I’ve read numerous predictions about the future of the fashion industry for this year, but one seemed to stand out to me more than the others – thirteen global clothing retailers will begin ‘detoxing’ their garment supply chains and promise to be toxic-free by 2020.
Tag: Greenpeace
Greenpeace Clothing Campaign Calls Out Nike, Adidas, Puma and Others for Their Toxic Ways
Are you aware that the textile industry is one of the top users and polluters of water? Fiber for one cotton t-shirt requires 713 gallons of water. And traditional wet-dye [ … ]
Genetic Contamination May Not Mean What You Think It Means
In the debate about GMO crops, the “threat of genetic contamination” is often raised as a reason to reject the technology. Is this threat real? Does it justify acts of [ … ]
The Greenpeace Australia GMO Wheat Action: A Sad Day For Bread. A Sad Day For Science
On July, 14, three Greenpeace activists dressed in hazmat suits scaled a fence, and used weed whips to destroy a GMO wheat experiment in Canberra, Australia. The experiment was being conducted [ … ]
Way Too Much Angst About GMO Crops
From what I read on various blogs and comment streams, there is WAY TOO MUCH ANGST OUT THERE about GMO crops. Too much angst because every significant panel of scientists [ … ]
An Agricultural Scientist’s Food Supply Worries Part 2: Vomitoxin
[social_buttons] I need to be very careful in what I say about this topic because it would be easy to scare people beyond what is rational. I could also also [ … ]
Greenpeace and Kimberly-Clark Accused of Greenwashing
[social_buttons] Last week Greenpeace said it was okay to buy Kimberly-Clark (K-C) products again so I loaded up my shopping cart with Kleenex, Scott paper towels and Cottonelle toilet paper. [ … ]
Greenpeace Ends Kleercut Campaign Against Kimberly-Clark
[social_buttons] It’s a good day for Kleenex. After almost five years of hard campaigning, Greenpeace promised to end its Kleercut campaign against Kimberly-Clark, the world’s largest tissue-product manufacturer of Kleenex, [ … ]
Eco-Libris: Trees or Soft Toilet Paper – What Do You Choose?
This post was originally published on Eco-Libris’ blog on February 26. How green is your toilet paper? Not sure? Here’s the guide that will give you the answers: Greenpeace has [ … ]
Stepping Up Efforts to Control E-Waste: China Passes Electronic Disposal Law
The theme of China’s annual National People’s Congress taking place this week – the proceedings of which remain highly secretive beforehand – has been largely an economic one. Although the [ … ]
Paper Matters
Paper appears to be high on the agenda of a number of organizations this week. It’s necessary. Paper is so ubiquitous – from tissues to toilet paper to memo pads [ … ]
Settlement Acknowledges Global Repercussions of Fossil Fuels
During the eight environmentally dismal years of the Bush administration, environmental advocates learned how to effectively use the U.S. court system to aid their cause. We saw this with a [ … ]
Exxon Oil and Gas Project to Face Russian Legal Challenge Over Endangered Whales
Russian environmental groups have today launched a legal challenge against a consortium led by U.S. oil and gas giant Exxon, for threatening critically endangered whales in the far east of [ … ]