself in 59 days. Cut down a regular 60 foot tree for market it takes 60 years to replace and requires the replacement tree to be planted. There are some 1,400 known species of bamboo. The most abundant resources are found in India and China. The amazing thing about bamboo is that it can be and is used for thousands of things from food, t...
Read More | | Tags: fashion, Clohing, "GREEN TREND" | | | It's Hip to be Green
| 06/09/2008, 07:03 PM
| | Those tree hugging hippies from the days of yore were truly on to something. Just as organic and whole foods has caught on in the main stream, so too is organic clothing. From Levis, to Nike, to Gap; to the high end fashion houses of Versace, Armani and Oscar de la Renta; to small independent boutique designers, everyone is going green; and for good reason. Typical cotton production is one of the most chemically intensive of any crop in the world. According to the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) forty-six insecticides and acaricides (compounds us...
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