http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/04/06/sustainable-style-naus-organic-cotton-denim-for-guys/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:06:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/04/06/sustainable-style-naus-organic-cotton-denim-for-guys/comment-page-1/#comment-115754 Carmen Lucero Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:43:17 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/04/06/sustainable-style-naus-organic-cotton-denim-for-guys/#comment-115754 What a great site! I have been contemplating on opening a jean shop that carries only American brands here in Italy where i live. However, while having an eye for fashion, it would also be interesting to not only to offer great styles in American Jeans but with an enviromental approach. That is, perhap offering discounts to customers who turn in their old jeans to recycle them. Hope to get some information regarding eco solutions for every form of business! What a great site! I have been contemplating on opening a jean shop that carries only American brands here in Italy where i live. However, while having an eye for fashion, it would also be interesting to not only to offer great styles in American Jeans but with an enviromental approach. That is, perhap offering discounts to customers who turn in their old jeans to recycle them. Hope to get some information regarding eco solutions for every form of business!

]]> http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/04/06/sustainable-style-naus-organic-cotton-denim-for-guys/comment-page-1/#comment-78578 simon seasons Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:52:43 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/04/06/sustainable-style-naus-organic-cotton-denim-for-guys/#comment-78578 Cotton is not sustainable. Organic or not, cotton is one of the most water greedy agricultural crops and in the world and in Australia, it has vastly dispropotionately, compared to other crops, contributed to the destruction of our river systems. Industrial hemp on the other hand can be grown on degraded land, uses little water and with todays available technology for processing it can be made into a fibre near the equal in versatility to cotton and definitely surpassing cotton in durability. In it's industrial applications, it's versatility far surpasses the simple clothing needs of humanity in that the oil from it's seeds can make a plastic that is stronger than that from fossilised oils and indeed can replace stacks of applications for which crude oil is currnently considered essential when in fact it isn't. Cotton contributes to the destruction of the planet, organic or not. Hemp on the other hand will contribute to saving the planet, if people use it. Cotton is not sustainable. Organic or not, cotton is one of the most water greedy agricultural crops and in the world and in Australia, it has vastly dispropotionately, compared to other crops, contributed to the destruction of our river systems. Industrial hemp on the other hand can be grown on degraded land, uses little water and with todays available technology for processing it can be made into a fibre near the equal in versatility to cotton and definitely surpassing cotton in durability. In it’s industrial applications, it’s versatility far surpasses the simple clothing needs of humanity in that the oil from it’s seeds can make a plastic that is stronger than that from fossilised oils and indeed can replace stacks of applications for which crude oil is currnently considered essential when in fact it isn’t. Cotton contributes to the destruction of the planet, organic or not. Hemp on the other hand will contribute to saving the planet, if people use it.

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