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NICE launches sustainable consumption project
11/30/2011COPENHAGEN – The Danish Fashion Institute and BSR have teamed up to create a framework for engaging consumers on the sustainable…
Read MoreRecycled apparel firm opens US store
11/30/2011WEST VIRGINIA – SustainU, rwhich is renowned for only producing apparel using fabrics made from 100% recycled materials, has opened its…
Read MoreNew brand offers sustainable base layer fabric
11/30/2011MELBOURNE – New clothing brand Frankly has introduced a new, lightweight fabric made from a blend of organic cotton and non-mulesed…
Read MoreWorld’s first fully renewable, biobased PET
11/30/2011TOKYO – in producing laboratory-scale samples of the world’s first fully renewable biobased PET fibre, researchers in Japan claim to have…
Read MoreJapan tsunami cotton update
11/30/2011SENDAI – Following our earlier reports on the Japanese initiative to plant cotton in Sendai to help regenerate agricultural land affected…
Read MoreNovozymes offers new denim finishing technology
11/30/2011BAGSVAERD – Danish bioinnovation company Novozymes has developed a new abrasion effect product for the denim finishing sector which is designed…
Read MoreBrands publish zero discharge roadmap
11/30/2011LEEDS – A group of the world’s largest clothing retailers and brands have teamed up to develop a joint ‘roadmap’ towards…
Read MoreTime running out for deal at climate talks
11/29/2011JOHANNESBURG — As delegates gather in South Africa to plot the next big push against climate change, Western governments are saying it’s…
Read MoreTexas, Oklahoma drought kills thousands of Christmas trees
11/29/2011By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI, Associated Press NEW CANEY, Texas — Dry, brown grass crunches underfoot as David Barfield walks through his 45-acre…
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Sea turned red with blood as Faroe Islanders hunt pilot whales
11/29/2011GRAPHIC WARNING: This post contains graphic images which some viewers may find disturbing. David R Arnott writes: Dozens of boats herded a group…
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