Traditionally, the fashion industry ranks third among major industries contributing to pollution, and is second in water use. Making one pair of stonewashed jeans requires 500 gallons of water. On top of this, cotton is…
We’re drowning in waste! Yes, you read that right. The fact is that all over the world, we create more than 3.5 million tons of trash … a day! And, sadly, that number is…
Cotton is one of the most common and popular textiles; however, what most people don’t know is that cotton is of the world’s dirtiest crops due to heavy use of pesticides. The really scary…
By Fredrica Syren: It’s a sad fact that humans already have added more than 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic to the ocean. For lots of people, though, it’s hard to connect how our daily habits…
They might be itsy bitsy, teeny weeny, but they are a big problem for our environment. Microbeads, tiny beads less than 5 millimeters, are used as exfoliants, and are not only in…
