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Textile production

Responsibility – who takes responsibility?

12 March, 2019 by asas

business review newspaper

Factories come and go while the earth they stand on remains [1].

Did you know that a kilo of raw cotton costs about SEK 18, which the buyer pays the grower? The grower gets his money, which may seem low, …

Textiles emit more greenhouse gases than all air and sea traffic combined…

5 March, 2019 by asas

greenhouse gas and textiles

Yes, we’re nagging about textiles – that’s our purpose. Our vision is to spread knowledge about textiles and their impact on the environment.

We hear a lot about aviation and its environmental consequences; of course, we would like to fly less. …

Hmm… Possible? … More than 100%?

19 February, 2019 by asas

No, of course not. But… to grow a kilo of cotton requires 1 to 1.5 kilos of chemicals and a pair of cotton pants weighs between 0.5 to 0.8 kilos [1], so…

For over an hour, these chemicals work …

Water and Poisons: A Disturbing Duo

5 February, 2019 by asas

blue water with garbage that makes it toxic

Here in the West, we don’t necessarily have to associate these words with each other. But water and toxins are unfortunately linked in other parts of the world. In Brazil, the world’s fourth most prominent user of agrochemicals, researchers have …

We can save the world’s lakes and seas!

10 January, 2019 by asas

IMAGINE A LAKE TWELVE TIMES LARGER THAN SWEDEN’S LARGEST, LAKE VÄNERN. WE ARE REFERRING TO THE ARAL SEA, LOCATED IN CENTRAL ASIA. IT WAS ONCE THE WORLD’S FOURTH-LARGEST LAKE, TEEMING WITH A DIVERSE ECOSYSTEM OF ANIMALS, BIRDS AND FISH. THE

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Why is organic cotton so much better?

28 November, 2018 by admin

A globe in a dark room with cotton balls

No more environmental anxiety – or at least something less. Do you feel bad about how we treat our planet Earth, the only one? Take a deep breath, start small, learn more, and make better decisions.

Cotton is our most …

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