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Plastic Bag Monster Takes Over Slovenian Capital
05/06/2011by Jennifer Hattam, Istanbul, Turkey Culture & Celebrity Photo: Žiga Šmidovnik. Its tentacles snake through the streets of Ljubljana, paralleling the…
Read MoreLand Artist Jim Denevan Draws in the Sand
05/06/2011Lines in the Sand by Leigha Oaks Shelter Land artist Jim Denevan’s medium is sand. From a single piece of driftwood,…
Read MorePantene Rolls Out First Sugarcane-Based Plastic Packaging
05/06/2011by Rebecca Paul Pantene, the brand of haircare products run by Proctor and Gamble, will be shipping its first plant-based plastic…
Read MoreSolar-Powered Hamster Ball Purifies Water for Drinking
05/06/2011by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California Science & Technology Images by Monash University, via Physorg We love seeing designers come up…
Read MoreHeroines for the Planet: Vaute Couture Vegan Fashion Designer Leanne Mai-ly Hilgart
05/06/2011by Lindsay Leanne Mai-ly Hilgart doesn’t just wear her heart on her sleeve, she designs clothes so you all can, too….
Read MoreH&M ramps up organic cotton use
05/06/2011STOCKHOLM – The latest sustainability report from Hennes & Mauritz shows that the company used 15,000 tonnes of organic cotton in…
Read MoreAdidas Announces A Broader Global Cotton Strategy – Conscious Culture and Fashion
05/06/2011Adidas + Better Cotton Initiative = Smaller Footprint by Amy DuFault Fashion According to Sustainable Business Oregon, Adidas AG has announced…
Read More12,000-Year-Old Textile Fragments Found in Peruvian Cave Are South America’s Oldest
05/06/2011by Jasmin Malik Chua Think your Morrissey T-shirt from high school is old? Archaeologists have unearthed fabric and rope fragments that…
Read MoreJazz, soul, folk stars to serenade Istanbul at jazz fest
05/06/2011ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News The countdown has started for the 18th Istanbul Jazz Festival, which will host more than 300…
Read MoreIndia to Restructure Textile Industry Subsidies
05/06/2011Seshadri Ramkumar Texas Tech University The Indian government will provide a maximum subsidy of Rupees 1,972 crores (US $438 million) to…
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