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How One Small Business is “Refrying” T-Shirts into “Funner” Upcycled Fashions [Interview]
T-shirts are a comfortable, inexpensive and fun way to tell others about things that interest you. Unfortunately, they also are quickly piling up in America’s landfills, which collect about 12.4 million tons of textile waste each year. Lisa Stout, founder and Chief Upcycling Officer at Refried Tees is working to lessen this outrageously high amount by creating her entire clothing line from reclaimed t-shirts.
Adidas Unveils First Collection of Waterless Dyed T-Shirts
Sportswear manufacturing giant adidas nabbed a game-changing move from Nike, one of its largest competitors, to forever alter the textile dyeing industry. The internationally-known company unveiled it’s first collection of t-shirts colored using DryDye, a sustainable and completely waterless process to dye polyester fabrics, last month.
Sometimes, a T-Shirt Does Make One a Change Agent
Yep, we’ve all seen those folks who think a progressive message on a t-shirt (or a bumper sticker, etc.) actually makes a difference. In most cases, no: just a bit more action is needed to play the role of change agent. But if that shirt comes from San Francisco’s Lonesome George & Co., you might just have a good argument…
T-shirts Made from Piezoelectric Material to Rock Glastonbury Festival
The UK’s Glastonbury Festival isn’t just one of the biggest music events in world… it’s also become a launch pad for innovative consumer renewable energy technology. Last year, mobile communications [ … ]
sustainablog Approved: HumanWear Organic Tees
Editor’s note: sustainablog Approved is an occasional series of posts profiling vendors in our Green Choices product comparison engine, and the stories behind their products and green business practices. We’ve [ … ]
Gorillas, Break Dancing, T-Shirts and Skateboards: EDUN LIVE Presents “Made in Africa”
As our friends over at Feelgood Style have noted, EDUN Apparel, the company founded by Ali Hewson (wife of U2 frontman Bono), isn’t just in the business of making stylish [ … ]