Green Fashion Stores by Oxfam
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 Posted in Blog, Fashion, Recycling | 2 Comments »In London, NGO Oxfam has redesigned it's stores to become eco-fashion hotspots. Located in trendy areas, they sell donated designer items, and a mix of fair trade and organic clothing including chic stuff from Chloe, Stella McCartney and Junky Styling. ...
Eco Fashion Network Meeting in Berlin
Monday, July 21st, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Blog, Fashion | No Comments »Last weekend during the Berlin Fashion Week we organized a network meeting with Karmakonsum for the German eko fashion scene. 35 designers, shop owners and bloggers got together in Bio Restaurant Diwan and had an inspiring and fruitful evening. It ...
Korrekte Klamotten: Meeting the German Eco-Fashion Scene
Thursday, July 17th, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Blog, Fashion | 1 Comment »Under the name Korekte Klamotten a group of German eco-fashion labels have started a collective blog to share their news about new collections and upcoming events. The blog is started by the shirtlabel Fairliebt and until now Slowmo, B-Green and ...
DDT Threatens Organic Cotton in Africa
Thursday, July 10th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Fashion, Politics | 2 Comments »In Uganda spraying of the highly controversial insecticide DDT has spoiled organic crops in Uganda. As Ecotextile News states in their report, over 11,000 farmers in Uganda are now stuck with cotton after it was rejected by buyers from the ...
Greenpeace Goes Grey!
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Energy & Climate, Environment | 1 Comment »We all know Greenpeace from their mediagenic actions against Walehunting and other environmental crimes. Over the last couple of years, the activist multinational has gone a new way with some own business initiatives where they take responsibility for the issues ...
Upcycling Goes Big with Kraft
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 Posted in Blog, Recycling | 1 Comment »Greenwashing or not, Kraft Foods stepped in to a cooperation with Terracycle, a creative upcycling company that takes packages and materials "that are challenging to recycle and turns them into affordable, high quality goods". As the press release states, Kraft will ...