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<blockquote data-quote="martian" data-source="post: 7144466" data-attributes="member: 801"><p>I've just been rereading bits of <em>Fibershed </em>by Rebecca Burgess. It's a very interesting book (in parts) about the clothing business and the part that farmers play in it, or could play in it. As I wear the same thing pretty much everyday, I'm not exactly interested in fashion, but I do find the throw-away culture of fast fashion horrible. I hadn't realised quite how bad the pollution of textile dye makers was, beyond the plastic micro-fibres that 70% of modern clothes shed when washed. If you don't bother washing them and just chuck them, then they remain inert in landfill for-nearly-ever. It seems that there's hardly any requirement to test dyes etc as to the harm they might do to the wearer; many turn out to be endocrine disruptors that can pass through the skin and on it goes...</p><p></p><p>This is of course a great opportunity for us lot to produce natural fibres (wool, flax, hemp etc) to feed the inevitable demand that is coming as a backlash against this hideous planet damaging industry. We put on a webinar via Chelsea Green and Groundswell with some of the UK hub people:</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]ampZ7JGI6TA:53[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="martian, post: 7144466, member: 801"] I've just been rereading bits of [I]Fibershed [/I]by Rebecca Burgess. It's a very interesting book (in parts) about the clothing business and the part that farmers play in it, or could play in it. As I wear the same thing pretty much everyday, I'm not exactly interested in fashion, but I do find the throw-away culture of fast fashion horrible. I hadn't realised quite how bad the pollution of textile dye makers was, beyond the plastic micro-fibres that 70% of modern clothes shed when washed. If you don't bother washing them and just chuck them, then they remain inert in landfill for-nearly-ever. It seems that there's hardly any requirement to test dyes etc as to the harm they might do to the wearer; many turn out to be endocrine disruptors that can pass through the skin and on it goes... This is of course a great opportunity for us lot to produce natural fibres (wool, flax, hemp etc) to feed the inevitable demand that is coming as a backlash against this hideous planet damaging industry. We put on a webinar via Chelsea Green and Groundswell with some of the UK hub people: [MEDIA=youtube]ampZ7JGI6TA:53[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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